Written question asked by Andrew Snowden (Conservative) on Monday, 15 June 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 June 2026 (named day). It was answered by Dan Tomlinson (Labour) on Thursday, 18 June 2026 on behalf of the Treasury.

Income Tax: Pensioners

Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of state pensioners who will pay income tax in each financial year from 2026–27 to 2030–31.

Answer

The Chancellor has set out that individuals whose only income is the basic or new State Pension, without increments, will not pay income tax over this Parliament.

The number of individual Income Tax payers by age can be found in Table 2.1 of the Income Tax liabilities statistics, as linked below:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/685a6bb541d77db4f68eb0c4/Collated_Income_Tax_liabilities_statistics_tables_-_2.1_to_2.6.ods

The updated Income Tax liabilities statistics will be published in July 2026.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 10017
Session: 2026-27
Subjects: Income tax Pensioners Tax thresholds
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Income Tax: Pensioners

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