Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 108544

State Retirement Pensions

Tabled: 26 January 2026
Answered: 3 February 2026

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

LabourPoole

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of pensioners whose sole income is the (a) basic and (b) full new State Pension.

Answer

Torsten Bell
Findings from the Pensioners’ Incomes Series show that, in 2023/24, around 1.1 million pensioner families (i.e. singles or couples) in the UK received the State Pension together with other state benefits as their sole sources of income. However, this does...

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