Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 77781

State Retirement Pensions: Terminal Illnesses

Tabled: 16 September 2025
Answered: 13 October 2025

Question

Luke Taylor

Liberal DemocratSutton and Cheam

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will ask the Pensions Commission to consider expansion of access to the State Pension for people of working age with terminal illnesses.

Answer

Torsten Bell
The Terms of Reference for the Pensions Commission, which set out the scope for the Commission, were published on the 21st July. As set out in their Terms of Reference, the Commissioners will consider what is required in the long term to deliver financial...

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