Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his policy to restore the triple lock on pensions in (a) 2023-24 and (b) future years.
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is currently conducting his statutory annual review of State Pension and benefit rates. We cannot pre-empt the outcome of that review, which will be announced in due course.
Our priority is to protect the most vulnerable, including those who cannot increase their earnings through work, such as pensioners who are in a unique position