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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the oral contribution of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 29 July 2024 on Public Spending: Inheritance, Official Report, column 1033, how many people have applied for pension credit since that date.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-10-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the average waiting time between a pension credit application and a decision by the Department.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4591", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sarah Olney"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1732883", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1732883/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department does not hold information on the annual average waiting time for Pension Credit and cannot provide the figures requested.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Department does publish our annual performance against a 50 working day clearance rate for Pension Credit in the DWP Annual Report and Accounts <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2023-to-2024\" target=\"_blank\">DWP annual report and accounts 2023 to 2024 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)<\/a>.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Of 248,000 Pension Credit claims cleared in performance year 2023/24, 192,000 were cleared within the planned 50-day timescale, equating to 77.7%. 56,000, 22.3% were cleared outside of the of the 10-week planned timescale.<\/p>"}
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      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-10-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Pension Credit"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average wait for a pension credit application to be approved was in each year since 2015.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4591", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sarah Olney"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sarah Olney"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1732397", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1732397/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Internal Pension Credit operational information is not currently produced monthly, but rather weekly. Please find data from 4<sup>th<\/sup> September 2023 up to the end of week commencing 30<sup>th<\/sup> September 2024. This data is a longer time series of the ad hoc statistics recently published by the Department, available via Weekly Pension Credit claims received from 1 April 2024 to 22 September 2024 - GOV.UK <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/weekly-pension-credit-claims-received-from-1-april-2024-to-1-september-2024/weekly-pension-credit-claims-received-from-1-april-2024-to-1-september-2024\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/weekly-pension-credit-claims-received-from-1-april-2024-to-1-september-2024/weekly-pension-credit-claims-received-from-1-april-2024-to-1-september-2024<\/a><\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Week Commencing <\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Pension Credit Claims Received<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>04 September 2023<\/p><\/td><td><p>3,700<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>11 September 2023<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,100<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>18 September 2023<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,800<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>25 September 2023<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,200<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>02 October 2023<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,300<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>09 October 2023<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,200<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>16 October 2023<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,700<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>23 October 2023<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,600<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>30 October 2023<\/p><\/td><td><p>5,200<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>06 November 2023<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,900<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>13 November 2023<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,400<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>20 November 2023<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,200<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>27 November 2023<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,800<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>04 December 2023<\/p><\/td><td><p>6,600<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>11 December 2023<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>18 December 2023<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,900<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>25 December 2023<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,300<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>01 January 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>3,100<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>08 January 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,600<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>15 January 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,800<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>22 January 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>29 January 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,400<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>05 February 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>5,800<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>12 February 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>5,600<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>19 February 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>5,800<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>26 February 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>7,200<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>04 March 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>6,200<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>11 March 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>5,100<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>18 March 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>5,100<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>25 March 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>3,800<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>01 April 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>3,900<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>08 April 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,400<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>15 April 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,400<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>22 April 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,200<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>29 April 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>3,700<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>06 May 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>3,400<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>13 May 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,100<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>20 May 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>27 May 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>3,300<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>03 June 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,200<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>10 June 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>17 June 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>3,400<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>24 June 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>3,200<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>01 July 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>3,800<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>08 July 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,100<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>15 July 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>3,300<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>22 July 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>3,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>29 July 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>7,900<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>05 August 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>7,300<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>12 August 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>5,900<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>19 August 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>8,400<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>26 August 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>9,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>02 September 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>10,700<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>09 September 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>13,400<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>16 September 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>11,800<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>23 September 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>9,800<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>30 September 2024<\/p><\/td><td><p>8,300<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claimed Pension Credit in each of the last 12 months.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4471", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Rachael Maskell"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Rachael Maskell"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1730694", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1730694/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department continues to assess the Pension Credit service. This led to the introduction of the online claim process, providing customers with a convenient alternative claim route, alongside the existing telephony and paper application methods. As the Department continues to modernise the Pension Credit service, we continue to review the user experience, balancing simplification of application with capturing the right information to ensure accuracy of award.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4077", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Emma Reynolds"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Emma Reynolds"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to simplify the pension credit application process.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4828", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Paula Barker"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Paula Barker"}
      ], "uin" : "6617"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1730695", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1730695/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department has secured funding for additional staffing to assist with the processing of the additional Pension Credit claims being made.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4077", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Emma Reynolds"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the processing times for pension credit applications.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4828", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Paula Barker"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Paula Barker"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1731279", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1731279/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>There is no qualifying week for Pension Credit. A claim for Pension Credit may be made at any time and may be backdated for up to three months as long as the entitlement conditions are met during that period. This means that a pensioner who was eligible for, but had not claimed, Pension Credit during the qualifying week for the Winter Fuel Payment for winter 2024-25 (16 to 22 September 2024) can still qualify for the payment if they make a successful backdated application for Pension Credit by 21 December 2024.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of moving the qualifying week for Pension Credit to (a) 30 September, (b) 31 October and (c) 30 November 2024 on the number of eligible claimants.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Table 2, page 9, footnote 2 of his Department's report entitled Fixing the foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25, published in July 2024, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people that will receive Pension Credit over (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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