Written Question·Treasury·UIN 118122

State Retirement Pensions: Taxation

Tabled: 4 March 2026
Answered: 12 March 2026

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

LabourPoole

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of ensuring that tax is not paid on state pensions.

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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