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State Retirement Pensions: Uprating

Commons · Question 29339 · Tabled 5 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 12 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Gregory Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the State Pension reflects increases in the cost of living.

Answer

Answered by Torsten Bell, 12 Feb 2025

The Government is committed to the Triple Lock, which means that in April 2025, the basic and new State Pension will increase by the higher of the growth in average earnings, price increases or 2.5%. As a result, the basic and new State Pension will incre...