Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2018 to Question 128116, on State Retirement Pensions: Females, what steps her Department plans to take to address the outstanding complaints in a timely fashion and whether she (a) is seeking more funding for that purpose and (b) plans to appoint more investigator staff.

The Independent Case Examiner’s Office has established a dedicated team of investigation case managers from within existing resources, to examine this group of complaints. The resources allocated to the Office are reviewed on an annual basis; however, there are no plans to seek additional funding or appoint more investigation staff to consider this group of complaints.