Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 115262

State Retirement Pensions: Women

Tabled: 23 February 2026
Answered: 26 February 2026

Question

Steve Witherden

LabourMontgomeryshire and Glyndŵr

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Statement of 29 January 2026, what assessment he has made of the reasons why the findings of the 2007 research report did not lead to a targeted public communications campaign to a

Answer

Torsten Bell
The Secretary of State reviewed the 2007 Report on Automatic Pension Forecasts before coming to his decision on the Ombudsman’s investigation. The 2007 Report concluded that “overall…the evidence suggests negligible influence of the APF on pensions knowle...

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