Social Security Benefits: Pensioners
Commons · Question 90676 · Tabled 13 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Kerry McCarthy
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making pensioners who live with a partner below State Pension age eligible to receive age-appropriate welfare benefits.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 20 Nov 2025
We have no current plans to do so. Ensuring that individuals, including those below State Pension age, can get into and stay in work is important for individuals in helping them to continue saving for their own retirement and contributes to the wider econ...