Written questions

Housing Benefit and Pension Credit

Commons · Question 43591 · Tabled 2 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 8 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Simon Opher

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress she has made on merging pension credit and housing benefit.

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 8 Apr 2025

The Department is committed to delivering the Government’s goal of bringing together the administration of pensioner Housing Benefit and Pension Credit for new claimants from 2026, so that pensioners receive the support they are entitled to.We are working...