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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-01-17more like thismore than 2019-01-17
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Pension Credit more like this
house id 1 more like this
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 14 January 2019, HCWS1249, on pensions update, what estimate she has made of the number of people who will be affected by changes to pension credit in each local authority. more like this
tabling member constituency Vale of Clwyd more like this
tabling member printed
Chris Ruane remove filter
uin 209773 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-01-22more like thismore than 2019-01-22
answer text <p>The Welfare Reform Act 2012 amended the entitlement conditions for Pension Credit so as to require both members of a couple to have reached the qualifying age for Pension Credit before the couple can be entitled to it.</p><p> </p><p>The change will not affect mixed age couples who are entitled to Pension Credit and/or pension age Housing Benefit immediately before the implementation date, unless their entitlement to both those benefits subsequently ends.</p><p> </p><p>The number of mixed age couples that are estimated to be affected by the change in the future is not available at local authority level.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Hexham remove filter
answering member printed Guy Opperman remove filter
question first answered
less than 2019-01-22T11:51:49Zmore like thismore than 2019-01-22T11:51:49Z
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label Biography information for Guy Opperman more like this
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label Biography information for Chris Ruane more like this