State Retirement Pensions
Commons · Question 49929 · Tabled 2 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 8 May 2025
Question
Asked by Gareth Snell
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when a person who reached state pension age before 2016 would become entitled to their basic state pension.
Answer
Answered by Torsten Bell, 8 May 2025
The basic State Pension was available for those who reached State Pension age before 6 April 2016.Men were eligible for basic State Pension at age 65. Women born prior to 6 April 1950 were eligible for the basic State Pension at age 60.Following changes t...