Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 106802

State Retirement Pensions: Women

Tabled: 19 January 2026
Answered: 26 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Lauren Edwards

LabourRochester and Strood

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 on 1950s-born women living in Rochester and Strood constituency.

Answer

Torsten Bell
All women born since 6 April 1950 have been affected by changes to State Pension age. Estimates can be made with ONS 2022 Census Data of how many women born in the 1950s were resident in each constituency in that year.