Equalisation of State Pension Age 1950's Women

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Dear Department for Work and Pensions,

I was born in December 1956.

I was 38 years old when the 1995 Pension Act had Royal Assent.

I would have had an SPA of 60 before the Pensions Act 1995 and would have reached retirement in 2016.

The Pensions Act 1995 received Royal Assent on 19 July 1995.

Part II relates to state pensions and includes section 126 for the equalisation of the state pension age.

Part I has effect to equalise pensionable age for men and women progressively over a period of ten years beginning with 6th April 2010.

Mr FOI Requsts are simple and would like a simple answer without sending me graphs or reports etc, or information that does not answer my direct and simple questions.

Having seen dates from previous FOI (By Month and Year) of some of the 1950’s women requests which the DWP had reportely sent direct letters to them informing them of The Pensions Act 1995 I cannot find any information on when that same information/Letter was sent to the 1956 Women who are the same cohort of Women who has been effected by this Act.

I am fully aware from other FOI Requests that for individuals with a date of birth 6 Apr 1955 to 5 Apr 1960 letters were issued between Oct 2012 and Nov 2013, However it does not give any clear evidence that the DWP did indeed inform me directly of The Pensions Act of 1995.

This is why my FOI request is clear and plain, it should not be replied to by previous FOI such as – Examples of the letters sent to individuals can be found in the
Work and Pensions Select Committee report, the link to which is below;
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm.... pdf

This type of reply would not give me any answers to requests, or indeed if you send Examples of the letters, such information does not give me what was reportedly sent to me, I am only interested in which letter when and what were the content related to me and me only not any others.

My FOI Requst is: What date by month and year did the DWP send me a direct Letter informing me of ONLY of The Pensions Act of 1995.

My FOI Request is: What date by month and year did the DWP send me a direct Letter informing me of ONLY The Pension Act of 2011.

My FOI Request is: What date by month and year did the DWP send me a direct Letter informing me of both The Pension Act of 1995 and 2011.

My FOI Request is: Women who were born in Dec 1956 were they excluded from the DWP mailing to inform them of the 1995 Pension Act, YES or No?

The DWP had said that for previous FOI they had notified women born in the 1950’s of the Pension Changes and of the number of letters sent, however from the 6 Apr 1955 to 5 Apr 1960 the date the DWP said that they notified was Oct 2012 to Nov 2013.

My FOI Request is: What year did the DWP sent the letter informing me of any Pension Changes was it 2012 or 2013?

The DWP was mailing certain groups to inform them of the 1995 Pension Act to Women born prior to 5 Apr 1953, this is found on many FOI Requests.

My FOI Request is: Was it ONLY this group of Women prior to 5 Apr 1953 that were sent direct letters informing them of the changes to the 1995 Pension who were affected by the 1995 Pension Act.?

You may send a standard Response such as – There is no information requested here that can be provided under the Freedom of Information Act, which I would presume that you would not have the information to give!

This would indeed be very odd as it was the DWP that implemented the changes and to reply in such a manner to very simple questions suggests that you could not tell me what action you took directly with me, and such responses lay doubt on if any actions such as informing me directly of any Acts were ever undertaken.

Yours faithfully,

P Langton

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