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UIN 1997

Universal Credit: Pensioners

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13 February 2020

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24 February 2020 · Answer

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24 February 2020

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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to review the effect on pensioner poverty of the requirement that pensioners make a claim for universal credit on retirement and not pension credit because their partner has not yet r

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  1. 13 February 2020

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to review the effect on pensioner poverty of the requirement that pensioners make a claim for universal credit on retirement and not pension credit because their partner has not yet r

    Source: Commons

  2. 24 February 2020

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    We spend around £100 billion on the State Pension in 2019/20, and as a result of the triple lock, from April 2020 (subject to Parliamentary approval), the full yearly amount of the basic State Pension will be around £700 higher than if it had just been up...

    Source: Written answer

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