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2nd Report - Pensioner Poverty: challenges and mitigations
Work and Pensions Committee
HC 465
Published 24 July 2025
Recommendations
23
Accepted in Part
Include caring questions in Pension Credit and raise awareness for UC claimants about entitlement.
Recommendation
The Government should include questions on caring responsibilities in the Pension Credit application and implement provisions in the Welfare Reform Act 2012 to allow direct access to the carer addition in Pension Credit without a claim for Carer’s Allowance. It …
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Government Response Summary
The government acknowledges the confusing system for carers to get Pension Credit and is considering ways to improve the link with Carer’s Allowance and application routes, noting that changes would require thorough redesign. It also states it already has measures in place to make Universal Credit claimants aware of potential Pension Credit entitlement through agent actions, Midlife MOTs, and State Pension invitation letters.
Department for Work and Pensions
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