§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security when the proposed new measures to trace pensioners entitled to the minimum income guarantee will be introduced; and for what reason the measures were not taken in April. [97510]
§ Mr. RookerThe national programme to encourage pensioners to claim their entitlement is being developed to take account of results from the large scale evaluation of the Pilot take-up initiatives which will be published later this year. We will present our plans for the national programme in due course.