Pension Credit: Telephone Services

(asked on 15th July 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls were made to the pension credit claim line in each of the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement.


Answered by
Guy Opperman Portrait
Guy Opperman
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 22nd July 2019

Calls to Pension Credit Claim Line in each of the last 12 months are outlined in the table below:

Month

No. of Calls

July 18

49168

August 18

36885

September 18

38635

October 18

54165

November 18

39811

December 18

27092

January 19

45258

February 19

39569

March 19

42377

April 19

46210

May 19

43720

June 19

60060

Total

522950

DWP officials continue to monitor the numbers of enquiries and claims to Pension Credit in order to ensure that levels of service to the public can be maintained and that we are able to respond flexibly and quickly to changes in demands on services including any increase in Pension Credit take-up.

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