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<p>Women born between 6 April 1950 and 5 April 1953 were affected by State Pension
age equalisation under the Pensions Act 1995.</p><p> </p><p>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>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>
</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 <del
class="ministerial">December 1953</del><ins class="ministerial"> April 1960</ins>)
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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