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Pension Credit awareness campaign again!!

Like all welfare benefits there will always be a hardcore of people that will refuse to make a means tested claim for a benefit - it's still close to 900,000 people that are not claiming it.
This is like flogging a dead horse - what about the hard core of claimants that refuse to claim Housing Benefit, UC, etc? Surely the cost of these campaigns could be better used for those that are making claims and need extra financial help?
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However there are many people who don't know and would if they knew. I are aware of people who only claim Pension Credit (Housing Benefit and CTR too) who only beware which if keep benefit advice as a result of contact from benefit advisers after a spell in hospital. However, how government are likely to reach those people I don't know.
(It would help if they provided enough staff to process claims in a timely manner.)Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Rules may be different in other parts of UK. -
calcotti said:However there are many people who don't know and would if they knew. I are aware of people who only claim Pension Credit (Housing Benefit and CTR too) who only beware which if keep benefit advice as a result of contact from benefit advisers after a spell in hospital. However, how government are likely to reach those people I don't know.
(It would help if they provided enough staff to process claims in a timely manner.)
It's been done to death through all of the newspapers and TV ads in the past since at least the mid 90's
I dread to think how much money has been and continues to be spent on these campaigns which result in very limited success.
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None of this surprises me as there are many millions not claimed every year for the likes of UC, Housing Benefit, Council Tax Support as well as Pension Credit. -
Two thousand people will receive letters inviting them to apply for support which could top up their pension income, as part of a trial.
The Department for Work and Pensions’ “invitation to claim” trial targets those likely to be eligible for pension credit, being aimed at people who are above state pension age and in receipt of housing benefit.
Some people could see their income boosted thousands of pounds by making a successful claim – with the average pension credit award being worth more than £3,500 per year.
Letters and “call to action” leaflets will be sent out in two waves, starting this week, with a follow-up letter to be sent out in August.
They will be targeted at households in 10 local authorities, where people are already receiving housing benefit but not claiming pension credit
Another waste of time as well as money.
The Government/DWP have tried this before with little result. They even years ago made PC payments without a claim being made in the hope that having had the money for 6 months most if not all would want to have it carried on. It was a dismal failure.
It is a fact that the DWP don't seem to recognise or understand that many people who would be entitled refuse to apply for it for many reasons.
The cost of this exercise is simply being added to the massive debt that this country has.
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