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HANSARDPension CreditI hope hon. Members know that pension credit take-up is a priority for me and for the Government. Our £1.2 million communications campaign has been ongoing since April. We had a…23 Jan 2023HANSARDCost of Living: PensionersThe Government have provided a record amount of support for pensioners this winter. More than 8 million households have received a £300 cost of living payment in addition to other…23 Jan 2023HANSARDCost of Living: PensionersMay I remind the hon. Gentleman that under the Conservatives, absolute pensioner poverty has gone down and the state pension has gone up. This Government do deliver and will…23 Jan 2023HANSARDCost of Living: PensionersI pay tribute to the work that the hon. Lady is doing in her constituency to boost take-up of pension credit. I would love to work with her and all across the House on this…23 Jan 2023HANSARDCost of Living: PensionersMy hon. Friend does a lot of important work in this area. What he says is sensible, and all pension funds need to be looking at what more they can do to support pensioners.23 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsAutomatic enrolment has been a huge success. I know that my hon. Friend does a huge amount of campaigning on this, and we remain committed to implementing the 2017 reforms in the…23 Jan 2023HANSARD Pensions Dashboards (Prohibition of Indemnification) BillI am very grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Cheadle (Mary Robinson) for promoting the Bill and I congratulate her on navigating it through to this stage. I have done a…20 Jan 2023HANSARD Pensions Dashboards (Prohibition of Indemnification) BillThe timetable set out in the regulations is about pension providers uploading the information to the dashboard. When that is available for individuals is a decision that the…20 Jan 2023HANSARD Pensions Dashboards (Prohibition of Indemnification) BillThe Pensions Commission did a great piece of work. As the shadow Minister rightly pointed out, it was implemented by the Conservatives. Automatic enrolment was designed…20 Jan 2023HANSARDState PensionI am very happy to do so. If there are any specific approaches the hon. Gentleman thinks the Government should be taking, I am very open to any ideas he may have and would happily…12 Dec 2022HANSARDState PensionWe know that claims for pension credit have tripled since the summer. On average, we used to get 2,000 claims a week—that has gone up to 6,000. The seven out of 10 figure that…12 Dec 2022HANSARDState PensionI would be more than happy to do so. I know that we spent £1.2 million over the summer. I have signed off a campaign for this winter, with more coming after Christmas, but I will…12 Dec 2022HANSARDState PensionState pension entitlement is obviously built up through contributions over a period of time, but equally there is a huge burden on the state, and that has to be met at a given…12 Dec 2022HANSARDState PensionIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Robert. I thank all hon. Members for their valuable contributions, and the hon. Member for Battersea (Marsha De Cordova) for…12 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have hired more than 1,000 people to look at that. It was a mistake and we are working as hard as we can to rectify it as quickly as possible.05 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsPension credit is a complicated system that also involves people’s savings, so it is not possible with the information the Government have to award it automatically. That said, we…05 Dec 2022HANSARDState Pension Age: Women Born on or after 6 April 1950State pension age equalisation and subsequent increases have been the policy of successive Governments. The phasing in of state pension age increases was agreed to by the hon.…05 Dec 2022HANSARDCost of Living: PensionersI am grateful to the hon. Member for highlighting the record rise in state pension brought forward by this Government. We are, as ever, on the side of pensioners as we go through…05 Dec 2022HANSARDCost of Living: PensionersI thank my right hon. Friend for his question. He is, as always, absolutely right. I know that he visited Age UK recently and raised these issues. It is vital that any pensioners…05 Dec 2022HANSARDCost of Living: PensionersI recognise a lot of the challenges that the hon. Lady mentions, and this is why we are giving pensioners £850, and people on pension credit £1,500, to get through this winter.05 Dec 2022