Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 62916

State Retirement Pensions: Rural Areas

Tabled: 25 June 2025
Answered: 1 July 2025

Question

Adam Dance

Liberal DemocratYeovil

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the weekly State Pension rate for people in (a) rural communities and (b) Yeovil constituency.

Answer

Torsten Bell
The Government is committed to ensuring that the State Pension provides a foundation for income in retirement. From the end of this Parliament, spending on the State Pension is forecast to be around £31 billion more a year, compared with 2024/25 as a resu...

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