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State Retirement Pensions: Women

Asked by Zöe FranklinLiberal DemocratDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 11 March 2025UIN 35992

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will reconsider its decision not to provide compensation to women born in the 1950s and 1960s following the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s recommendation that those affected by changes to the state pension age should receive financial compensation.

Answered by Torsten Bell

We carefully considered the Ombudsman’s findings to ensure our decision was fair and based on the evidence.

We have accepted the Ombudsman’s finding that there was a 28-month delay in sending out letters and for this we have apologised. However, we do not agree with the Ombudsman’s approach to injustice or remedy. Full details of the Government’s decision are available here Government response to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s Investigation into Women’s State Pension age communications and associated issues - GOV.UK

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