Question follow-through · 20094

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report entitled Women’s State Pension age: our findings on injustice and associated issues, published on 21 March 2024, if she will mak

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
13 Dec 2024
Target answer date
17 Dec 2024
Answer
19 Dec 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report entitled Women’s State Pension age: our findings on injustice and associated issues, published on 21 March 2024, if she will mak

  2. 17 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 19 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    Following careful consideration of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report into how changes to the State Pension age were communicated, the Government has decided we will not be paying compensation. We have made our decision on the facts o...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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