Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 97235
Social Security Benefits
Tabled: 4 December 2025
Answered: 16 December 2025
Question
Matt Vickers
Conservative — Stockton West
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the cost of living on the adequacy of benefit levels in the most recent review period.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsThe Social Security Administration Act 1992 requires the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to review State Pension and benefit rates each year to see if they have retained their value in relation to the general level of prices or earnings. Where th...
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