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<p>The policy of increasing State Pension age due to changes in life expectancy and
equality legislation is enshrined in the 1995, 2007 and 2011 Pensions Act. It is a
policy agreed by all governments in the last 23 years whatever their political persuasion
– in 1995 Conservative, Labour in 1997-2010 and Coalition 2010-2015.</p><p>The Department
for Work and Pensions receives a number of recent representations on the measures
taken to equalise the State Pension age from individuals and from Members of Parliament
writing on their behalf, as it does on many issues. We are unable to state specifically
how many representations are from Jarrow constituency</p><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.</p>
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