Housing Benefit and Pension Credit
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which body will administer the proposed merged housing and pension credit.
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms
The Department is committed to delivering the Government’s goal of bringing together the administration of pensioner Housing Benefit and Pension Credit for new claimants from 2026, so that pensioners receive the support they are entitled to.
We are working closely with local authorities, to ensure reforms meet the needs of current and future pensioners.
In addition, we have already improved how we use existing data to target new pensioner Housing Benefit customers to ensure they are prompted to claim and receive any Pension Credit to which they are entitled.
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