Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2018 to Question 141380, of the 13 complaints made by women in Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency on changes to the state pension age, (a) what the date was of each complaint made, (b) how many complaints have been accepted for examination and (c) what the timetable is for each of those accepted complaints to be examined.

Of the 13 complaints referred to in the answer to Question 141380 from women in Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath constituency concerning changes to state pension age:

a) The dates on which the complaints were received by the ICE Office are detailed below: 30/03/2017

11/07/2017

28/07/2017

25/08/2017

04/09/2017

05/09/2017

08/12/2017 (2 complaints received that day)

07/02/2018

14/02/2018

13/03/2018

20/03/2018

04/04/2018

b) Of those 13 cases, 7 have been accepted for investigation.

c) Complaints are investigated by dedicated teams and are usually brought into investigation in strict date order, based on the date they were accepted for examination. The Independent Case Examiners office is currently allocating complaints about changes to state pension age that were accepted for examination April 2017. It is not possible to provide a timetable for examining those cases that are currently awaiting investigation.