Senior Citizens: Means-tested Benefits Debate
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Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
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(2 years, 6 months ago)
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Baroness Stedman-Scott (Con)
On pension credit take-up, the noble Baroness has made interesting and accurate points. We have this campaign. The Minister for Pensions is working with the BBC, other media outlets, GP surgeries, post offices and so on. It is our job to make sure that people are aware of the benefits of pension credit and to encourage take-up, but there is only so much we can do in that way. We really believe that families could be helping relatives entitled to pension credit to claim it.
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Con)
My Lords, further to the answer my noble friend gave earlier, when will the triple lock be restored?
Baroness Stedman-Scott (Con)
When the benefit uprating comes, based on the September figures for that year, the triple lock will be restored.