Ombudsman's investigation - update 8th February 2023
In July 2021 the Parliamentary & Health Service Ombudsman ruled that it was maladministration when 3.8 million women born in the 1950s were not given adequate notice that their state pension age had changed. The Ombudsman is now considering what action should be taken by the Department of Work & Pensions to remedy this injustice. He hopes to conclude his investigation by the end of March 2023.
The Ombudsman’s confidential provisional findings have been sent to ‘complainants’ - women whose cases reached the Ombudsman level of the complaints procedure - and their MPs, to give them the opportunity to comment on his provisional recommendations. If you are a complainant you will have been sent the draft report. Please send your comments to the Ombudsman and your MP as soon as possible.
You can read more about the Ombudsman’s investigation below.
WASPI 2018 will continue to campaign for fair and fast compensation.
https://www.ombudsman.org.uk/complaints-womens-state-pension-age
Westminster Party leaders support waspi
SNP LEADER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR WASPI
OPPOSITION LEADER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR WASPI
OPPOSITION LEADER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR WASPI
SNP Leader , Stephen Flynn, has signed our pledge supporting our campaign for fair and fast compensation for 1950s women. This supports our aim of securing cross-party commitment to implementing the Ombudsman's recommendations without delay when they are published.
OPPOSITION LEADER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR WASPI
OPPOSITION LEADER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR WASPI
OPPOSITION LEADER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR WASPI
Leader of the Opposition, Keir Starmer, has signed our pledge supporting our campaign for fair and fast compensation for 1950s women. This supports our aim of securing cross-party commitment to implementing the Ombudsman's recommendations without delay when they are published.
LIBERAL DEMOCRAT LEADER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR WASPI
PLAID CYMRU'S WESTMINSTER LEADER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR WASPI
PLAID CYMRU'S WESTMINSTER LEADER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR WASPI
Leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey pledges support for our campaign for fair and fast compensation.
“WASPI women have been ignored for years. At a time when bills are soaring, they are still fighting heroically for justice after changes to the state pension left them out of pocket.
Liberal Democrats want a fair deal for WASPI women. We believe that the Government has a duty to compensate the women who have lost out – through no fault of their own – and we will endorse any decisions by the Ombudsman on compensation.”
PLAID CYMRU'S WESTMINSTER LEADER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR WASPI
PLAID CYMRU'S WESTMINSTER LEADER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR WASPI
PLAID CYMRU'S WESTMINSTER LEADER PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR WASPI
Liz Saville-Roberts
Plaid Cymru's Westminster Leader
“The WASPI women have suffered hugely as a result of maladministration and failure by DWP to appropriately inform them of changes to their State Pension Allowance.
“Despite the clamour of outrage and years of campaigning, the UK Government have refused to support these women who are trapped in difficult financial situations through no fault of their own.
“The UK Government not only have a legal obligation but also a moral obligation to address the hardship caused to the women whose pension plans were cut short by the UK Government.
“If the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman recommends that the WASPI women should be compensated, then the UK Government must act immediately to deliver a fair and fast compensation scheme.”
scottish Party leaders support waspi
ANAS SARWAR - SCOTTISH LABOUR
ALEX COLE-HAMILTON - SCOTTISH LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
ALEX COLE-HAMILTON - SCOTTISH LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
ALEX COLE-HAMILTON - SCOTTISH LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
ALEX COLE-HAMILTON - SCOTTISH LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
ALEX COLE-HAMILTON - SCOTTISH LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
LORNA SLATER - (Co-Leader)SCOTTISH GREEN PARTY
ALEX COLE-HAMILTON - SCOTTISH LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
LORNA SLATER - (Co-Leader)SCOTTISH GREEN PARTY
Latest News
MPs ARGUE FOR ‘FAST AND PROPER COMPENSATION” FOR WASPI WOMEN
WASPI welcomes the submission which the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has made to the Ombudsman. It clearly sets out the various forms of injustice that we have suffered and makes a strong case for compensation at the highest level.
“The APPG strongly feels that now is the time for 1950s women to be given fast and proper compensation for the impact of successive maladministration.”
“These women … have faced horrific injustice and have been neglected time and time again. There is very little else to be said. The PHSO must act, and it must act robustly."
READ AN INTERVIEW WITH WASPI CHAIRPERSON HERE:
WASPI APPG (All-Party Parliamentary Group)
WASPI Scotland, together with WASPI Campaign 2018 and other 1950s pension groups, present SUBMISSION to the WASPI APPG
24/11/21