Written questions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

Commons · Question 108251 · Tabled 26 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 3 Feb 2026

Question

Asked by Chris Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of engaging in structured, law-based mediation with representatives of women born in the 1950s.

Answer

Answered by Torsten Bell, 3 Feb 2026

On 29 January 2026 my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced the Government’s new decision on the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s (PHSO) investigation into the way that State Pension age changes were communicated to women born in ...