Question follow-through · 92953

State Retirement Pensions: Women

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.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
20 Nov 2025
Target answer date
25 Nov 2025
Answer
25 Nov 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 20 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    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.

  2. 25 Nov 2025

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  3. 25 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The Department has made no such assessment.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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