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Theft of Tools of Trade (Sentencing) Bill 2024-26
MP: Amanda Martin
Written Question
Pension Credit
Friday 20th December 2024

Asked by: Amanda Martin (Labour - Portsmouth North)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has taken steps to work with Portsmouth City Council to help increase pension credit take-up.

Answered by Emma Reynolds - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)

As part of our nationwide Pension Credit campaign, the Department has engaged with all councils in Great Britain, including Portsmouth City Council, via the regular LA Welfare Direct bulletins.

The LA Welfare Direct 8/2024 bulletin in August featured a ‘call to action’, asking local authorities to help promote Pension Credit during the Pension Credit Week of Action and offering them the opportunity to request our promotional materials. The latest LA Welfare Direct 12/2024 bulletin also included a reminder about the 21 December Pension Credit backdating deadline to qualify for either a Winter Fuel Payment or Pension Age Winter Heating Payment.

In response to our call to action over 160 councils across Great Britain have supported our Pension Credit campaign either on social media, or by distributing the promotional material we have provided. We know that Portsmouth City Council are one of the councils that has promoted Pension Credit on social media using our campaign messages.

The local DWP strategic relationship team have also shared the campaign promotional material directly with Portsmouth City Council and attended a recent Tackling Poverty Partnership event to help raise awareness of our campaign.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 Dec 2024
Service Accommodation

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 Dec 2024
Business of the House

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 Dec 2024
Harland & Wolff

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 19 Dec 2024
Hospice Funding

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Dec 2024
Oral Answers to Questions

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Dec 2024
British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Dec 2024
Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Dec 2024
Winter Preparedness

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