"We want to end the uncertainty for women waiting to learn what their State Pension Age is and we will be communicating with those affected so that they can properly plan for their future." The Pensions Bill currently going through Parliament proposes that the state pension age for women will reach 65 by November 2018 and rise to 66 for both men and women by April 2020. Instead the amendments laid today will propose that men and women reach 66 by October 2020.
DWP Changes to State Pension age
4 November 2011 Currently, the State Pension age for men is 65. On 6 April 2010, the State Pension age for women started to increase gradually from 60 to 65, to match men’s. New proposals to increase the State Pension age are currently going through Parliament in the Pensions Bill. These proposals are not yet law and still require the approval of Parliament. It is these proposals that the government is amending to slow down the State Pension age increase. Parliamentary approval These proposed changes to the timetable are not yet law and still require the approval of Parliament. These changes will be tabled as an amendment to the Pensions Bill, currently passing through Parliament. If this amendment is agreed by Parliament the State Pension age will not reach 66 until October 2020. The revised timetable is shown in the second table below. This will mean that no woman will have an increase in her State Pension age, against the current timetable, of more than 18 months. Proposed changes for women The government’s amendment does not change the timetable for increasing women’s State Pension age from 63 to 65, which is proposed in the Bill and is shown below.
Date of birth
Date State Pension age reached
6 April 1953 to 5 May 1953 6 May 1953 to 5 June 1953 6 June 1953 to 5 July 1953 6 July 1953 to 5 August 1953 6 September 1953 to 5 October 1953 6 October 1953 to 5 November 1953 6 November 1953 to 5 December 1953 6 August 1953 to 5 September 1953
6 July 2016
6 November 2016
6 March 2017
6 July 2017
6 November 2017
6 March 2018
6 July 2018
6 November 2018
Proposed changes for women and men
CIPP Policy News Journal
09/10/2012, Page 186 of 234
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