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1661734

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date	19/09/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Pensioners: Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of benefit entitlement among pensioners.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	200319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>We have been running an extensive communications campaign since April 2022 to raise awareness of Pension Credit and encourage eligible pensioners to check their eligibility and apply. The main features of the campaign included advertising in regional and national newspapers, on national and local broadcast radio and across selected TV channels. We have also undertaken mini-bursts of communications activity to highlighted that successful Pension Credit claims mean qualification for Cost of Living Payments.</p><p> </p><p>There is a strong indication that it is having a positive effect. The number of Pension Credit applications is up by around 75% in the 12 months to May 2023 compared to the same period the year before.</p><p> </p><p>In July we launched an “Invitation to Claim” trial which involved contacting approximately 2,500 pensioner households identified as being likely to be entitled to Pension Credit and encouraging them to contact DWP and make a claim.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 18/10/2023 16:05:04 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1651540

registered interest
date	10/07/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Underpayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to tackle under-payment errors in state pensions.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	193108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2023 answer text <p>Our priority is to ensure everyone receives the financial support to which they are entitled. Where errors do occur, we are committed to fixing them as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions became aware of issues with State Pension underpayments in 2020 and took immediate action to investigate the extent of the problem, which dates back many years across successive Governments. The DWP formally commenced a Legal Entitlements and Administrative Practices (LEAP) exercise on 11 January 2021.</p><p>Over 1,300 staff have been recruited or redeployed to the ongoing State Pension underpayment LEAP exercise. Delivery is backloaded and case reviews have significantly increased since November 2022. The latest data shows we have reviewed an average of over 30,000 cases per month between November 2022 and March 2023, compared to an average of 5,000 per month over the first 22 months of the exercise.</p><p>Based on our current trajectory, the Department expects to complete the exercise for Category BL and Category D cases by the end of 2023. For missed conversion cases, the exercise could run through to late 2024.</p><p>Other State Pension underpayment errors were identified through DWP’s fraud and error sampling which related to historic non-recording of Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP) on a claimant’s National Insurance record.</p><p> </p><p>In September, HMRC will begin contacting people potentially affected by missing HRP. This will be supported by a communications campaign to increase public awareness and encourage people to see if they are affected. DWP will then revise the State Pension awards of people who may have been affected. We will also shortly be launching a new online tool to help people check whether they need to claim.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 21/07/2023 08:39:38 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1644028

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she is taking steps to prevent people falling into poverty as a result of increases in the state pension age.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	189192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2023 answer text <p>This government believes that the most effective and sustainable way to tackle poverty is by supporting people to move into and to progress in work wherever possible, through measures such as the Mid-Life MOT or upskilling programmes such as the ‘Returnerships’ bootcamps.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, we remain committed to the principle of giving 10 years of notice before there are any changes to the state pension age and a variety of factors will be considered as part of the next review. The next review will be supported by the latest evidence, including life expectancy projections, updated with 2021 Census data, and the economic position and take place within 2 years of the next Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 21/06/2023 16:49:19 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1605862

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Reciprocal Arrangements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what pensions advice his Department provides to people who are under the age of 50 and are emigrating to nations without a reciprocal social security agreement; and if he will publish that advice.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	170605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>Advice on the impact upon UK State Pension of emigrating to nations without a reciprocal social security agreement with the UK is already publicly available.</p><p> </p><p>Information is provided on www.gov.uk that the UK State Pension is not up-rated overseas except where there is a legal requirement to do so. ‘Living in country guides’ provide information on local pension systems and the provision of UK State Pension up-rating in specific countries. These guides can be found here – <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/overseas-living-in-guides" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/overseas-living-in-guides</a></p><p> </p><p>Individuals under the age of 50 can also contact the Future Pension Centre for advice on how their pension might be affected if they emigrate abroad.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 28/03/2023 10:17:58 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon