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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...