Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Henry Smith and Laura Trott

Monday 24th April 2023 Commons Chamber

[Laura Trott]

We 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, and we will try to get that done by the end of the year. I am accelerating that as much as I can. I am very aware that it is a problem.

[Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con)]

T7. This month has seen the uplifting of pensions and benefits by 10.1%, but what more is the Department doing to ensure that people in my constituency and around the country get the maximum that they are entitled to and, therefore, take up pension credit?

[Laura Trott]

I 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 awareness of pension credit and promote its take-up. The latest stats release at the start of the year shows a substantial rise in the number of claims.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Henry Smith and Laura Trott

Wednesday 10th February 2021 Commons Chamber

[Laura Trott (Sevenoaks) (Con)]

What steps she is taking to ensure that children throughout the UK have equality of opportunity.

[Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con)]

What steps she is taking to ensure that children throughout the UK have equality of opportunity.