United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 62184
State Retirement Pensions: Terminal Illnesses
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24 June 2025
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1 July 2025 · Answer
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1 July 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing early state pension access for people with a terminal illness.
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24 June 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing early state pension access for people with a terminal illness.
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1 July 2025
Answer
There has been no recent assessment. The principle of having a State Pension age that is the same for everybody has the merit of simplicity and clarity through providing an important trigger moment for planning purposes. It has always been the case that n...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-06-24/62184
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1815803
- uk · wq-1815803 · source updated 1 July 2025