Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“What steps she is taking to mitigate the risk of flooding.”
Tabled: 28 October 2019Answered: 31 October 2019
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answer from Hansard
Rachel Reeves
The basic state pension is worth £900 more than it was a year ago, and will go up again in April next year because of the triple lock, which we have committed to for the duration of this Parliament. We have already written to York council and are working with local authorities across the country to boost take-up of pension credit, because this Government, unlike the last Government, are determined to ensure that 800,000 people entitled to pension credit actually receive it.