Question follow-through · 37136

State Retirement Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2025 to Question 23268 on State Retirement Pensions, what information her Department holds on the number of people who are (a) eligible for the Category D pension pa

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
11 Mar 2025
Target answer date
14 Mar 2025
Answer
14 Mar 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2025 to Question 23268 on State Retirement Pensions, what information her Department holds on the number of people who are (a) eligible for the Category D pension pa

  2. 14 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 14 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    DWP is responsible for the State Pension administered in Great Britain while the Department for Communities is responsible for the State Pension administered in Northern Ireland. As of the quarter ending August 2024, there were a total of 89,360 people in...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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Universal Credit: Expenditure

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Universal Credit: Expenditure

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