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State Retirement Pensions: Women

Asked by Sir Julian LewisConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 3 September 2025UIN 70283

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of women to have died since the publication of the Government’s Response to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s Investigation into and Re

Answered by Torsten Bell

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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