Question follow-through · 95483

Pensions: Income Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the exemption for basic or new state pension to not have to pay small amounts of tax through simple assessment from April 2027 will apply to recipients of the State Earning Related Pension Scheme.

answeredTreasury

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
28 Nov 2025
Target answer date
2 Dec 2025
Answer
4 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Economy and business

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the exemption for basic or new state pension to not have to pay small amounts of tax through simple assessment from April 2027 will apply to recipients of the State Earning Related Pension Scheme.

  2. 2 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The State Pension is taxable income along with other pension income. As the State Earnings-Related Pension Scheme (SERPS) is extra money on top of the basic State Pension, it is also taxable. The Budget has confirmed that the basic and new State Pension w...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HMRC is taking to improve the responsiveness and consistency of its telephone customer service.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sole Traders: Income Tax

12 Jan 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the average compliance cost to sole traders of the transition to digital income tax in the 2026-27 financial year.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

14 Jan 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the potential increased revenue due to recent changes to the tax classification of double cap pickups in 2026-27 financial year.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

National Wealth Fund: Grangemouth

21 Jan 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the examination and shortlisting exercise for the deployment of the National Wealth Fund in Grangemouth will be concluded.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pensioners: Tax Allowances

23 Feb 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to extend the exemption to pay income tax to pensioners with private pensions who receive the same income as those who solely receive the maximum state pension.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Fuels: Prices

11 Mar 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with the Competition and Markets Authority on monitoring fuel prices during volatility in global oil markets.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Oil: Prices

11 Mar 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure consumers are protected from oil price increases.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Public Expenditure: Scotland

18 Mar 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what Barnett consequentials will be generated for the Scottish government by (a) grants awarded to local authorities in England to address SEND deficits announced in the written statement entitled Local Government F

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Refineries: UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

18 Mar 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including refined products in the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism before January 2029 or earlier.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Refineries: UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

18 Mar 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the inclusion of refined products in the carbon border adjustment mechanism on national security.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Public Expenditure: Scotland

19 Mar 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what Barnett consequentials will be generated for Scotland by (a) the awarding of grants to local authorities in England to address SEND deficits, as set out in UIN HCWS1315 and (a) the funding for SEND announced in

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Refineries: UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

15 Apr 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the relative additional costs to domestic refineries of not including refined products in the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism from January 2028 for the 2028-29 financial year.