State Retirement Pensions: Uprating
(asked on 19th October 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask His Majesty's Government which measure of average earnings they propose to use for State Pension uprating from April 2030; and over what reference period earnings growth will be measured.
This question was answered on 29th October 2026
Earnings growth will be measured in reference to the value of the full rate of new State Pension relative to average earnings as of 2029/30. Further details will be set out when legislation is brought before Parliament.