Question follow-through · 70283

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of women to have died since the publication of the Government’s Response to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s Investigation into and Re

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
3 Sept 2025
Answer
3 Sept 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of women to have died since the publication of the Government’s Response to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s Investigation into and Re

  2. 3 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The decision not to set up a compensation scheme is now subject to live litigation and the High Court has granted permission for a full hearing.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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State Retirement Pensions: Women

20 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number women born in the 1950s who have died since the publication of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's findings (HC 638) on 21 March 2024.

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State Retirement Pensions: Women

26 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2025 to Question 92953 on State Retirement Pensions: Women, if he will make an estimate of the number of women born in the 1950s who have died since the publication

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Work Capability Assessment: Immunosuppression

9 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed reforms to Work Capability Assessments on severely immunocompromised people who are recovering from (a) stem cell transplants, (b)

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Outdoor Education: Apprentices

24 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will continue to fund the Level 5 Outdoor Learning Specialist Apprenticeship in order to allow (a) the cohort already accepted for the scheme to continue and (b) substantive consultation with the

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Women against State Pension Inequality

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