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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2014-11-10more like thismore than 2014-11-10
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading State Retirement Pensions more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will take action to ensure that the state pension is treated as a contributory pension and not a welfare benefit. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Stoddart of Swindon more like this
uin HL2791 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2014-11-17more like thismore than 2014-11-17
answer text <p /> <p>The state pension is based on the National Insurance contributions a person has paid or been credited with and it is paid out of the National Insurance Fund. The state pension is technically and legally a benefit and has been so since the 1946 National Insurance Act. The Government does not include the state pension in the Welfare Cap.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Freud more like this
question first answered
less than 2014-11-17T14:18:57.153Zmore like thismore than 2014-11-17T14:18:57.153Z
answering member
3893
label Biography information for Lord Freud more like this
tabling member
950
label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon more like this