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State Retirement Pensions: Tax Allowances

Commons · Question 43380 · Tabled 1 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 7 Apr 2025

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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 ...