Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 26 Oct 2022
Pension Credit and Cost of Living Support Grant
"I appreciate the Minister taking another intervention—I am doing so to help his throat and give him the chance to have a glass of water. If he is saying, “It was set up quickly because we had to help people as a matter of urgency,” that is good. However, we …..."Anne McLaughlin - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 26 Oct 2022
Pension Credit and Cost of Living Support Grant
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 26 Oct 2022
Pension Credit and Cost of Living Support Grant
"I thank the Minister for his response. He said that the number of claims increased by 275% during the week of pension credit awareness day. That seems to me to be an argument in favour of having more than one such week. If everybody who was entitled applied and the …..."Anne McLaughlin - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 29th September 2022
Asked by:
Anne McLaughlin (Scottish National Party - Glasgow North East)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Glasgow North East, dated 30 June 2022, on Pension Credit and the £650 Cost of Living Payment.
Answered by Alex Burghart
- Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
I replied to the hon. Member on 29 September.
Speech in Ministerial Corrections - Thu 14 Jul 2022
Work and Pensions
"I know what the Government have said they are doing to increase the uptake of pension credit, and that is good; I do not want to hear it again, though. I also know that people can backdate their claims for pension credit, so anyone who makes a successful application by …..."Anne McLaughlin - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Jul 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Jul 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
"I know what the Government have said they are doing to increase the uptake of pension credit, and that is good; I do not want to hear it again, though. I also know that people can backdate their claims for pension credit, so anyone who makes a successful application by …..."Anne McLaughlin - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 20th June 2022
Asked by:
Anne McLaughlin (Scottish National Party - Glasgow North East)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the uptake of Pension Credit was in (a) Glasgow North East constituency and (b) the UK in (i) 2019-2020, (ii) 2020-2021 and (iii) 2022 to 14 June.
Answered by Guy Opperman
Estimates for the number of Pension Credit claimants in Glasgow North East constituency can be found on Stat-Xplore. The latest data is for November 2021.
https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk
Estimates for Pension Credit take-up in a financial year are only available at the Great Britain level and are available in the “Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up” publication which can be found on the statistics section of gov.uk. The latest publication relates to the financial year 2019 to 2020.
Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year 2019 to 2020 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Written Question
Monday 7th March 2022
Asked by:
Anne McLaughlin (Scottish National Party - Glasgow North East)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made on the cumulative impact on the living standards of households in receipt of universal credit of the decision not to up rate benefits in line with inflation in addition to the cut to universal credit and rise in living costs.
Answered by David Rutley
I refer the Hon. Member to my response to Parliamentary Question 127316 answered 25th February 2022.
Written Question
Monday 7th March 2022
Asked by:
Anne McLaughlin (Scottish National Party - Glasgow North East)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of not uprating benefits in line with inflation on the incomes of households in receipt of universal credit taking into account the reduction in that benefit in 2021.
Answered by David Rutley
I refer the Hon. Member to my response to Parliamentary Question 127316 answered 25th February 2022.