PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
State Retirement Pensions: Females (25 January 2016)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2015 to Question 17647, how many of the 650,000 women who will receive an average of £8 per week more for the first 10 years of the new state pension were born between 6 April 1953 and 5 December 1953.

Asked by:
Angela Rayner (Labour)

The Department published analysis on the impact of the new State Pension (nSP) in January 2016 showing that 650,000 women stand to gain on average £8 per week over the next ten years as a result of the nSP valuation. This is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-state-pension-impact-on-an-individuals-pension-entitlement-longer-term-effects

The specific information requested is not available.

Answered by:
Justin Tomlinson (Conservative)
28 January 2016