Pension Credit: Applications
Commons · Question 9518 · Tabled 16 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Sarah Olney
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the average number of pension credit applications processed within 50 working days dropped between (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2022-23.
Answer
Answered by Emma Reynolds, 24 Oct 2024
The department supports customers to claim Pension Credit through a range of take up campaigns. In June 2019, the BBC announced its intention to limit free TV licenses to people 75+ and in receipt of Pension Credit from June 2020. The subsequent mass mail...