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<p>The Government will not be revisiting the State Pension age arrangements for women
affected by the Pensions Act 1995 and Pensions Act 2011. These women will receive
their State Pension either at the same age as men or earlier as we remove the current
inequality, as set out in the 1995 & 2011 Acts. A concession was made prior to
the passing of the 2011 Act which reduced the delay that anyone would experience in
claiming their State Pension, relative to the previous timetable, to 18 months. This
concession benefited almost a quarter of a million women, who would otherwise have
experienced delays of up to two years. A similar number of men also benefited from
a reduced increase, and the concession was worth £1.1 billion in total.</p><p>It is
worth noting that the average woman who reached SPa post 2015 gets a higher state
pension income over her lifetime than an average woman reaching SPa at any point before.
Also, over a lifetime, the average woman who reached State Pension age in 2015 will
still receive more than the average man in spite of the rise in women’s state pension
age. Any amendment to the current legislation which creates a new inequality between
men and women would unquestionably be highly dubious as a matter of law.</p>
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