Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 35898
State Retirement Pensions
Tabled: 5 March 2025
Answered: 11 March 2025
Question
Richard Tice
Reform UK — Boston and Skegness
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the difference between the rates of the (a) basic state pension and (b) new state pension on pensioners; and whether the Department has considered the potent
Answer
Torsten BellThe Government has made a commitment to the Triple Lock for the entirety of this Parliament which will mean spending on people’s State Pensions is forecast to rise by over £31 billion. It is not possible to make direct, like for like comparisons between S...
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