People, Social Development and Family Services Minister Vandana Mohit says the 2,292 NIB queries outstanding on May 28 have been reduced to 175, following a co-ordinated cross-agency effort to aggressively address the backlog in the processing of the senior citizens pension and other key social-welfare grants.

She made the statement during a post-Cabinet media briefing on June 5 at the Red House in Port of Spain.

“As a direct result of this effort, the NIB TT has drastically reduced the number of outstanding information requests from a total of 6,461, inclusive of 2,300 senior citizens pension queries, to just 175 across all benefit categories, as of June 4, 2025.