State Retirement Pensions: Age
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent staff are currently working on her Department's response to the report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman entitled Women’s State Pension age: our findings on injustice and associated issues, published on 21 March 2024.
Answered by Emma Reynolds
In responding to the Ombudsman’s report work was undertaken by civil servants across grades who worked both full and part-time.
The Ombudsman’s report was detailed and complex. It took around 6 years to complete and the issues it considered spanned a period of some 30 years.
It is not possible to determine the exact number of people who worked on this as it fluctuated as we reviewed and considered different elements of the Ombudsman’s report and evidence.
This work included input from teams across the Department, who supported as and when needed.
Following careful consideration of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report into how changes to the State Pension age were communicated, the Government has decided we will not be paying compensation. We have made our decision on the facts of the matter which we have set out in our detailed response and deposited in the House Library.
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