Summary and Background State Pensions Measures Current position
64.For men, state pension age is currently 65. For women this has been 60 but, by virtue of the PA1995, this is only maintained for those women born before 6 April 1950. The changes in that Act were designed to remove inequalities within the State Pension scheme between men and women, including the five-year differential in state pension age which has existed since 1940. Over the period from April 2010 to April 2020, state pension age for women will therefore be gradually increased to 65, affecting all women born in the period between 6 April 1950 and 5 April 1955. For women born on or after 6 April 1955, state pension age will be 65, the same as for men.