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The BBC made its announcement about future eligibility of free TV licences on Monday 10 June. It is too early for an assessment of the potential impact on additional Pension Credit claims to be made. Official statistics on the take-up of income related benefits, including pension credit at general Great Britain level can be found in the \u2018Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up in 2016 to 2017\u2019 publication. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2016-to-2017<\/a><\/p>

The Government is committed to ensuring that older people receive the support they are entitled to and the DWP targets activity on engaging with people who may be eligible to benefits at pivotal stages, such as when they claim State Pension or report a change in their circumstances. The DWP uses a wide range of channels to communicate information about benefits to potential customers; including information on https://gov.uk/<\/a> , in leaflets and by telephone. DWP staff in Pension Centres and Jobcentres including visiting officers are able to provide help and advice about entitlement to benefits, as are staff in Local Authorities who administer Housing Benefit.<\/p>

Potential customers can use the Pension Credit https://www.gov.uk/pension-credit-calculator<\/a> to check if they are likely to be eligible and get an estimate of what they may receive. People wishing to claim Pension Credit can do so by calling 0800 99 1234.<\/p>

One of the best ways to reach eligible customers is through trusted stakeholder working in the community and we have developed the Pension Credit toolkit, as an on-line tool for agencies and welfare rights organisations to use in order to encourage Pension Credit take-up. It can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pension-credit-toolkit<\/a><\/p>

The toolkit contains resources for anyone working with pensioners and includes guides to Pension Credit. It also contains publicity material and guidance designed to help older people understand how they could get Pension Credit and help organisations support someone applying for Pension Credit as well as ideas for encouraging take-up. The toolkit also provides links to information about disability and carers benefits.<\/p>

Most recently we have provided to relevant organisations a fact sheet about Pension Credit and the recent changes for mixed age couples to ensure that accurate information is available in the places where people are most likely to seek information.<\/p>

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<\/strong><\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4142", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Guy Opperman"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hexham"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Guy Opperman"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-06-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1131301/answer/previousversion/123349", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4142", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Guy Opperman"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hexham"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Guy Opperman"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-06-25T13:34:48.217Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-06-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Pension Credit"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of additional claims that will be made for pension credit following the limiting of free TV licences to people aged over 75 claiming that benefit.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1400", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kevin Brennan"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Cardiff West"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Kevin Brennan"} ], "uin" : "263077"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1005810", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1005810/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

As reported in the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee report; Communication of state pension age changes<\/em>, published in March 2016, there were more than 600 mentions of state pension age equalisation in the national broadsheet and tabloid press between 1993 and 2006 \u2013 an average of just under one per week \u2013 on \u201cfront pages, News and City sections as well as personal finance pages\u201d, and most concentrated \u201cin 1993-95 and again from 2005-06\u201d.<\/p>

<\/p>

The Department does not have any records that suggest it has used paid newspaper advertising since 2010 specifically to advertise State Pension age changes.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4142", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Guy Opperman"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hexham"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Guy Opperman"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-11-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-11-20T18:02:03.34Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-11-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "State Retirement Pensions: Females"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will a publish a list of newspapers in which adverts on the change to the state pension age for women were placed since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1400", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kevin Brennan"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Cardiff West"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Kevin Brennan"} ], "uin" : "190376"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1005811", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1005811/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

People can access the online \u2018Check your State Pension\u2019 service through GOV.UK to get a forecast of their State Pension. This includes information about their retirement date, how they may be able to improve the amount of State Pension they are entitled to, as well as providing a view of their National Insurance contribution record. Check Your State Pension service has provided more than ten million online estimates since its introduction in 2016.<\/p>

<\/strong><\/p>

The following tables show the number of letters sent out to those people born between 6 April 1950 and 5 April 1960, affected by State Pension age increase in the 1995 and 2011 Pensions Acts. Letter volumes since 2010 can clearly be identified.<\/p>

The volumes recorded in the second table have been rounded to the nearest 1000 and include mailings undertaken as part of a communications research project, and those sent to men who were also affected by the 2011 Act. It is not possible to provide the volumes sent to women only in relation to the 2011 Act, as we do not hold the information split by gender.<\/p>

