Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 51782

State Retirement Pensions

Tabled: 12 May 2025
Answered: 20 May 2025

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

Labour — Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) single pensioners and (b) couples receive a full old basic state pension.

Answer

Torsten Bell
The pre-2016 State Pension system for those who reached State Pension age before 6 April 2016 consisted of a basic State Pension, an earnings-related additional State Pension and Graduated Retirement Benefit. (If people were contracted out of the addition...
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