Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 108251

State Retirement Pensions: Women

Tabled: 26 January 2026
Answered: 3 February 2026

Question

Chris Law

Scottish National PartyDundee Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of engaging in structured, law-based mediation with representatives of women born in the 1950s.

Answer

Torsten Bell
On 29 January 2026 my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced the Government’s new decision on the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s (PHSO) investigation into the way that State Pension age changes were communicated to women born in ...

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