Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 31624

State Retirement Pensions: Uprating

Tabled: 13 February 2025
Answered: 24 February 2025

Question

Tom Morrison

Liberal DemocratCheadle

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of uprating the 25 pence age addition for those over 80 years old and in receipt of the Basic State Pension.

Answer

Torsten Bell
No assessment has been made of the potential merits of uprating the 25 pence Age Addition by this Government. The 25 pence a week Age Addition is part of the old State Pension, for those who reached State Pension age before 6 April 2016. It is paid with t...

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