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Housing Benefit and Pension Credit

Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 24 March 2025.

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Photo of Baroness Altmann Baroness Altmann Conservative

To ask His Majesty's Government what progress has been made in bringing together the administration of Pension Credit and Housing Benefit.

Photo of Baroness Sherlock Baroness Sherlock The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions

We remain committed to meeting the Chancellor’s commitment to bringing together the administration of Pension Credit and pensioner Housing Benefit. We are seeking to do this in a way that best meets the needs of current and future pensioners.

The Department is working closely with local authorities and undertaking detailed policy exploration to ensure that the best approach is identified.

Alongside this work, we are improving our use of established data streams to target new pensioner Housing Benefit customers to ensure that they are prompted to claim and receive any Pension Credit to which they are entitled. As part of this initiative, we have successfully sent out 1,000 letters to citizens, encouraging them to make a claim for Pension Credit.

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  • (Citation: HL Deb, 24 March 2025, cW)

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