VerbatimParliament, as it happens

State Retirement Pensions: Uprating

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 8 September 2026UIN 23873

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the annual cost from April 2028 of extending Triple Lock uprating to the additional State Pension and Graduated Retirement Benefit of persons who (a) reached State Pension age before 6 April 2016 and (b) were contracted out of the additional State Pension through service in the Armed Forces.

Answered by Department for Work and Pensions

No estimate has been made of the cost of this proposal.

Verbatim has judged this answer against the question that was actually asked — answered, partly answered, or evaded. Sign in to see the verdict →

Open this question in Verbatim →

Every written question, searchable

155,000 questions tabled since the election, with the answer each department gave — and the ones still unanswered, with the clock running. Free to search.

Search written questions →Read on Verbatim