Oral Question·Cabinet Office
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 20 December 2017Answered: 10 January 2018
Asked by
Wendy Morton
Conservative — Aldridge-Brownhills
Answering Minister
the Minister for the Cabinet Office
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Torsten Bell)
Our commitment to the triple lock throughout this Parliament means that spending on the state pension is set to rise by £31 billion a year. Individuals are set to see increases of up to £1,900 a year, benefiting 21,000 pensioners in North Durham and 12 million people in Britain as a whole.