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State Retirement Pensions: Women

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 12 January 2026UIN 103749

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will accept the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s compensation recommendations in regards to the WASPI women.

Answered by Torsten Bell

As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State set out on 11 November 2025, we are retaking 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 the House on the decision as soon as a conclusion is reached.

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