Every parliamentary written question tabled by Rachel Hopkins this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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What assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of paying benefits on 24 December 2024 on (a) access to banking and (b) time available for Christmas shopping for (i) pensioners and (ii)
DWP pays benefits and pensions on the date a payment is due. DWP assesses the impact on benefit claimants and pensioners of interruptions to normal access to banking services. This year, 24 December 2024 is a normal banking day and so customers will be ab...
If she will simplify the application form for Pension Credit.
The Department continues to assess the Pension Credit service. This led to the introduction of the online claim process, providing customers with a convenient alternative claim route, alongside the existing telephony and paper application methods. As the ...
Whether she plans to negotiate a reciprocal agreement with the Australian government on uprating state pensions.
There are no plans to negotiate a new reciprocal social security agreement with Australia. UK State Pensions are payable worldwide, without regard to nationality, and are only uprated abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so - for example in cou...