Select committee: Work and Pensions Committee
Recommendation 27
2nd Report - Transition to State Pension Age
Published 11 Jul 2026
Addressed to Department for Work and Pensions
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
The government should explain how it will take a holistic approach to assessing the impact of State Pension age increases in future. This should include its plans to: 66 • take into account the views of pensioners; • consult the Chief Medical Advisor on health impacts; • invest in more granular, accurate cohort data on life expectancy; • estimate the likely increase in poverty rates in time to take action to mitigate this before the increase happens. (Recommendation, Paragraph 113)
From: Work and Pensions Committee, 2nd Report - Transition to State Pension Age (HC 76), 11 July 2026
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 22 October 2026 (deadline 11 September 2026).