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 Portrait
Viscount Younger of Leckie
Shadow Minister (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.

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