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State Retirement Pensions: Women

Asked by Stephen GethinsScottish National PartyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 12 January 2026UIN 103311

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Statement of 11 of November 2025, on Women's State Pension Age: PHSO Report, HCWS1044, when he plans to publish the conclusion of the review of the Government's response to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report.

Answered by Torsten Bell

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced in his Oral Statement of 11 November 2025 that we will retake the decision made in December 2024 as it relates to the communications on state pension age.

The process to retake the decision is underway. We will update Parliament on the decision as soon as a conclusion is reached and on 2 December 2025 we committed to re-take the decision within three months.

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