Select committee: Work and Pensions Committee
Conclusion 4
2nd Report - Transition to State Pension Age
Published 11 Jul 2026
Addressed to Department for Work and Pensions
Work and Pensions Committee Transition to State Pension age All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
We agree with the Second Pensions Commission that current policy is not grounded in clear objectives for adequacy and that it would help guide future policy to define what ‘adequate’ means in a way that accurately represents pensioners’ financial resources across the income distribution. An adequacy objective would help guide future policy decisions, for example, as to how the State Pension is uprated. (Conclusion, Paragraph 28)
From: Work and Pensions Committee, 2nd Report - Transition to State Pension Age (HC 76), 11 July 2026
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 22 October 2026 (deadline 11 September 2026).