<\/p>

Communication to those affected by the 1995 Act<\/p>

<\/p>

Customer\u2019s date of birth<\/p><\/td>

Mailing Date<\/p><\/td>

Number of letters sent<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

06/04/50 -05/07/50<\/p><\/td>

April 2009<\/p><\/td>

99,985<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

06/07/50 - 05/10/50<\/p><\/td>

Jul 2009<\/p><\/td>

96,356<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

06/10/50 - 05/04/51<\/p><\/td>

Oct 2009<\/p><\/td>

191,465<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

06/04/51- 05/10/51<\/p><\/td>

Jan 2010<\/p><\/td>

196,189<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

06/10/51 \u2013 05/04/52<\/p><\/td>

Apr 2010<\/p><\/td>

188,515<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

06/04/52 \u2013 05/10/52<\/p><\/td>

Feb 2011<\/p><\/td>

196,594<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

06/10/52 \u2013 05/04/53<\/p><\/td>

Mar 2011<\/p><\/td>

191,665<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

Communication to those affected by the 2011 Act<\/p>

<\/p>

Customer\u2019s date of birth<\/p><\/td>

Mailing Date<\/p><\/td>

Number of letters sent<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

06/04/53 \u2013 05/12/53<\/p><\/td>

Jan 2012<\/p><\/td>

275,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

06/12/53 \u2013 05/10/54<\/p><\/td>

Feb 2012<\/p><\/td>

646, 000<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

06/10/54 \u2013 05/04/55<\/p><\/td>

Feb 2012<\/p><\/td>

375, 000<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

06/04/55 \u2013 05/04/60<\/p><\/td>

Oct 2012 \u2013 Nov 2013<\/p><\/td>

4,475,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

To clarify, mailings undertaken as part of the communications research project have been included in the above table.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4142", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Guy Opperman"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hexham"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Guy Opperman"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-11-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "190378"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-11-20T15:56:43.143Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-11-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "State Retirement Pensions: Females"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many letters were sent notifying recipients of the change in the state pension age for women since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1400", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kevin Brennan"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Cardiff West"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Kevin Brennan"} ], "uin" : "190377"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1005812", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1005812/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

People can access the online \u2018Check your State Pension\u2019 service through GOV.UK to get a forecast of their State Pension. This includes information about their retirement date, how they may be able to improve the amount of State Pension they are entitled to, as well as providing a view of their National Insurance contribution record. Check Your State Pension service has provided more than ten million online estimates since its introduction in 2016.<\/p>

<\/strong><\/p>

The following tables show the number of letters sent out to those people born between 6 April 1950 and 5 April 1960, affected by State Pension age increase in the 1995 and 2011 Pensions Acts. Letter volumes since 2010 can clearly be identified.<\/p>

The volumes recorded in the second table have been rounded to the nearest 1000 and include mailings undertaken as part of a communications research project, and those sent to men who were also affected by the 2011 Act. It is not possible to provide the volumes sent to women only in relation to the 2011 Act, as we do not hold the information split by gender.<\/p>

<\/p>

Communication to those affected by the 1995 Act<\/p>

<\/p>

Customer\u2019s date of birth<\/p><\/td>

Mailing Date<\/p><\/td>

Number of letters sent<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

06/04/50 -05/07/50<\/p><\/td>

April 2009<\/p><\/td>

99,985<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

06/07/50 - 05/10/50<\/p><\/td>

Jul 2009<\/p><\/td>

96,356<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

06/10/50 - 05/04/51<\/p><\/td>

Oct 2009<\/p><\/td>

191,465<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

06/04/51- 05/10/51<\/p><\/td>

Jan 2010<\/p><\/td>

196,189<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

06/10/51 \u2013 05/04/52<\/p><\/td>

Apr 2010<\/p><\/td>

188,515<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

06/04/52 \u2013 05/10/52<\/p><\/td>

Feb 2011<\/p><\/td>

196,594<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

06/10/52 \u2013 05/04/53<\/p><\/td>

Mar 2011<\/p><\/td>

191,665<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

Communication to those affected by the 2011 Act<\/p>

<\/p>

Customer\u2019s date of birth<\/p><\/td>

Mailing Date<\/p><\/td>

Number of letters sent<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

06/04/53 \u2013 05/12/53<\/p><\/td>

Jan 2012<\/p><\/td>

275,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

06/12/53 \u2013 05/10/54<\/p><\/td>

Feb 2012<\/p><\/td>

646, 000<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

06/10/54 \u2013 05/04/55<\/p><\/td>

Feb 2012<\/p><\/td>

375, 000<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

06/04/55 \u2013 05/04/60<\/p><\/td>

Oct 2012 \u2013 Nov 2013<\/p><\/td>

4,475,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

To clarify, mailings undertaken as part of the communications research project have been included in the above table.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4142", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Guy Opperman"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hexham"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Guy Opperman"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-11-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "190377"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-11-20T15:56:43.207Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-11-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "State Retirement Pensions: Females"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date the first letters notifying recipients of the change in the state pension age for women were sent since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1400", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kevin Brennan"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Cardiff West"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Kevin Brennan"} ], "uin" : "190378"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1003624", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1003624/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

Successive governments including the Labour government 1997-2010, Coalition and present Conservative government have had a consistent position on this issue.<\/strong> The Department for Work and Pensions receives a number of written representations on the Midland Pension Scheme, which is now part of the HSBC Bank (UK) Pension Scheme, about its integrated pension (or claw-back) policy from individuals and from Members of Parliament writing on their behalf, as it does on many issues.<\/p>

<\/p>

The Governments position on this issue was set out in response to a written parliamentary question on this subject, which can be accessed here.<\/p>

<\/p>

https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-11-13/112544/<\/a><\/p>

<\/strong><\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4142", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Guy Opperman"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hexham"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Guy Opperman"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-11-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-11-14T17:12:58.157Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-11-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "HSBC: Pensions"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations she has received on the HSBC Midland Bank pension clawback; and if she will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1400", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kevin Brennan"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Cardiff West"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Kevin Brennan"} ], "uin" : "189598"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 5, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} }