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Social Security Benefits and Welfare Tax Credits: Uprating |
Question ID: |
1815974 |
UIN: |
62267 |
House: |
Commons |
Date tabled: |
2025-06-24 |
Asking Member ID: |
4827 |
Asking Member display name: |
Claire Hanna
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Asking Member handle: |
ClaireHanna
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Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@ClaireHanna
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Member interest: |
false |
Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to uprate (a) inflation-linked benefits and (b) tax credits for the 2026–27 financial year in line with the consumer prices index rate of inflation for September. |
Is named day: |
true |
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Date answered: |
2025-06-30 |
Date answer corrected: |
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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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Correcting Member ID: |
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Correcting Member display name: |
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Answer text: |
The Social Security Administration Act 1992 requires the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to review State pension and benefit rates each year to see if they have retained their value in relation to the general level of prices or earnings. Where th... |
Original answer text: |
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Answering body ID: |
29 |
Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
Tweeted: |
true |