Women against State Pension Inequality

(asked on 14th November 2016) - View Source

Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will meet representatives of the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign.


Answered by
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David Mundell
This question was answered on 17th November 2016

I understand that representatives of Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) met earlier this year with the then Minister for Pensions, with whom overall responsibility for this area lies. I also understand that there will be a further meeting between All Party Parliamentary Group representatives and my Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and the Minister for Pensions. As this issue is already being discussed through these appropriate channels, I do not plan to meet with WASPI directly, as Secretary of State, at this time.

Ministers at the Department for Work and Pensions have been clear that the Government will make no further changes to the pension age or pay financial redress in lieu of a pension. The UK Government has committed over £1 billion to ensure that the maximum change to women’s State Pension age was limited to 18 months compared to the previous timetable, and transitional arrangements are already in place for this to take effect.

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