Source · Select Committees · Work and Pensions Committee
Recommendation 5
5
Rejected
Paragraph: 90
Review current benefit levels against benchmarks and outline plans to achieve objectives
Recommendation
Having established a benchmark, the Department should review the extent to which current benefit levels are meeting this benchmark. If DWP finds that it is not meeting these objectives, it should set out how it intends to reach them alongside annual uprating, for example, by ratcheting-up benefit levels where fiscal headroom allows.
Government Response Summary
The government rejects the recommendation, stating it does not intend to establish a benchmark for income-replacement benefits, which is a prerequisite for the proposed review of benefit levels.
Paragraph Reference:
90
Government Response
Rejected
HM Government
Rejected
As outlined in the response to Recommendations 3 and 4, the Government does not intend to establish a benchmark for income-replacement benefits.