Written Question·Treasury·UIN 109605

Pensioners: Taxation

Tabled: 29 January 2026
Answered: 5 February 2026

Question

Dr Luke Evans

ConservativeHinckley and Bosworth

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of pensioners who will be required to pay tax for the first time after 2027.

Answer

Torsten Bell
The majority of pensioners paid tax under the previous Government, with 8.3 million taxpayers over state pension age in 2024/2025. The Chancellor has said that those whose only income is the basic or new State Pension without any increments will not have ...

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