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State Retirement Pensions: Income Tax

Commons · Question 96642 · Tabled 3 Dec 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 8 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Mark Garnier

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 4.167 State Pension and Simple Assessment of the Budget 2025, published in November 2025, when her Department began consulting on this policy.

Answer

Answered by Torsten Bell, 8 Dec 2025

As the Chancellor has said, over this Parliament those whose only income is the basic or new State Pension without any increments will not have to pay income tax. As announced at the Budget, the government will ease the administrative burden for pensioner...