Question follow-through · 49929
State Retirement Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when a person who reached state pension age before 2016 would become entitled to their basic state pension.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 2 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 May 2025
- Answer
- 8 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when a person who reached state pension age before 2016 would become entitled to their basic state pension.
8 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 May 2025
Answer published
The basic State Pension was available for those who reached State Pension age before 6 April 2016.Men were eligible for basic State Pension at age 65. Women born prior to 6 April 1950 were eligible for the basic State Pension at age 60.Following changes t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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