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<p><strong> </strong></p><p>Women born between 6 April 1950 and 5 April 1953 were
affected by State Pension age equalisation under the Pensions Act 1995. The Pensions
Act 2011 accelerated the equalisation of State Pension age, and included transitional
arrangements limiting State Pension age delays, affecting women born between 6 April
1953 and 5 December 1953. It also brought forward the increase in State Pension age
from 65 to 66 which affected women born between 6 December 1953 and 5 April 1960.</p><p>
</p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions only holds estimates at a Great Britain
level. The latest estimates are that the changes affect 3.58 million women in Great
Britain born between 6 April 1950 and 5 April 1960, of which 3.48 million were born
in the 1950s. These figures are rounded to the nearest 10,000 and are based on DWP
calculations using the 2014-based ONS principal population projections.</p><p> </p><p>Information
on the numbers affected by constituent country, parliamentary constituency or local
authority is not held by the Department for Work and Pensions. However, the most recent
population breakdowns for England and its parliamentary constituencies by age can
be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/parliamentaryconstituencymidyearpopulationestimates"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/parliamentaryconstituencymidyearpopulationestimates</a></p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p>Population breakdowns by local authority, region and country can be
found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland</a></p><p>
</p><p>The House of Commons library have produced a paper estimating the number of
women affected by the Pensions Act 2011 (those born between 6 April 1953 and 5 April
1960 by constituency, which can be found here:</p><p><a href="http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7405/CBP-07405constituencyestimates.xlsx"
target="_blank">http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7405/CBP-07405constituencyestimates.xlsx</a></p>
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