Written question asked by Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Labour) on Tuesday, 3 September 2019, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 17 September 2019. It was answered by Baroness Stedman-Scott (Conservative) on Monday, 9 September 2019 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.
Pension Credit
- Question
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To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 22 July (HL16979), whether they will provide details of the funding for charities that work with older people to support the take-up of Pension Credit in each of the three years specified in the original question.
- Original answer
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It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
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The answer was corrected by Baroness Stedman-Scott (Conservative)
on Wednesday, 2 October 2019 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.
- Corrected answer
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It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.The Government works with a wide range of stakeholders including charitable organisations to promote the take-up of Pension Credit. However, the DWP does not provide specific funding to such organisations for Pension Credit take-up related activities. Support is available through a variety of information resources including the Pension Credit toolkit, which is an on-line tool for organisations to use in order to encourage people to claim Pension Credit.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- HL17617
- Session
- 2017-19
- Related items
- Notes
- Supreme Court ruling of 24 September that Parliament was not prorogued on 9 September.
- Subjects
- Charities Finance Pension credit Take-up
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Link
- View this Written question on www.parliament.uk
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