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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI do not think they are. Also, the triple lock is very proudly a Conservative policy.19 Jun 2023HANSARDDefined-benefit Pension SchemesWe are absolutely committed to the pensions dashboard programme. October 2026 is the final deadline for connection, not the point that it is necessarily available to the public.…19 Jun 2023HANSARDDefined-benefit Pension SchemesAs I would expect from a member of the Work and Pensions Committee and the head of the all-party parliamentary group on pensions, my hon. Friend makes an interesting point. In my…19 Jun 2023HANSARDDefined-benefit Pension SchemesThe Pension Protection Fund publishes data on the funding of defined-benefit pension schemes. Average funding of the schemes was 113.1% in 2022 versus 104.3% in 2010—a significant…19 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am sure the hon. Gentleman will note that pensioner poverty has gone down by 200,000 in absolute terms since 2010. I point him to the record state pension increase, the record…19 Jun 2023HANSARDPension CreditLast week was pension credit awareness week, which follows our big push ahead of the cost of living payments. As a result of that and the national advertising campaign, I am…19 Jun 2023HANSARDPension CreditI am sure that the hon. Gentleman will welcome the figures that I just announced on the uptake of pension credit. We will not have the eligibility figures for a while—hopefully,…19 Jun 2023HANSARDOffice for Nuclear Regulation: Corporate Plan 2023-2024Later today, I will lay before this House the Office for Nuclear Regulation’s corporate plan 2023-2024. This document will also be published on the ONR website. I can confirm, in…12 Jun 2023HANSARDPensions DashboardsPensions dashboards will transform the way in which people plan for retirement. On 2 March 2023, I announced that the pensions dashboards programme would require additional time…08 Jun 2023HANSARD Terminal Illness: Early Access to PensionsThe Department’s position is that help is available through benefits other than the state pension. The state pension is not an entitlement pool that exists; it is done on a…02 May 2023HANSARD Terminal Illness: Early Access to PensionsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma. We have been discussing a very sensitive issue, and I thank the hon. Member for Angus (Dave Doogan) for bringing…02 May 2023HANSARDPensioners in PovertyAbsolutely. I am also looking at what more we can do to use data from housing benefit and from His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs to make it easier to target people for a claim.…24 Apr 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for all that he is doing to encourage pension credit take-up in Crawley. The Government have undertaken a sustained communications campaign to raise…24 Apr 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have massively increased the number of people working on that at the moment. We are undertaking work against scams, we are prioritising cases in which the recipient is alive,…24 Apr 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman will know that state pension age equalisation has been the policy of successive Governments since 1995.24 Apr 2023HANSARDPensioners: Cost of LivingThe Department for Work and Pensions is straining every sinew because this is incredibly important to us, and to me. We need to make sure we are doing all we can to reach those…24 Apr 2023HANSARDPensioners: Cost of LivingMy hon. Friend is right to highlight the vital role that high street banks play in interacting with vulnerable pensioners and vulnerable customers. Organisations such as Virgin…24 Apr 2023HANSARDPensioners: Cost of LivingLabour put up pensions by 75p. We put them up by nearly £20. We are doing all that we can to support pensioners, and they know that we have got their backs.24 Apr 2023HANSARDPensioners: Cost of LivingThis month, pensioners received the largest ever cash increase to the state pension and pension credit. In addition, all pensioner households will receive a £300 cost of living…24 Apr 2023HANSARDPensioners in PovertyI am sorry to hear about the pensioners involved. If they are eligible for pension credit and not claiming, I assume the hon. Lady is helping them. As a Department we are happy to…24 Apr 2023