In 2024, a parliamentary ombudsman recommended compensation of between £1,000 and £2,950 each for those affected. However, it could not enforce the payment and the government rejected it.
Speaking in the House of Commons, Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said on Thursday that the government accepted that “individual letters about changes to the state pension age could have been sent earlier”.
But he said “women did not suffer any direct financial loss from the delay”.
Simpson said “the government seems to be looking for every and all excuses not to pay compensation”.
“It’s a question of justice and the money could be found if there was a will to find it,” she added.