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State Retirement Pensions: Women

Asked by Olly GloverLiberal DemocratDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 19 March 2026UIN 120590

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report on changes to women's State Pension age, published on 21 March 2024, if he will make an estimate of the potential (a) cost; and (b

Answered by Torsten Bell

The Government has made its decision on this case based on due process and careful consideration of the body of evidence. The detailed reasons for this decision have been placed in the House library.

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