Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 107076

State Retirement Pensions: Women

Tabled: 20 January 2026

Answered: 27 January 2026

Question

Richard Burgon

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 in Leeds East 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.