Question follow-through · 106703
State Retirement Pensions: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to recognise the principles of (a) legitimate expectation, (b) adequate notice and (c) procedural fairness in its response to women born in the 1950s affected by delayed notifica
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- 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
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Recorded timeline
19 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to recognise the principles of (a) legitimate expectation, (b) adequate notice and (c) procedural fairness in its response to women born in the 1950s affected by delayed notifica
22 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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22 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Secretary of State announced in his oral statement of 11 November 2025 that we will retake the decision made in December 2024 as it relates to the communications on State Pension age. Retaking the decision should not be taken as an indication that Gov...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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