Asked by: George Galloway (Workers Party of Britain - Rochdale)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will meet representatives of Women Against State Pension Inequality to discuss the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman's findings and recommendations in its report entitled Women’s State Pension Age: our findings on injustice and associated issues, published on 21 March 2024.
Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
In laying the report before Parliament at the end of March, the Ombudsman has brought matters to the attention of this House, and a further update to the House will be provided once the report's findings have been fully considered.
Asked by: Stephen Farry (Alliance - North Down)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to meet with representatives of the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign following the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report into the communication of state pension age increases, published on 21 March 2024.
Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
In laying the report before Parliament at the end of March, the Ombudsman has brought matters to the attention of this House, and a further update to the House will be provided once the report's findings have been fully considered.
Asked by: Rupa Huq (Labour - Ealing Central and Acton)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to meet with representatives from the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign.
Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
There are currently no plans to meet with WASPI representatives. The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s investigation on State Pension age communications is ongoing. Section 7(2) of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 states that Ombudsman investigations “shall be conducted in private”.
The Department is cooperating fully with the Ombudsman in their investigation.
Mentions:
1: McArthur, Liam (LD - Orkney Islands) against state pension inequality—Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman final report.The debate - Speech Link
2: Haughey, Clare (SNP - Rutherglen) have been wronged by pension inequality.” - Speech Link
3: Carson, Finlay (Con - Galloway and West Dumfries) That meant that the state pension age for women would reach 65 in November 2018 and that the increase - Speech Link
4: Wishart, Beatrice (LD - Shetland Islands) I have supported the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign almost since the campaign began. - Speech Link
Found: The communication of State Pension age increases for women born in the 1950s
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times Ministers in his Department have met with representatives of the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign since 2015.
Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
Departmental Ministers met with representatives from the WASPI campaign group on 29 June 2016. The department did not meet with representatives from the campaign group for the duration of the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman's investigation which began in 2018.
In laying the report before Parliament at the end of March, the Ombudsman has brought matters to the attention of this House, and I will provide a further update to the House once I have considered the report's findings.
Mentions:
1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) Against State Pension Inequality, be agreed to. - Speech Link
2: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) Against State Pension Inequality, be agreed to. - Speech Link
3: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) Against State Pension Inequality, be agreed to. - Speech Link
4: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) Against State Pension Inequality. - Speech Link
5: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) Against State Pension Inequality. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I beg to move,That this House has considered compensation for women affected by state pension changes.I - Speech Link
2: Beth Winter (Lab - Cynon Valley) inequality for women, and the State Pension Age (Compensation) Bill tabled by the hon. - Speech Link
3: Paul Maynard (Con - Blackpool North and Cleveleys) women affected by state pension age changes. - Speech Link
4: Paul Maynard (Con - Blackpool North and Cleveleys) pension age addressed a long-standing inequality between men and women. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Kirsten Oswald (SNP - East Renfrewshire) women—women against state pension inequality. - Speech Link
2: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) I have met a range of women in the Women Against State Pension Inequality Campaign over a number of years - Speech Link
3: Peter Aldous (Con - Waveney) state pension inequality for women with, first, the hon. - Speech Link
4: Grahame Morris (Lab - Easington) The APPG on state pension inequality for women, chaired by my hon. - Speech Link
5: Jeremy Corbyn (Ind - Islington North) pension inequality for women, chaired by the hon. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) State Pension Inequality. - Speech Link
2: McArthur, Liam (LD - Orkney Islands) State Pension Inequality. - Speech Link
3: Ross, Douglas (Con - Highlands and Islands) State Pension Inequality. - Speech Link
4: Gibson, Kenneth (SNP - Cunninghame North) State Pension Inequality. - Speech Link
5: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) on the equalisation of the state pension age for men and women, and it calls for the women who have - Speech Link