Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 14420

State Retirement Pensions: Women

Tabled: 14 November 2024
Answered: 19 November 2024

Question

David Smith

LabourNorth Northumberland

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of women born in the 1950s affected by State Pension age changes in (a) North Northumberland constituency and (b) Northumberland.

Answer

Emma Reynolds
ONS population estimates suggest that in 2021 there were approximately 7,630 females born in the 1950s currently resident in the North Northumberland constituency, and 23,639 females currently resident in Northumberland.