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State Retirement Pensions: Women

Asked by Victoria CollinsLiberal DemocratDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 22 April 2026UIN 127374

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of State Pension age changes on 1950s-born women living in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.

Answered by Torsten Bell

The Government carefully considered the findings of the Ombudsman’s report on the communication of changes to women’s State Pension age, and a detailed response including an Equality Analysis has been deposited in the House library.

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