Committees

Intergenerational fairness inquiry

Inquiry

Committee report


Government response


The inquiry aims to answer the question of whether the current generation of people in or approaching retirement will over the course of their lifetimes have enjoyed and accumulated much more housing and financial wealth, public service usage, and welfare and pension entitlements than more recent generations can hope to receive.

Questions the Committee is looking to address include:

  • What has been the collective impact on different generations of policies in recent years, including welfare reform and deficit reduction with areas of protected spending?
  • To what extent is intergenerational fairness a welfare issue?
  • What effects are these changes projected to have over time? Are they sustainable? What have the long-term trends been?
  • How does the welfare system interact with other areas of public expenditure and income and wealth in the wider economy, including issues of health, education and housing
  • Is the triple-lock necessary to prevent future increases in pensioner poverty?

Work news

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Withdrawal of triple lock recommendation welcomed by Committee
Work and Pensions Committee Chair welcomes Independent Review of the State Pension Age recommendations
23 March 2017
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Triple lock retention could mean no state pension for millions
Work and Pensions Committee publishes evidence on pension triple lock and state pension age trade-off
28 February 2017
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Intergenerational fairness: Committee publishes Government response
Work and Pensions Committee to press for triple lock replacement after 2020
25 January 2017
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Scrap the state pension triple-lock, says Committee
Work and Pensions Committee publishes report on intergenerational fairness
6 November 2016
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Intergenerational fairness examined by the Committee
Work and Pensions Committee hears on generation inequality and the future of welfare
27 April 2016
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Lord Willetts and Steve Webb questioned on intergenerational fairness
Work and Pensions Committee hears from former ministers on intergenerational fairness
1 March 2016
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"Intergenerational fairness" inquiry launched by Committee
Work and Pensions Committee launches inquiry into welfare system sustainability and wealth accumulation between generations
13 January 2016
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