Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 96639

State Retirement Pensions

Tabled: 3 December 2025
Answered: 9 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Mark Garnier

ConservativeWyre Forest

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners receive the full state pension as their only income.

Answer

Torsten Bell
The Department does not hold readily available information to identify how many pensioners receive the full State Pension as their only income. Information is, however, available from Departmental survey data which shows, in 2023/24, around 1.1m pensioner...

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