Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on maintaining the triple lock on the state pension.
The government is committed to maintaining the triple lock for the duration of this Parliament. The triple lock has protected the incomes of millions of pensioners. This means that between April 2011 and April 2016 the basic State Pension rose by £570 more in 2016/17 than if it had just been uprated by earnings since April 2011.