Pensions and Social Security Benefits: Married People
2026-06-08 · Department for Work and Pensions · 8183 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Benefit and Pension Rates 2026-27, updated on 16 February 2026, for what reason his Department has agreed a 4.8% uplift to the maximum weekly allowance for additional spouses; and
Answer
State pension and benefit rates are reviewed annually as part of the Secretary of State’s statutory up-rating duty. For 2026/27, Pension Credit-related amounts, including the Standard Minimum Guarantee, were increased by 4.8 per cent in line with the grow...