State Retirement Pensions
Commons · Question 13872 · Tabled 12 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 15 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Manuela Perteghella
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure the equitability of payment amounts between the (a) old State Pension, awarded until 2016 and (b) new State Pension, awarded from 2016 onwards.
Answer
Answered by Emma Reynolds, 15 Nov 2024
We are absolutely committed to supporting pensioners and giving them the dignity and security they deserve in retirement. It is not possible to make direct, like for like comparisons between State Pension amounts received under the pre 2016 State Pension ...