Pensioners: Coventry

(asked on 10th March 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that pensioners in (a) Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry receive adequate welfare support during the covid-19 outbreak.


Answered by
Guy Opperman Portrait
Guy Opperman
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 15th March 2021

This Government has taken significant action to support pensioners in Coventry and across the UK during the pandemic.

The Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Act 2020 ensured that the Government can uphold the triple lock commitment. This means that from April 2021, the full yearly basic State Pension will be £2050 higher than in 2010.

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