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State Retirement Pensions

Commons · Question 96639 · Tabled 3 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 9 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Mark Garnier

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners receive the full state pension as their only income.

Answer

Answered by Torsten Bell, 9 Dec 2025

The Department does not hold readily available information to identify how many pensioners receive the full State Pension as their only income. Information is, however, available from Departmental survey data which shows, in 2023/24, around 1.1m pensioner...