Question follow-through · 63434
State Retirement Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential of state pension integration practices on (a) lower-paid and (b) female pensioners; and if she will take steps to review (i) guidance and (ii) legislation t
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 27 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 7 Jul 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
27 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential of state pension integration practices on (a) lower-paid and (b) female pensioners; and if she will take steps to review (i) guidance and (ii) legislation t
1 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Jul 2025
Answer published
The aim of “integrated” pension schemes is to provide a more predictable and stable pension income over time where a person’s occupational pension comes into payment before their State Pension. This is achieved by paying a higher pension before the person...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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