Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, following her Department’s meeting with representatives of the WASPI Campaign on 5 September, whether there is an expected timeline for responding to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report into changes to women’s State Pension age, published on 21 March 2024.

We need time to review and consider the Ombudsman’s report along with the evidence provided during the investigation.

We need to consider the views that have been expressed on all sides including the points raised by representatives from the WASPI Campaign who I met on the 5^th September.

Once this work has been undertaken, the Government will be in a position to outline its approach.