Labour issues NEW update over timetable for WASPI payouts from DWP worth £2,950

The new Labour Party government has issued a timetable for Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) payouts for WASPI women. The DWP is under pressure to fork out £2,950 payouts to WASPI women affected by historic injustices.

Now a minister has revealed news of what compensation if any WASPI women will receive could be announced soon. Liberal Democrats MP Steve Darling said: "I am sure all Members in this Chamber are aware of the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign and the parliamentary ombudsman’s findings.

"Will the Secretary of State commit to making a statement in the House before Christmas on progress with her review of the ombudsman’s report?" Labour MP Emma Reynolds, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, has replied.

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Offering hope to WASPI women, she said: "As the Honourable Gentleman will know, the ombudsman took six years to consider a range of complex cases, and we are looking at their complexity. I was the first Minister in six years to meet representatives of the WASPI campaign.

Ms Reynolds added that her department "hope to be able to update the House in the coming weeks". A landmark Parliamentary Ombudsman report in March 2024 told the Government to pay compensation and apologise to 3.6 million women born in the 1950s who were affected by the lack of communication in relation to increases in their State Pension age.

The report concluded ministers failed to properly notify those impacted of the changes. However, the DWP has indicated it does not accept the findings of the report. MPs have been instructed to ensure justice is promptly delivered and the cross-party Work and Pensions Select Committee echoed these clear recommendations in May 2024.

Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) calls for fair and fast compensation for the financial and emotional hardship caused by DWP failures. WASPI argues for a higher level of compensation for the worst affected, i.e. women who had the shortest notice of the longest increase to their State Pension age.