Question follow-through · 8183
Pensions and Social Security Benefits: Married People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Benefit and Pension Rates 2026-27, updated on 16 February 2026, for what reason his Department has agreed a 4.8% uplift to the maximum weekly allowance for additional spouses; and
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 9 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 18 Jun 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Benefit and Pension Rates 2026-27, updated on 16 February 2026, for what reason his Department has agreed a 4.8% uplift to the maximum weekly allowance for additional spouses; and
11 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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18 Jun 2026
Answer published
State pension and benefit rates are reviewed annually as part of the Secretary of State’s statutory up-rating duty. For 2026/27, Pension Credit-related amounts, including the Standard Minimum Guarantee, were increased by 4.8 per cent in line with the grow...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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