§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the total value by benefit of unclaimed benefits for the latest 12 months for which figures are available. [119851]
§ Angela EagleThe latest estimates were published in a Departmental press release dated 24 September 1999. I have placed a copy in the Library.
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has also recently launched a substantial national take-up campaign for the Minimum Income Guarantee. The campaign will include;
a national TV advertising campaign;writing to over two million pensioners whom Departmental records suggest are most likely to be entitled to the minimum income guarantee; anda new free telephone claim service for people to claim without having to leave their homes.