Question follow-through · 4249
Pension Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when Pension Credit was last (a) reviewed and (b) adjusted.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Social security and pensions
- State Retirement Pensions: Women · 2 Dec 2024
- State Retirement Pensions: Women · 2 Dec 2024
- Housing Benefit · 8 Jan 2025
- Social Security Benefits: Arthritis · 16 Jun 2025
- Government Departments: Disability · 22 Oct 2025
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when Pension Credit was last (a) reviewed and (b) adjusted.
9 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2024
Answer published
The rates of Pension Credit were last reviewed in Autumn 2023 as part of the Secretary of State’s annual statutory review of State pension and benefit rates. Following that review, the Pension Credit standard minimum guarantee was increased by 8.5%, in li...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
State Retirement Pensions: Women
2 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report on women’s State Pension age changes, published on 21 March 2024, if she will publish the related departmental submissions to th
State Retirement Pensions: Women
2 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report on women’s State Pension age changes, published on 21 March 2024, if she will publish related (a) impact assessments and (b) fin
Housing Benefit
8 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in England and Wales received discretionary housing payment after qualifying for local housing allowance in 2023-24.
Chemicals: EU Law
12 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to align with recent changes to EU classification, labelling and packaging regulations requiring regular and timely updates on non-animal science.
Lead: Health and Safety
18 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 7 May 2024 to Question 24202 on Lead: Health and Safety, what recent estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the assessment of lead ammunition restrictio
Social Security Benefits: Arthritis
16 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Wales on the potential impact of the Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working, published
Government Departments: Disability
22 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how frequently the Lead Ministers for Disability have met over the last year; and if he will publish the (a) agenda and (b) topics discussed by the Lead Ministers for Disability in the last year.
Government Departments: Disability
22 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Lead Ministers for Disability scheme in communicating the (a) needs and (b) views of disabled people across Government.
Government Departments: Disability
22 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that Lead Ministers for Disability (a) engage with (i) disabled people's organisations, (ii) people with lived experience and (iii) other relevant civil society stakeho
Government Departments: Disability
22 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish an (a) annual and (b) periodic report on the work of Lead Ministers for Disability.
Women against State Pension Inequality
22 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he last met with representatives of the WASPI campaign.
Government Departments: Disability
24 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to publish the (a) minutes, (b) outcomes and (c) performance monitoring for meetings of Lead Ministers for Disability.