Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 122808

Social Security Benefits: Uprating

Tabled: 23 March 2026

Answered: 30 March 2026

Question

Kim Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of opportunities for parliamentary scrutiny of the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 2026, laid on 6 March 2026.

Answer

Torsten Bell

The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 2026 are consequential on the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2026. The regulations are subject to the negative procedure and are therefore only subject to Parliamentary debate if one is sought a...

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