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State Retirement Pensions: Women

Commons · Question 3645 · Tabled 30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 10 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Ben Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman entitled Women’s State Pension age: our findings on injustice and associated issues, published on 21 March 2024, whether sh

Answer

Answered by Emma Reynolds, 10 Sep 2024

We have not estimated the costs of providing redress in North Cornwall. The Ombudsman’s report (para 504) published on 21 March 2024 estimated that providing compensation to all 1950s women at the level 4 range would cost between around £3.5 and £10.5bn. ...