State Retirement Pensions: Age
Lords · Question HL3234 · Tabled 8 Sep 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 22 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Lord Davies of Brixton
To ask His Majesty's Government if their policy position is as reported by the Office of Budget Responsibility, that the state pension age will reach 68 between 2037 and 2039, when and how this confirmation was given to the OBR; when they anticipate that
Answer
Answered by Baroness Sherlock, 22 Sep 2026
The previous government committed to bring forward the rise in the State Pension age to 68 between 2037 and 2039. The first chance this government will have to consider this issue will be via the State Pension age Review.