A question on #PensionCredit tabled by Baroness Coffey on 22-01-2025 has been answered by Baroness Sherlock.

Heading: Pension Credit
Question ID: 1758116
UIN: HL4289
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2025-01-22
Asking Member ID: 4098
Asking Member display name: Baroness Coffey
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Baroness Coffey
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government how many people have applied for Pension Credit since 5 July 2024; and how many have been approved.
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Date answered: 2025-02-05
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Answering Member ID: 4147
Answering Member display name: Baroness Sherlock
Answering Member handle: MaeveSherlock
Answering Member Twitter reference: @MaeveSherlock
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Answer text: Pension credit statistics are collated on a weekly (Monday – Sunday) cycle. This means we cannot provide a response aligned to 5 July 2024. However, we can provide a count of claims and awards from week commencing 8 July 2024, as follows: Between week com...
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Answering body ID: 29
Answering body name: Department for Work and Pensions
Tweeted: true