Question follow-through · 116522
State Retirement Pensions: Chronic Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to help support pre-pensioners with long-term health conditions in the context of increases to the State Pension age.
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
- 27 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 17 Mar 2026 · 18 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to help support pre-pensioners with long-term health conditions in the context of increases to the State Pension age.
3 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Mar 2026
Answer published
People with long-term health conditions will continue to be supported by the benefit system, including Personal Independence Payments (PIP), up to and beyond reaching State Pension age, and Universal Credit for those unable to work before reaching retirem...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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