Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2019 to Question 204482 on Independent Case Examiner, what the reasons were for the complaints that were closed for other reasons in December 2018.

The Independent Case Examiner’s Office (ICE) closed 2,521 cases in December 2018 for other reasons as detailed in the response to PQ 204482. The specific categories were:

2,514 cases were closed following a High Court decision to grant permission for a Judicial Review of the Department’s handling of the change to women’s State Pension age.

5 cases were withdrawn as the need for the complaint was removed.

1 case was withdrawn following the complainant’s satisfaction with action taken by the

1 case was withdrawn due to the complainant’s failure to respond to ICE enquiries.