Oral Question·Home Office
“If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 6 July 2021Answered: 12 July 2021
Asked by
Yvette Cooper
Labour — Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for the Home Department
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Social Security and Disability (Sir Stephen Timms)
The Government have made and published their decision. We accepted the ombudsman’s finding of maladministration and apologised for the delay in writing to the women affected. We have started working with the ombudsman to make sure that lessons are learnt, and we will develop a plan for effective and timely state pension communication.