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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-01-07more like thismore than 2016-01-07
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions remove filter
hansard heading State Retirement Pensions: Females remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his contribution of 20 June 2011, Official Report, column 52, on the Pensions Bill [Lords], that the Government would consider transitional arrangements, what transitional arrangements the Government considered. more like this
tabling member constituency East Ham more like this
tabling member printed
Stephen Timms more like this
uin 21592 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-01-12more like thismore than 2016-01-12
answer text <p>The Government considered retaining the original timetable for increasing the qualifying age for Pension Credit minimum guarantee to 65 by 2020 for a temporary period, in addition to alternative timetabling options for increasing the State Pension age to lessen the impact on women facing the largest increases relative to the original timetable. The transitional arrangements brought forward by the Government capped the maximum delay at 18 months rather than two years, at a cost of £1.1 billion.</p> more like this
answering member constituency North Swindon more like this
answering member printed Justin Tomlinson more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-01-12T14:36:20.75Zmore like thismore than 2016-01-12T14:36:20.75Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms remove filter