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State Retirement Pensions: Wales

Commons · Question 9596 · Tabled 16 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 21 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Ann Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Wales are recipients of the (a) old and (b) new State Pension; and how many and what proportion of those recipients receive the full rate of the (i) old and (ii) new State Pension in

Answer

Answered by Emma Reynolds, 21 Oct 2024

It is not possible to make direct, like for like comparisons between State Pension amounts received under the pre 2016 State Pension system and the new State Pension. Under both systems, the amount people are entitled to varies according to their National...