Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 103749

State Retirement Pensions: Women

Tabled: 7 January 2026
Answered: 12 January 2026

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will accept the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s compensation recommendations in regards to the WASPI women.

Answer

Torsten Bell
As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State set out on 11 November 2025, we are retaking the decision made in December 2024 as it relates to the communications on State Pension age. The process to retake the decision is underway. We will update the Hou...
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