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State Retirement Pensions: Women

Asked by James MacClearyLiberal DemocratDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 15 July 2025UIN 66045

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to enter into alternative dispute resolution following confirmation of the Judicial Review into the reasons the Government decided not to pay compensation to women born in the 1950s impacted by her Department's maladministration of State Pension age changes.

Answered by Torsten Bell

The government has apologised for the maladministration and committed to learning the lessons from the investigation. The decision not to set up a compensation scheme is now subject to live litigation and the High Court has granted permission for a full hearing.

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