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State Retirement Pensions

Asked by Neil Duncan-JordanLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 20 May 2025UIN 51780

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners are in receipt of a full new State Pension.

Answered by Torsten Bell

The latest figures, for the quarter ending November 2024, show 2,458,948 individuals were in receipt of at least the full rate of the new State Pension. Source: Stat-Xplore

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