Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 74253

Pension Credit

Tabled: 2 September 2025
Answered: 5 September 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the pension credit threshold.

Answer

Torsten Bell
The rates of Pension Credit are reviewed annually as part of the Secretary of State’s statutory review of State pension and benefit rates. Following the last review in Autumn 2024, the Standard Minimum Guarantee in Pension Credit increased by 4.1% in line...
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