Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints received by the Independent Complaint Examiner on the equalisation of the state pension age since 2 October 2017; and how many of these complaints (a) have been resolved and (b) were not progressed to investigation.

We have interpreted this question as a request for information about: the number of complaints received about the equalisation of State Pension age between 2 October 2017 and 27 February 2018; the number investigations concluded into complaints about the equalisation of State Pension age between 2 October 2017 and 27 February 2018; and the total number of complaints about the equalisation of State Pension retirement age outstanding at 27 February 2018 (including those undergoing checks to determine whether the complaint can be accepted for examination; those awaiting examination; and those being investigated).

Between 2 October 2017 and 27 February 2018 the Independent Case Examiner’s Office received 1,476 complaints and concluded 52 investigations into complaints about the equalisation of State Pension age. On 27 February 2018, the Office had 2,492 outstanding complaints about the equalisation of state pension retirement age.