The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has called for input to the state pension age review being conducted by Suzy Morrissey.
The third review of the state pension age was announced last month at the same time as the department revived the Pensions Commission to explore ways of improving retirement income adequacy.
It will be led by Suzy Morrissey, deputy director of the Pensions Policy Institute.
The call for evidence, launched today (18 August), will feed into Morrissey’s work on analysing key factors affecting the sustainability of the state pension.
This includes how and whether the state pension age could be linked to life expectancy and evidence from overseas pension systems.
The call for evidence is open until 24 October 2025.
The terms of reference for the review, published last month, state that the review should “deliver a set of factors, and their relative weighting if appropriate, which the government should consider when reporting to parliament on an appropriate state pension age”.
The state pension has come under intense scrutiny in recent months as the government has come under pressure to manage costs.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) recently concluded its own review of the UK’s pension system, including the state pension, and recommended moving away from the triple lock towards a dual system linked to earnings growth and inflation, which would “improve predictability and… make sure that pensioner incomes keep up with increases in living standards”.
The government has committed to the triple lock for the duration of this parliament, meaning it is out of scope of the Pensions Commission. In the terms of reference for the state pension review, the DWP stated that all policies should be assumed to remain unchanged for any forecasts and analysis.
