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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1716544/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>To raise awareness of Pension Credit and increase take-up, the Department launched a nationwide marketing and communications campaign in April 2022.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Nationally, the campaign has included advertising on TV, broadcast radio and in newspapers; in medical centre and Post Office screens; as well as advertising on buses and digital street displays. Online marketing activity has also included social media, internet search engines and sponsored advertising on targeted websites that pensioners, their friends and family are likely to visit.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>We have also been promoting Pension Credit at a local level in regional newspapers (including Liverpool Echo, Blackpool Gazette, Bolton News, Lancashire Evening Post, Manchester Evening News); and on local radio (stations such as Capital radio in Lancashire, Liverpool, Manchester and Greatest Hits Radio in Blackpool and Bolton).<\/p><p> <\/p><p>There is a strong indication that the campaign has had a positive impact and has resulted in an unprecedented number of Pension Credit applications.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Department is building on this success through a range of creative no-cost media campaigns to boost awareness of the benefit. We are also engaging with stakeholders, including other Government Departments, Councils, and charities, in order to harness their help and support to raise awareness through their networks and channels. For example, we will be holding a Pension Credit Week of Action commencing on 10 June. As in previous years, this will be an opportunity to collaborate with all our partners to maximise awareness of Pension Credit and to encourage eligible pensioners to make a claim.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the uptake of Pension Credit in (a) Wallasey constituency, (b) Wirral, (c) the North West and (d) United Kingdom.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1713177/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Table 1<strong> - Percentage of new claims that have been completed within the planned processing timescales by benefit.<\/strong><\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2016-17<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2017-18<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2018-19<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2019-20<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2020-21<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2021-22<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2022-23<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2023-24<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jobseekers Allowance<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>88.6%<\/p><\/td><td><p>86.8%<\/p><\/td><td><p>80.6%<\/p><\/td><td><p>53.1%<\/p><\/td><td><p>82.5%<\/p><\/td><td><p>87.1%<\/p><\/td><td><p>67.8%<\/p><\/td><td><p>58.7%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Employment and Support Allowance<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>84.6%<\/p><\/td><td><p>85.3%<\/p><\/td><td><p>73.3%<\/p><\/td><td><p>96.1%<\/p><\/td><td><p>70.9%<\/p><\/td><td><p>42.5%<\/p><\/td><td><p>47.4%<\/p><\/td><td><p>39.5%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>State Pension<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>87.9%<\/p><\/td><td><p>73.7%<\/p><\/td><td><p>86.8%<\/p><\/td><td><p>86.7%<\/p><\/td><td><p>76.2%<\/p><\/td><td><p>45.6%<\/p><\/td><td><p>72.0%<\/p><\/td><td><p>96.2%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pension Credit<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>71.0%<\/p><\/td><td><p>55.2%<\/p><\/td><td><p>53.4%<\/p><\/td><td><p>44.8%<\/p><\/td><td><p>88.2%<\/p><\/td><td><p>74.3%<\/p><\/td><td><p>45.7%<\/p><\/td><td><p>77.7%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Disability Living Allowance (child)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>96.8%<\/p><\/td><td><p>96.5%<\/p><\/td><td><p>96.2%<\/p><\/td><td><p>91.3%<\/p><\/td><td><p>92.1%<\/p><\/td><td><p>35.6%<\/p><\/td><td><p>4.6%<\/p><\/td><td><p>3.5%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Personal Independence Payment <\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>85.1%<\/p><\/td><td><p>77.2%<\/p><\/td><td><p>72.3%<\/p><\/td><td><p>40.4%<\/p><\/td><td><p>23.0%<\/p><\/td><td><p>6.8%<\/p><\/td><td><p>38.4%<\/p><\/td><td><p>51.7%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Child Maintenance Service<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>82.8%<\/p><\/td><td><p>87.4%<\/p><\/td><td><p>88.3%<\/p><\/td><td><p>91.6%<\/p><\/td><td><p>84.3%<\/p><\/td><td><p>84.3%<\/p><\/td><td><p>79.4%<\/p><\/td><td><p>79.6%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Universal Credit<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p> <\/p><\/td><td><p>80.4%<\/p><\/td><td><p>85.2%<\/p><\/td><td><p>90.9%<\/p><\/td><td><p>85.7%<\/p><\/td><td><p>84.4%<\/p><\/td><td><p>TBC<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p><strong>Comments to note:<\/strong><\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>Data has been provided for the years 2016-17 to 2023-24 (UC 2018-19 to 2023-24). Previous years requested are not retained centrally and the breakdown by nation and region for services except UC would only be available at a disproportionate cost.<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><ul><li>In the spirit of answering the question we have provided table 1 above.