| Heading: |
Pension Credit |
| Question ID: |
1745755 |
| UIN: |
16920 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-29 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1409 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mr Gregory Campbell
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Mr Gregory Campbell
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to run an Invitation to Claim campaign to enable more senior citizens to claim Pension Credit before 21 December 2024. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| 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: |
The Department’s ‘Invitation to Claim’ initiative was launched on 30 October. Since then, we have written to around 120,000 pensioner households across Great Britain who are in receipt of Housing Benefit but not Pension Credit. The letter and accompanying... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |