Question follow-through · 10883
Department for Work and Pensions: Women against State Pension Inequality
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of additional legal costs that may be incurred by the Department in relation to ongoing litigation concerning compensation for women affected by maladministration in State Pens
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 17 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 24 Jun 2026 · 7 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, what estimate he has made of additional legal costs that may be incurred by the Department in relation to ongoing litigation concerning compensation for women affected by maladministration in State Pens
22 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Jun 2026
Answer published
Women Against State Pension Inequality Ltd (WASPI) are seeking permission from the High Court to bring a Judicial Review on our response to the Ombudsman’s report. We do not comment on live litigation.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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