§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Minister for Women what recent assessment has been made of women's pension provision. [146253]
§ Malcolm WicksI have been asked to reply.
"Simplicity, Security and Choice: Working and Saving for Retirement" Cm 5677, dedicated a chapter to assessing the state of women's pension provision.
The unique pension position of women is now being considered in all the projects that followed on from the Green Paper, such as the Informed Choice programme and the Extending Working Lives programme.