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What estimate her Department has made of the amount local authorities will spend on supporting pensioners with the cost of living in winter 2024-25.
No assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the Household Support Fund in supporting pensioners with the cost of living in winter 2024-25 and no estimate has been made of the amount local authorities will spend on supporting pensioners this winter.
What the average processing time for Pension Credit applications is by constituency.
Pension Credit application Average Actual Clearance Times (AACT) are measured weekly.The information is not available at constituency level. The table below the most recent national AACT data. Week Date28/10/2404/11/2411/11/2418/11/24PC Claims AACT (Working Days)56636565 Please note.The AACT is shown rounded to the nearest whole working day.The data shown is unpublished management information, collected and intended for internal departmental use and has not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard.These figures will not align to previous PQ responses due to retrospective updates as the data is sourced from live systems.DWP currently works to a planned timescale of 50 working days to clear Pension Credit claims.
What assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Household Support Fund in supporting pensioners with the cost of living in winter 2024-25.
No assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the Household Support Fund in supporting pensioners with the cost of living in winter 2024-25 and no estimate has been made of the amount local authorities will spend on supporting pensioners this winter.
How many Pension Credit applications have been made since 29 July 2024 by constituency.
We do not currently hold this information at Constituency level. Data on how many Pension Credit applications made between 1 April 2024 and 22 September 2024 was recently published on gov.uk, Weekly Pension Credit claims received from 1 April 2024 to 22 September 2024 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). On 28 October 2024, The Department announced updated Pension Credit applications and award statistics would be published on 28 November 2024. This publication provides application volumes up to 17 November 2024. Pension Credit applications and awards: November 2024 - GOV.UK This shows we have received around 150,000 applications since the announcement on 29 July to 17 November 2024.