| Heading: |
Social Security Benefits: Cost of Living |
| Question ID: |
1752477 |
| UIN: |
21922 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5329 |
| Asking Member display name: |
John Milne
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
John Milne
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of creating an independent process to set benefit levels according to the cost of essentials. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-09 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
163 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Stephen Timms
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenctimms
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenctimms
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| Answer text: |
No assessment has been made. The Social Security Administration Act 1992 requires the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to review benefit and State Pension rates each year to see if they have retained their value in relation to the general level of... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |