Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 117568
Social Security Benefits: Cost of Living
Tabled: 3 March 2026
Answered: 11 March 2026
Question
Margaret Mullane
Labour — Dagenham and Rainham
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an independent process to set benefit levels in line with essential costs.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsThe Social Security Administration Act 1992 requires the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to review benefit and State Pension 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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