Question follow-through · 96644

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the 2007 report on the effectiveness of automatic pension forecast letters is the one referenced in the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report entitled Women's State Pension age: ou

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
3 Dec 2025
Target answer date
8 Dec 2025
Answer
10 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 3 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the 2007 report on the effectiveness of automatic pension forecast letters is the one referenced in the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report entitled Women's State Pension age: ou

  2. 8 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s reports titled “Women’s State Pension age: our findings on the Department for Work and Pensions’ communication of changes”, published 19 July 2021, and “Women’s State Pension age: our findings on injustice ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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