<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p><strong>Service Performance Context:<\/strong><\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Jobseekers Allowance<\/strong><\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>From the start of the pandemic until April 2021, JSA claims were subject to easements that meant face-to-face appointment was removed. In April 2021, Claimant Commitments and regular face to face engagement requirements were reintroduced.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Employment and Support Allowance<\/strong><\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>ESA 2019-20 to 2023-24, the new claim process for New Style Employment and Support Allowance (NSESA) changed. In April 2020 a digital claim was introduced during Covid. Prior to this, as part of the new claim process, a period up to 10 days at beginning was never measured. With the re-designed process all time is included, so it is not possible to make a like-for-like comparison with the new claim process before April 2020.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><p><strong>State Pension<\/strong><\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Performance was severely impacted due to the need to repivot resource to other areas, such as Universal Credit, during the global pandemic. In 2021/22, resource was re-deployed to work through the backlogs. Investment in digital services in this area has also aided recovery leading to significant performance improvements in 2023/24.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Pension Credit<\/strong><\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>2019/20 was impacted by substantial spikes in claims following the BBC decision to remove free TV licences. Uptake in Pension Credit has been encouraged through campaigns and again led to unprecedented claims being received when entitlement was linked to additional Cost of Living payments. This created backlogs and impacted payment timeliness as these were recovered.<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p><strong>Disability<\/strong><strong> Living Allowance (Child) <\/strong><\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>Disability Living Allowance ceased in 2013 and is no longer an active benefit, it was replaced by Personal Independence Payment. Disability Living Allowance for Children continues to accept new claims and as such we have responded in respect of this benefit.<\/li><li>Demand for Child DLA has increased in recent years and is significantly higher than pre-pandemic volumes.<\/li><li>During 2020-21 we deferred case renewal activity to focus on processing new claims. Since then the service has had to service both high new claims volumes and the deferred renewal work which has led to longer processing times.<\/li><li>We have increased the numbers of staff working on Child DLA to respond to increase new claims volumes, and clear cases in date order to ensure fair customer service.<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p><strong>Personal Independence Payment<\/strong><\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>PIP performance represents a significant recovery compared to prior periods and the lowest average journey time recorded since 2018 (see <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-statistics-to-january-2024\" target=\"_blank\">published statistics<\/a>)<\/li><li>PIP New Claims demand is significantly higher than pre-Covid levels, despite the devolution of Scottish claims during this period.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Child Maintenance Service<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Child Maintenance Service application volumes have been sharply increasing with CMS receiving more than 50% more in 2023/24 than in 2021/22. This dip in performance over this time can largely be explained by this. More recently, the removal of the Application fee has also resulted in higher volumes.<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p><strong>Universal Credit <\/strong><\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>Data has been provided for the years 2018-19 to 2023-24. Detailed data by local areas is available via Stat Xplore within the Universal Credit Published Statistics (<a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics\" target=\"_blank\">Universal Credit statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)<\/a>). Previous years requested are not retained centrally or published and the breakdown by nation and region would only be available at a disproportionate cost.<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><ul><li>The 2023-24 figures for UC are not available until May as per the Statistics Release schedule.<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>Planned timescales for all benefits are listed in table 2 below.<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p><strong>Table 2: Planned Timescales for new claims (current methodology)<\/strong><\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Jobseekers Allowance<\/p><\/td><td><p>Within 10 working days<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Employment and Support Allowance<\/p><\/td><td><p>Within 10 working days<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>State Pension<\/p><\/td><td><p>Within 20 working days of State Pension entitlement date or 20 working days of Initial date of claim if claiming after entitlement has started.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Pension Credit<\/p><\/td><td><p>Within 50 working days<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Disability Living Allowance (Child)<\/p><\/td><td><p>Within 40 working days<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Personal Independence Payment<\/p><\/td><td><p>Within 75 working days<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Child Maintenance Service<\/p><\/td><td><p>Payment within 12 weeks<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Universal Credit<\/p><\/td><td><p>% Full Payment 1st Assessment Period<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Notes:<\/strong> The planned timescales detailed above relate to those used for the 23/24 financial year. The timescales and methodologies to calculate them have changed over time to reflect new processes, technology and demands on our services.