Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 30013

Pensioners: Food Poverty

Tabled: 7 February 2025

Answered: 14 February 2025

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support pensioners with (a) the cost of household bills and (b) food insecurity.

Answer

Torsten Bell

The State Pension is the foundation of income in retirement and will remain so, protecting 12 million pensioners through the triple lock, with a 4.1% increase to the basic State Pension and the new State Pension from April 2025. We are also increasing the...

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