Written questions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

Commons · Question 118089 · Tabled 4 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 12 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse that would have been incurred had compensation been provided to women affected by changes to the State Pension age in the Chichester constitue

Answer

Answered by Torsten Bell, 12 Mar 2026

The Government has made its decision on this case based on due process and careful consideration of the body of evidence. We have decided it would not be appropriate to pay compensation and the detailed reasons for this decision have been placed in the Ho...