<\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of new Pension Credit claims have been completed within the planned processing timescales by (a) nation and (b) region in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/491", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Dame Angela Eagle"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1712767", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1712767/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p><strong><\/strong>Pension Credit caseload statistics are routinely published and made publicly available via <a href=\"https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/dataCatalogueExplorer.xhtml\" target=\"_blank\">DWP Stat-xplore<\/a>.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Stat xplore user guide can be found here: <a href=\"https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/User-Guide.html\" target=\"_blank\">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/User-Guide.html<\/a><\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3926", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Paul Maynard"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Paul Maynard"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-04-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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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, how many people received Pension Credit in each constituency in the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4482", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Owen Thompson"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Midlothian"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Owen Thompson"}
      ], "uin" : "22984"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1693760", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1693760/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The \u2018Invitation to Claim\u2019 trial ran from July 2023 in ten Local Authority areas across Great Britain: Eastbourne, Teignbridge, Pendle, Charnwood, Vale of White Horse, Redcar and Cleveland, Craven, Harrow, Powys and West Lothian. Approximately 2,500 pensioner households were sent letters encouraging them to contact DWP and make a claim.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>In line with the commitment given last year, we will be publishing a report covering the results from the trial shortly. Once the report has been published, we will have an indication of how many people applied for Pension Credit as a result of the trial.<\/p>"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Paul Maynard"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-03-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-03-11T15:54:48.86Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
      , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
      , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-03-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Pension Credit"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Government Minister urges pensioners to check eligibility for Pension Credit as Week of Action kicks off, published on 12 June 2023, how many additional claims for pension credit have been received as a result of the Invitation to Claim mailing trial.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1409", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Gregory Campbell"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1691698", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1691698/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>To raise awareness of Pension Credit and increase take-up, the Department launched a nationwide marketing and communications campaign in April 2022.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>This campaign has included advertising on national TV; in regional and national newspapers (including Birmingham Mail and Coventry Telegraph); on local and national broadcast radio (stations such as Capital Birmingham, Free Radio Birmingham and Coventry, Greatest Hits Radio Coventry and Heart West Midlands); on medical centre and Post Office screens across Great Britain; as well as advertising on buses and digital street displays. Online marketing activity also included 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.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>There is a strong indication that the campaign has had a positive impact and has resulted in an unprecedented number of Pension Credit applications. The number of claims received in the financial year 2022-23 was more than 80% higher than over the same period the year before.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Latest available figures also show that more households were receiving Pension Credit in August 2023 than in May 2022 \u2013 at the beginning of the campaign.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Department is also continuing to build on this success through various creative no-cost media campaigns to boost awareness of the benefit through broadcast, radio and print media. We are engaging with a range of stakeholders, including other Government Departments, Councils, and charities, asking for their support to raise awareness through their networks and channels.<\/p>"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-02-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the uptake of Pension Credit in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Colleen Fletcher"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4571", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gill Furniss"}
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