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 DemocratCheltenham

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 Bell
The 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.