Question follow-through · 58215
State Retirement Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to improve the safety of pensions.
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
- 9 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 17 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to improve the safety of pensions.
11 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jun 2025
Answer published
On State Pensions, we have made a commitment to the Triple Lock for the entirety of this Parliament which will mean the annual spend on people’s State Pensions is forecast to rise by around £31 billion. These rises are only possible because of the tough d...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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