Question follow-through · 104068

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will accept the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s compensation recommendations in full as part of his review on compensating women born in the 1950s affected by changes to the State Pen

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
7 Jan 2026
Target answer date
12 Jan 2026
Answer
12 Jan 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will accept the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s compensation recommendations in full as part of his review on compensating women born in the 1950s affected by changes to the State Pen

  2. 12 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 12 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State set out on 11 November 2025, we are retaking the decision made in December 2024 as it relates to the communications on State Pension age. The process to retake the decision is underway. We will update the Hou...

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