Written questions

State Retirement Pensions: Age

Lords · Question HL3233 · 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 whether the statement in the Office of Budget Responsibility's report Fiscal risks and sustainability, published in July, that their policy position is that the "state pension age reaches 68 between 2037 and 2039 [...] rath

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.