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808260

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If he will review the implementation of the new state pension ages for women born in the 1950s; and if he will compensate those affected by that change.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	902999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>During the passage of the Pensions Act 2011, the Government made a concession worth more than £1bn that benefited more than a quarter of a million women, and limited the increase in any individual’s pension age to 18 months (when compared with the previous timetables)</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 18/12/2017 17:23:05 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

806755

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what they are doing to ensure that pension rights for women are equal to those for men, with particular reference to those women born in the 1950s and affected by the changes to the state pension under the Pensions Act 1995 and Pensions Act 2011.
tabling member printed	Baroness McGregor-Smith
uin	HL4215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>Women retiring today can still expect to receive the State Pension for 23.5 years on average – almost three years longer than men. Even after equalising women’s State Pension age (SPa) with men’s, women will spend on average around 2 years more in receipt of their State Pension (SP) because of their longer life expectancy.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The new State Pension is actually much more generous for many women, who have been historically worse off under the old system. By 2030, over 3m women stand to gain an average of £550 extra per year as a result of these changes. If SPa had not been equalised, women would spend on average over 40% of their adult life in retirement.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 19/12/2017 17:59:54 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4554 label Biography information for Baroness McGregor-Smith

806114

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to investigate complaints his Department has received from women born in the 1950s and affected by changes in state pension age.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	119315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department has a two tier complaints process which considers formal complaints about our service.</p><p> </p><p>Complaints received from women born in the 1950s and affected by changes in State Pension age are handled in line with the overall Departmental complaints process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 19/12/2017 12:42:26 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

806180

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what meetings his Department has held with women born on or after 6 April 1950 who are affected by changes to the state pension age in the 1995 and 2011 Pension Acts to discuss proposals for a non-means-tested solution for all women.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
uin	119381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>This matter has been comprehensively debated on many occasions in Parliament. The Government will not be making changes to its policy on state pension age for women born in the 1950s, in respect of the 1995, 2007 and 2011 Pension Acts. DWP Ministers have met with a number of constituents who have been affected by changes to the State Pension age.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government does not intend to make further concessions in addition to those arrangements already made for women affected by the acceleration of increases in State Pension age that have already been made.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 19/12/2017 12:51:36 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

783274

registered interest
date	03/11/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2017 to Question 108024, whether the Independent Case Examiner's Office plans to increase the number of full-time equivalent staff investigating complaints from women adversely affected by the increase in state pension age.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	111437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>At present, the Independent Case Examiner’s Office has no plans to increase the number of full-time equivalent staff investigating complaints from women affected by the increase in state pension age.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/11/2017 12:36:39 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

783278

registered interest
date	03/11/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints relating to women born in the 1950s and affected by changes in state pension age have been rejected by the Independent Case Examiner's Office.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	111385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong>The Independent Case Examiner’s Office had, at close of play on 3 November, declined to accept 275 complaints from women born in the 1950’s and affected by changes in the state pension age, on the grounds they had not exhausted the Department for Work and Pensions complaint process.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/11/2017 12:45:19 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

783279

registered interest
date	03/11/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints relating to women born in the 1950s and affected by changes in state pension age have been fully reviewed by the Independent Case Examiner's Office.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	111386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>As at 3 November 2017, the Independent Case Examiner Office had fully reviewed and concluded six investigations into complaints from women born in the 1950s and affected by changes in the state pension retirement age.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/11/2017 12:39:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

778302

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2017 to Question 108665, on state retirement pensions: females, how much was spent from the public purse on that extensive advertising campaign; and how that funding was spent by method of advertising.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	109823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department no longer holds financial details for the campaign in question. However, people were notified through leaflets, an extensive advertising campaign was carried out, and later individual letters were posted out. For example, throughout this period the Department has been providing individuals with their most up-to-date State Pension age when they have requested a Pension statement. Between April 2000 and the end of July 2017, the Department issued more than 18 million personalised State Pension statements to people who requested them (either online or by telephone or post; and based on both old and new State Pension rules). We continue to encourage people to request a personalised State Pension Statement as part of our on-going communications.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 03/11/2017 12:30:01 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

778308

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints relating to women born in the 1950s and affected by changes in state pension age are awaiting allocation to an investigation case manager at the Independent Case Examiner's Office.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	109799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>On 27<sup>th</sup> October 2017, the Independent Case Examiner's Office had 1,216 complaints from women born in the 1950s and affected by changes in state pension age awaiting allocation to an investigation case manager.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 01/11/2017 15:17:39 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

774108

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2017 to Question 107, for what reasons women born between 6 April 1950 and 5 April 1953 were not informed sooner of their new state pension age under the provisions of the 1995 Pensions Act.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	108665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>In the years after the 1995 legislation (1995 to 2011) this equalisation was frequently reported in the media and debated at length in parliament. People were notified with leaflets, an extensive advertising campaign was carried out, and later individual letters were posted out.</p><p> </p><p>Evidence submitted to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee ‘Communication of state pension age changes’ in 2016 noted that there were more than 600 mentions of State Pension age equalisation in the national broadsheet and tabloid press between 1993 and 2006, an average of just under one per week between 1993 and 2006. There were 54 mentions in the press in 1995, the year in which equalisation was legislated for. This was a significant event to change the age at which women received their State Pension that had existed since 1940. This was news worthy, particularly to those that it affected. Further media coverage occurred around the Pension Acts 2007, 2011 and 2014.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 24/10/2017 13:50:09 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden