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State Retirement Pensions: Women

Asked by Graham LeadbitterScottish National PartyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 21 May 2026UIN 898

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he will meet representatives of the WASPI campaign to discuss the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report on changes to women’s State Pension age, published on 21 March 2024.

Answered by Torsten Bell

Women Against State Pension Inequality Ltd (WASPI) are seeking permission from the High Court to bring a Judicial Review on our response to the Ombudsman’s report. We do not comment on live litigation.

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