To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) when information is being provided about the pension credit hotline to people who are likely to be eligible for the pension credit; [125403]
(2) what the number is of the pension credit hotline; and how many helpline operators there are; [125406]
(3) how many calls have been received by the pension credit hotline in each week since it first opened. [125407]
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