Question follow-through · 96308
State Retirement Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that the State Pension Benefit will be available under the current conditions to those entering the workforce in the financial year 2025-2026.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 2 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 10 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that the State Pension Benefit will be available under the current conditions to those entering the workforce in the financial year 2025-2026.
4 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to maintaining a fair and sustainable State Pension system that provides security in retirement. The new State Pension, introduced in April 2016, offers a clear and predictable foundation for individuals’ retirement planning.En...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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