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date	11/10/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pension Credit: Uprating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential merits of uprating the eligibility threshold for pension credit in line with inflation.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	901565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>I meet regularly with other Ministers to discuss cross-Government issues.</p><p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has an annual statutory duty to review benefits and pensions. Her decisions will be announced to Parliament in due course.</p><p>We understand that higher prices are affecting pensioners, including those receiving Pension Credit. Most households on Pension Credit will receive £1,500 as part of the Government’s £37 billion cost of living package. They will also benefit from the recently announced ‘Energy Price Guarantee’.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 11/10/2022 15:19:24 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

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date	18/05/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Pension Credit: Uprating
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made, if any, of the costs of uprating the Pension Credit by the triple lock over the next 20 years, instead of uprating by earnings.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL4644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2020 answer text <p>No estimate has been made on the cost of uprating the Pension Credit by the triple lock over the next 20 years, instead of uprating by earnings.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 27/05/2020 14:40:40 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann