Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 19835
Workplace Pensions: Universal Credit
Tabled: 12 December 2024
Answered: 17 December 2024
Named DayQuestion
Claire Young
Liberal Democrat — Thornbury and Yate
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether entitlement to a defined benefit occupational pension affects entitlement to Universal Credit if that pension is not drawn.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsIt has been a long-standing policy of successive governments to encourage people to save for their retirement. Universal Credit is a means-tested benefit and takes occupational and personal pensions into account when the customer receives that income unde...
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