Written Question·Treasury·UIN 110121

State Retirement Pensions: Taxation

Tabled: 2 February 2026
Answered: 10 February 2026

Question

Patrick Hurley

LabourSouthport

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of excluding the state pension as a form of taxable income.

Answer

Torsten Bell
Exempting the State Pension from income tax entirely would reduce tax receipts substantially undermining the public services we all rely on – especially the NHS. However, I can confirm that those whose sole income is the basic and full new State Pension, ...

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