Question follow-through · 109475
State Retirement Pensions: Income Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local authorities are aware of the interaction between new tax liabilities for pre-2016 pensioners and the calculation of means-tested benefits.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 28 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 26 Feb 2026 · 29 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local authorities are aware of the interaction between new tax liabilities for pre-2016 pensioners and the calculation of means-tested benefits.
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Feb 2026
Answer published
The assessment of entitlement to Housing Benefit and Local Council Tax Support takes into account a person’s net income plus the value of any DWP benefits they receive. Taxation is a matter for HMRC. It treats pension income, whether State or occupational...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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