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State Retirement Pensions: Women

Asked by David SmithLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 22 November 2024UIN 14421

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has had discussions with the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman on the contents of it's report entitled Women’s State Pension age: our findings on injustice and associated issues, published on 21 March 2024.

Answered by Emma Reynolds

The Secretary of State has not had discussions with the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman since the report into Women’s State Pension age was published on 21 March 2024.

As Pensions Minister, on behalf of the ministerial team, I had a meeting with the acting Ombudsman on 22 October to discuss the report.

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