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Pension Credit Delays

Ali Javadi
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Bestwood Advice Centre

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We have had clients who have been waiting months (some more than 5 months) to receive a decision on their Pension Credit claim. I called the Pension Service to obtain information on which applications they are processing currently (e.g.  those submitted in March 2024). The adviser said they look at all the applications when submitted, but this does not explain the processing delays.

Have you recently seen delays in decisions being made on Pension Credit claims?

[ Edited: 24 Sep 2024 at 07:15 pm by Ali Javadi ]
Paul_Treloar_AgeUK
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Information and advice resources - Age UK

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Sadly we’ve been receiving similar reports all year, DWP advice is to escalate through the national partnership managers but don’t really have any feedback on how that is working or not.

Mike Hughes
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