Question follow-through · 10552
Women against State Pension Inequality: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on legal fees and associated costs defending judicial review proceedings brought by the WASPI Campaign since December 2024.
About this written question
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
- 17 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
17 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on legal fees and associated costs defending judicial review proceedings brought by the WASPI Campaign since December 2024.
22 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jun 2026
Answer published
Based on the information held, since December 2024, the recorded legal costs on litigation brought by WASPI including disbursements and VAT and costs paid to WASPI are £348,566.14.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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