Question follow-through · 115031
Pensioners: Tax Allowances
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.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 23 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 26 Feb 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Feb 2026
Question tabled
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.
25 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Government is committed to making sure older people can live with the dignity and respect they deserve in retirement. The State Pension is the foundation of the support available to them. Over the course of this Parliament, the yearly amount of the fu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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