Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 105262

State Retirement Pensions: Women

Tabled: 13 January 2026
Answered: 21 January 2026

Question

Clive Lewis

LabourNorwich South

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of State Pension age changes for 1950s-born women living in Norwich South constituency.

Answer

Torsten Bell
All women born since 6 April 1950 have been affected by changes to State Pension age. Estimates can be made using ONS 2021 Census Data on how many women born in the 1950s resided in each constituency in that year.