State Retirement Pensions
Commons · Question 111116 · Tabled 5 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Mark Garnier
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receive the basic state pension and the additional state pension.
Answer
Answered by Torsten Bell, 10 Feb 2026
In Great Britain in 2025/26, around 8.1 million individuals were forecast to receive the basic State Pension (this is the State Pension under the pre-2016 system), with around 6.9 million of these individuals forecast to receive the Additional State Pensi...