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State Retirement Pensions: Widowed People

Asked by Mark GarnierConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 10 February 2026UIN 111117

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people on the basic State Pension have inherited part of the additional State Pension from their deceased spouse or partner.

Answered by Torsten Bell

The Department does not hold published readily accessible data on the number of individuals in receipt of the Basic State Pension who have inherited part of the Additional State Pension from a deceased spouse or partner.

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