Question follow-through · 111117
State Retirement Pensions: Widowed People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people on the basic State Pension have inherited part of the additional State Pension from their deceased spouse or partner.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 5 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 10 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 10 Feb 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
5 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people on the basic State Pension have inherited part of the additional State Pension from their deceased spouse or partner.
10 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Department does not hold published readily accessible data on the number of individuals in receipt of the Basic State Pension who have inherited part of the Additional State Pension from a deceased spouse or partner.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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