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Department for Work and Pensions: Staff |
| Question ID: |
1744783 |
| UIN: |
16393 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-26 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5330 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mr Peter Bedford
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| Asking Member handle: |
peterabedford
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@peterabedford
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the additional 500 staff deployed to process Pension Credit applications were new employees. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-04 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4077 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Emma Reynolds
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| Answering Member handle: |
emmaforwycombe
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@emmaforwycombe
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| Answer text: |
Since the announcement to means test Winter Fuel payments, to date we have increased the resource in Pension Credit claims by approximately 500 staff through a combination of internal redeployments, use of external providers and external recruitment. This... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |