Question follow-through · 86084

State Retirement Pensions: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the level of readability of the correspondence sent by his Department when setting out how a constituent's New State Retirement Pension has been calculated (a) when consid

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
28 Oct 2025
Target answer date
30 Oct 2025
Answer
5 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the level of readability of the correspondence sent by his Department when setting out how a constituent's New State Retirement Pension has been calculated (a) when consid

  2. 30 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Individuals enrolling in a private pension scheme should receive clear and accessible information from their pension provider or employer about how the scheme may affect their State Pension entitlement. They can forecast their State Pension entitlement us...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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