Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 118403

State Retirement Pensions: Women

Tabled: 5 March 2026

Answered: 10 March 2026

Question

Iqbal Mohamed

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report on changes to women's State Pension age, published on 21 March 2024, if he will make an estimate of the cost of providing compensa

Answer

Torsten Bell

The Government has made its decision on this case based on due process and careful consideration of the body of evidence. We have decided it would not be appropriate to pay compensation and the detailed reasons for this decision have been placed in the Ho...

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