| Heading: |
State Retirement Pensions |
| Question ID: |
1799642 |
| UIN: |
49929 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4595 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Gareth Snell
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Gareth Snell
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when a person who reached state pension age before 2016 would become entitled to their basic state pension. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-08 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5069 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Torsten Bell
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| Answering Member handle: |
TorstenBell
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@TorstenBell
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| Answer text: |
The basic State Pension was available for those who reached State Pension age before 6 April 2016.Men were eligible for basic State Pension at age 65. Women born prior to 6 April 1950 were eligible for the basic State Pension at age 60.Following changes t... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |