Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 77227
State Retirement Pensions: Expenditure
Tabled: 15 September 2025
Answered: 14 October 2025
Question
Max Wilkinson
Liberal Democrat — Cheltenham
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the cost of state pensions on other public spending priorities.
Answer
Torsten BellThe Government has published Spending Review 2025, which set departmental spending allocations consistent with the fiscal strategy set out at Autumn Budget 2024 and Spring Statement 2025. This will be updated at Autumn Budget 2025.