Question follow-through · 82971

State Retirement Pensions: Uprating

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policy on the triple lock for the State Pensions of the report by the International Monetary Fund entitled United Kingdom: 2025 Article IV Consult

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
17 Oct 2025
Target answer date
21 Oct 2025
Answer
27 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policy on the triple lock for the State Pensions of the report by the International Monetary Fund entitled United Kingdom: 2025 Article IV Consult

  2. 21 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an independent international organisation. The Government engages regularly and constructively with the IMF, including during the annual bilateral surveillance process known as Article IV. The Government is committ...

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