Successful new claims for Pension Credit made before December 21 will receive a backdated Winter Fuel Payment.
The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed it is “looking at” the lengthy Pension Credit application form which people over State Pension age need to complete in order to access Winter Fuel Payments and other financial support. Pensions Minister Emma Reynolds acknowledged the application process was “very long”, as she also faced calls to say whether an alleged Pension Credit claims backlog will be cleared “before older people start having to make the choice between heating and eating”.
“And all I would say to him is that the new leader of the Opposition argued in 2022 that Winter Fuel Payments should be means-tested, so I wondered how he might go ahead and means-test Winter Fuel Payments if he had the chance?” The DWP target time for processing Pension Credit claims is currently 50 working days. The most recent data provided by the Department shows that in the week commencing October 21, the average processing time was 52 working days.
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