Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time civil servants are working on the response to the report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman entitled Women’s State Pension age: our findings on injustice and associated issues, published on 21 March 2024.

Work is ongoing by civil servants across grades who work both full and part-time.

The Ombudsman’s report is detailed and complex. It took around 6 years to complete and the issues it considers span a period of some 30 years.

It is not possible to determine the exact number of people working on this as it fluctuates as we review and consider different elements of the Ombudsman’s report and evidence.

The work includes input from teams across the Department, who support it as and when needed.

Once this work has been undertaken, we will be in a position to outline our approach.