Question follow-through · 93032

Poverty: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report by Independent Age entitled Too Little Too Late, published on 15 May 2025.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
20 Nov 2025
Target answer date
24 Nov 2025
Answer
27 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report by Independent Age entitled Too Little Too Late, published on 15 May 2025.

  2. 24 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is absolutely committed to supporting pensioners and giving them the dignity and security they deserve in retirement. From the end of this Parliament, as a result of our commitment to protect the Triple Lock, spending on State Pensions is f...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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