Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat), on Tuesday, 9 July 2002, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 72 members in total.

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UNCLAIMED BENEFITS

That this House notes that at least ??1.8 billion of income related benefits go unclaimed by pensioners each year and that up to 750,000 pensioners could be entitled to an additional payment of, on average, ??22 per week, that pensioners who were ineligible last year may be eligible now following the benefits upratings, and that half the older population on low incomes see their enjoyment of a full and active life circumscribed by their lack of income; welcomes the Can You Claim It? information pamphlet from Help the Aged and British Gas, who are working in partnership to make the lives of older people across Britain, warmer, less isolated and more secure; and calls on the Government to set performance targets for benefit take-up and implement programmes to reach these targets, reporting annually to Parliament, as a matter of urgency.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1596 

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Eligibility Pensioners Social security benefits Take-up

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk