Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many men and women in the most recent year for which data are available died before they reached state pension age.

The Office for National Statistics publishes annual data on deaths registered in the UK by single year of age. The latest data available for England and Wales is for 2016, whilst for the UK the latest data available is for 2015, as the 2016 data is provisional. The data tables can be found here:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/deathregistrationssummarytablesenglandandwalesdeathsbysingleyearofagetables

In 2015, the state pension age for women increased from around 62 years and 5 months to around 62 years and 10 months. In 2015 the state pension age for men was 65.

In 2016, the state pension age for women increased from around 62 years and 11 months to around 63 years and 6 months. In 2016 the state pension age for men was 65.