Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will arrange emergency payments for people who have seen their state pension delayed.

DWP is aware that a small number of new State Pension claims have been subject to delays in receiving payment.

The Department is working hard to clear the current backlog, many of which have accrued since the Covid Pandemic.

We are prioritising overdue payments and payments that are imminent within the next few weeks. Normal service will be resumed by the end of October 2021.