A question on #SocialSecurityBenefitsAndWelfareTaxCredits #Uprating tabled by Claire Hanna on 24-06-2025 has been answered by Sir Stephen Timms.

Heading: 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
Asking Member handle: ClaireHanna
Asking Member Twitter reference: @ClaireHanna
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
Date of holding answer:
Date answered: 2025-06-30
Date answer corrected:
Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 163
Answering Member display name: Sir Stephen Timms
Answering Member handle: stephenctimms
Answering Member Twitter reference: @stephenctimms
Correcting Member ID:
Correcting Member display name:
Correcting Member handle:
Correcting Member Twitter reference:
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:
Comparable answer text:
Answering body ID: 29
Answering body name: Department for Work and Pensions
Tweeted: true