Question follow-through · 1846
State Retirement Pensions: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to help support women affected by the rise in the State Pension age in Southampton Itchen constituency.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 25 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 29 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 1 Aug 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to help support women affected by the rise in the State Pension age in Southampton Itchen constituency.
29 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Aug 2024
Answer published
DWP offers employment support for eligible customers of all ages, including those below State Pension age, through the network of Jobcentres across the UK, and through contracted employment programmes.A dedicated offer for older workers seeks to provide t...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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