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1540021

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date	07/11/2022
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	Pension Credit: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of eligible people are claiming Pension Credit in (a) Newport East constituency and (b) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	80662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>Estimates for Pension Credit take-up are only available at the Great Britain level. They are included in the publication: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2019-to-2020</a></p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 14/11/2022 14:16:59 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1540022

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
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	Pension Credit: Take-up
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 improve the uptake of Pension Credit among eligible people.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	80663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>Pension Credit provides vital financial support to our most vulnerable pensioners and we want all those eligible to claim it.</p><p> </p><p>To raise awareness of Pension Credit and increase take-up, we launched a £1.2m nationwide communications campaign in April. The campaign included:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Promotion of Pension Credit on social media, via internet search engines and sponsored advertising on targeted websites that pensioners, their friends and family are likely to visit;</li><li>Information screens in Post Offices and GP surgeries across GB;</li><li>Advertising in regional and national newspapers and on national and local broadcast radio;</li><li>Advertising on the sides of buses, interior bus panels and digital street displays;</li><li>Leaflets and posters in Jobcentres, as well as digital versions which could be used by stakeholders and partners across local communities;</li><li>Engagement with Local Authorities nationwide through the Government Communication Service local network and promotional materials to enable them to support the campaign; and</li><li>An updated digital toolkit with information and resources that any stakeholder can use to help promote Pension Credit.</li></ul><p> </p><p>As part of the annual uprating of State Pension, we will once again be writing to over 11 million pensioners in the new year and promoting Pension Credit in the accompanying materials.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 14/11/2022 14:15:28 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1540023

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
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	Pension Credit: Take-up
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of eligible people were claiming Pension Credit in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020, (d) 2021 and (e) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	80664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>Estimates for Pension Credit take-up in a financial year are only available at the Great Britain level and are available in the “Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up” publication which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2019-to-2020</a></p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 14/11/2022 14:18:21 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden