Written questions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

Commons · Question 32741 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 28 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Josh Babarinde

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if she will reverse the Government’s decision not to provide pension compensation to women who were born in the 1950s and 1960s.

Answer

Answered by Torsten Bell, 28 Feb 2025

We carefully considered the Ombudsman’s findings to ensure our decision was fair and based on the evidence.We have accepted the Ombudsman’s finding that there was a 28-month delay in sending out letters and for this we have apologised. However, we do not ...