Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 12 October 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he plans to take to enable the automatic payment of pension credit; and if he will make a statement.
The Department for Work and Pensions has been carrying out a study to assess how information routinely collected might be used to ensure that pensioners get the help that is available through pension credit.
Estimated awards of pension credit were paid to a sample of around 2,000 pensioners who, based on the information already held, appeared to be entitled to but not receiving pension credit. These payments were made without the normal prerequisite for a claim, and lasted for a period of 12 weeks.
The delivery phase of the study ran from
A full report will be published early in 2012.
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