Workplace Pensions: Universal Credit
Commons · Question 19835 · Tabled 12 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Claire Young
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether entitlement to a defined benefit occupational pension affects entitlement to Universal Credit if that pension is not drawn.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 17 Dec 2024
It has been a long-standing policy of successive governments to encourage people to save for their retirement. Universal Credit is a means-tested benefit and takes occupational and personal pensions into account when the customer receives that income unde...