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State Retirement Pensions: Women

Asked by Rebecca Long BaileyLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 24 June 2026UIN 10662

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the further legal costs that may be incurred by the Department in relation to ongoing litigation concerning compensation for women affected by maladministration in State Pen

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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