PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Pensioners: Hampshire (9 September 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of inflation on living standards of pensioners in (a) Aldershot constituency and (b) Hampshire.

Asked by:
Alex Baker (Labour)

No such assessment of inflation on living standards has been made.

The Government is committed to the Triple Lock, which means that in April 2025, the basic and new State pension will increase by the higher of the growth in average earnings, price increases or 2.5%.

Answered by:
Emma Reynolds (Labour)
16 September 2024