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State Retirement Pensions: Women

Asked by Mr Lee DillonLiberal DemocratDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 17 December 2025UIN 98625

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the time taken to decide on a compensation scheme for women impacted by State Pension age changes on those women.

Answered by Torsten Bell

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced in his Oral Statement of 11 November that we will retake the decision made last December as it relates to the communications on state pension age. Information that was not considered at the time of the original decision has come to light. In retaking the decision, we will review this evidence alongside evidence previously considered.

The process to retake the decision is underway and we will update the House on the decision as soon as a conclusion is reached.

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