Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the recommendations of the Work and Pensions Select Committee in its report entitled The cost of living, published in July 2022, whether her Department has taken steps to reduce the length of time between the inflation reference period for benefit uprating and the uprating implementation date.
Answer
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is required by law to undertake an annual review of State pensions and benefits. The outcome of that review will be announced later this year, and the new rates will enter into force from 10 April 2023.
The Government will respond to the report of the Work and Pensions Committee in due course.