Department for Work and Pensions: Progress in Tackling Pensioner Poverty - Encouraging Take-up of Entitlements; Twenty-sixth Report of Session 2006-07;...

ISBN-10
0215034031
ISBN-13
9780215034038
Series
Department for Work and Pensions
Category
Old age assistance
Pages
38
Language
English
Published
2007
Author
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts

Description

A previous NAO report in 2002 'Tackling pensioner poverty: encouraging take-up of entitlements (ISBN 9780102919578) examined efforts by the Department for Work and Pensions to increase the take-up of benefits by pensioners; and it was followed by a report from the Committee of Public Accounts (ISBN 9780215009340) that made a number of recommendations. Following from a subsequent report by the NAO (HCP 1178-I, session 2005-06; ISBN 9780102942316) published in July 2006, this report examines the reasons for unclaimed entitlements, the progress that has been made in encouraging the take-up of benefits since 2003 and the scope for further improvement. Findings include that despite considerable progress at the national and local level to tackle pensioner poverty, there are still over one million pensioners who are not claiming Pension Credits, almost a third of eligible pensioners. Low take-up rates are highlighted amongst older pensioners, those from ethnic minorities and those living in rural areas. The Pension Service needs to improve its co-ordination of partnership work with other health and housing service providers and local groups; and, given the complexity of the benefits system, the DWP needs to develop a target relating to take-up rates for Attendance Allowance and a system that would allow pensioners to claim linked benefits through a single transaction.

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