Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 120590

State Retirement Pensions: Women

Tabled: 12 March 2026
Answered: 19 March 2026

Question

Olly Glover

Liberal DemocratDidcot and Wantage

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 potential (a) cost; and (b

Answer

Torsten Bell
The Government has made its decision on this case based on due process and careful consideration of the body of evidence. The detailed reasons for this decision have been placed in the House library.