WASPI compensation bands set out in DWP bill - with levels up to £10,000

The WASPI compensation bands have been put forward in a new Bill set to be debated in Parliament this week as WASPI women push for compensation payouts from the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ). MPs will consider the proposed bill for a second time today (April 19).

The Bill sets out to "require the Secretary of State to publish proposals for a compensation scheme for women born between 6th April 1950 and 5th April 1960 inclusive who have been affected by increases in the state pension age; and for connected purposes".

The motion setting out the bill states: "The purpose of this bill is to bring forward parliamentary intervention to stop those affected women having to wait any longer. Fair and fast compensation is the simple scheme that the WASPI women are looking for, using, as a minimum, Level 5 of the ombudsman scale—realistically, however, Level 6 of the PHSO [Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman] bandings is the most appropriate—and this bill could deliver a simple framework."

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The levels show Level 5 compensation payouts of between £3,000 and £9,950, while Level 6 is the highest banding, with payouts of £10,000 or more. The motion states: "We are talking about a practical resolution, one that does not result in astronomical sums per person.

"It is not asking for a reversal of pension age to 60, and it is not a full restitution of pensions for those affected by the maladministration—no matter how nice an outcome that would be." The most recent PHSO report recommended payouts of between £1,000 and £2,950 for the WASPI women.

Alan Brown, Steven Bonnar, Patricia Gibson, Jim Shannon, Marion Fellows, Grahame Morris, Amy Callaghan, Colum Eastwood, Peter Aldous, Wendy Chamberlain, Gavin Newlands and Chris Stephens present the Bill in Parliament today (Friday April 19), it has been reported.