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<p>No estimate is held on the number of men that are currently aware of the increases
to State Pension age. However, all men affected by the State Pension age increase
in the Pensions Act 2011 were written to between January 2012 and November 2013 using
the addresses held by HMRC at the time.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold
a specific estimate on the number of women that are aware of their state pension age.
We wrote to all women affected by the Pensions Act 2011 in the age range specified
between January 2012 and November 2013 using the addresses held by HMRC at the time.</p><p>
</p><p>In 2004, a DWP survey found that 73 per cent of people aged 45 to 54 (so aged
57 to 66 in 2016) were aware of the future increase in Women’s State Pension age.
In 2006, 86 per cent of women aged 55-64 (so aged 65 to 74 in 2016) and 90 per cent
aged 45-54 (so aged 55 to 64 in 2016) were aware that the State Pension age will increase
in future. In 2012, a similar survey found that only 6% of respondents thought their
State Pension Age was 60.</p>
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