Written questions

Pension Credit

Commons · Question 16920 · Tabled 29 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 4 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Gregory Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to run an Invitation to Claim campaign to enable more senior citizens to claim Pension Credit before 21 December 2024.

Answer

Answered by Emma Reynolds, 4 Dec 2024

The Department’s ‘Invitation to Claim’ initiative was launched on 30 October. Since then, we have written to around 120,000 pensioner households across Great Britain who are in receipt of Housing Benefit but not Pension Credit. The letter and accompanying...