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NEWS FROM THE PARLIAMENTARY & HEALTH SERVICE OMBUDSMAN
NEWS FROM THE PARLIAMENTARY & HEALTH SERVICE OMBUDSMAN
NEWS FROM THE PARLIAMENTARY & HEALTH SERVICE OMBUDSMAN
On 14th November the Parliamentary & Health Service Ombudsman informed the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee that his provisional views, which will form his Stage 2/3 report into injustice and remedy, will be sent to complainants (people whose cases reached the Ombudsman) and the DWP by the end of next week. The Ombudsman ruled (in July 2021) that the inadequate notice given to women that their pension age had changed was maladministration.
Complainants and the DWP will be given a timescale for responding to the provisional report, probably before Christmas, and the Ombudsman hopes the final report will be ready in the new year. If you are a complainant and receive a copy of the provisional report we urge you to discuss it with your MP and reply to the Ombudsman.
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NEWS FROM THE PARLIAMENTARY & HEALTH SERVICE OMBUDSMAN
NEWS FROM THE PARLIAMENTARY & HEALTH SERVICE OMBUDSMAN
We’re looking for volunteers to email a copy of The WASPI BUZZ, our update for MPs, to their MP every month. There are 650 MPs at Westminster who need to be kept up to date about our campaign. We want to cover all of them, not just those who support us.
If you’d like to volunteer, please email waspigroupnetwork@gmail.com with
1. your name
2. your email address
3. the name of your constituency and/or your MP
When our next issue of The BUZZ is ready, we will email it to you with instructions of how to forward it to your MP. Thank you for your help.
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.
We are a volunteer-run grassroots campaign with over 60 local groups throughout England, Scotland and Wales. We are fighting the injustice imposed upon 1950s born women by the 1995 and 2011 Pension Acts. These delayed our State Pension Age by up to six years with little or no notice.
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Help WASPI 2018 Fight for Justice
Help WASPI 2018 Fight for Justice
The WASPI Campaign 2018 is run by volunteers who give their time freely to fight for and on behalf of 3.8 million women who have been affected by the changes to our State Pension Age.
Help WASPI 2018 Fight for Justice
Help WASPI 2018 Fight for Justice
Help WASPI 2018 Fight for Justice
You can make a donation via a bank transfer to the Waspi Campaign 2018:
Name of Bank: Barclays
Sort Code: 20-55-41
Account No: 40052590
These funds will go directly to the WASPI Campaign 2018 and will be used to promote the campaign nationwide.
Your donation will also help with running costs which we will, of course, keep to a minimum.
All donations, however big or small, are most gratefully received and will help us to continue our campaign to achieve justice for all the women affected.