Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2017 to Question 108665, on state retirement pensions: females, how much was spent from the public purse on that extensive advertising campaign; and how that funding was spent by method of advertising.

The Department no longer holds financial details for the campaign in question. However, people were notified through leaflets, an extensive advertising campaign was carried out, and later individual letters were posted out. For example, throughout this period the Department has been providing individuals with their most up-to-date State Pension age when they have requested a Pension statement. Between April 2000 and the end of July 2017, the Department issued more than 18 million personalised State Pension statements to people who requested them (either online or by telephone or post; and based on both old and new State Pension rules). We continue to encourage people to request a personalised State Pension Statement as part of our on-going communications.