Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many members of the public have contacted his Department on the implementation of the Pensions Act 1995, the Pension Act 2011 and the campaign to equalise state pensions for women in 2016; and what proportion of those people have received a response from his Department.

The Scotland Office has received 38 enquiries from members of the public this year in relation to the implementation of the Pensions Act 1995, the Pension Act 2011 and the campaign to equalise state pensions for women. My Department has directly responded to 6 of these, with the Department for Work and Pensions handling the remaining enquires.