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State Retirement Pensions: Women

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 29 January 2025UIN 25860

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the oral statement of 17 December 2024, Official Report, Column 167, on Women’s State Pension Age Communication: PHSO Report, if she will publish the internal Equality Impact Assessment.

Answered by Torsten Bell

The Equality Analysis requested was published as part of the Government response to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s Investigation into Women’s State Pension age communications and associated issues, which is available at the following link:

Government response to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s Investigation into Women’s State Pension age communications and associated issues - GOV.UK

No additional internal Equality Analysis was undertaken to support this decision.

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