Social Security Benefits: Uprating
(asked on 11th December 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the social security benefit cap will be lifted in line with inflation in April 2024; and if not, why.
Answered by
Viscount Younger of Leckie
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 19th December 2023
The Secretary of State has a statutory obligation to review the levels at least once every five years. There is no requirement until November 2027.