Written Question·Treasury·UIN 51097

Income Tax: Pensioners

Tabled: 8 May 2025
Answered: 13 May 2025
Named Day

Question

Gregory Stafford

ConservativeFarnham and Bordon

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of increasing the Income Tax threshold for pensioners.

Answer

James Murray
The Personal Allowance - the amount an individual can earn before paying tax - will continue to exceed the basic and full new State Pension this tax year. This means pensioners whose sole income is the full new State Pension or basic State Pension without...

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