Oral Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
“What recent assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's priorities of the covid-19 outbreak.”
Tabled: 9 June 2020Answered: 15 June 2020
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
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.