State Retirement Pensions: Tax Allowances
Commons · Question 43380 · Tabled 1 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Sir Ashley Fox
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on raising the level of the personal tax-free allowance in line with the basic state pension.
Answer
Answered by Torsten Bell, 7 Apr 2025
The DWP Secretary of State engages regularly with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. As the Minister for Pensions, I also serve as a Parliamentary Secretary at HM Treasury. Currently the Personal Allowance, which is the amount an individual can earn before ...