Question follow-through · 106702

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the UK’s compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women in relation to women born in the 1950s affected by chan

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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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
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
22 Jan 2026
Answer
22 Jan 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the UK’s compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women in relation to women born in the 1950s affected by chan

  2. 22 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 22 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The UK is fully compliant with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, including in relation to women born in the 1950s affected by changes to the State Pension age.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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