A 85-year-old woman in need of financial assistance is struggling to obtain Pension Credit due to repeated rejections from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
Allan Holden, 60, cares for his 85-year-old disabled mother and helped her apply for pension credit in February last year. Her application was rejected by the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) and she doesn’t know why. Mr. Holden said: “I’ve just sorted the third pension credit application for my mum – I’ve been at it since last February. The second one, which took six months to process, was rejected and they won’t give an explanation as to why.
The rejection letter arrived in November 2023 and it said that her income was too high, but this isn’t true.”He added: “The rejection letter got it wrong and said her income was £260 a week, which is why they wouldn’t move forward with her application, but this figure is wrong. It’s much less than that. When I contacted the DWP to ask how they arrived at this figure, they said they wouldn’t discuss it.”He and his two brothers are now worried about how she will cope financially as she “will soon run out of money”. With energy bills increasing and the winter fuel payment – worth between £200 and £300 – axed for pensioners not in receipt of pension credit, many face the choice between heating and eating this winter.Some 92,000 pension credit claims were rejected by the Government between April and December this year, while 91,000 claims were awarded, the data collected by wealth management firm Quilter shows.In comparison, between April 2023 and March 2024, the number of claims accepted was higher than those rejected at 134,000 and 112,000 respectivel
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