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Summer 2025 Survey: Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI)

WASPI Women Survey - Summer 2025

Thank you for your continued support for the WASPI campaign.

Over 11,000 affected women took part in our Christmas 2024 survey. Your responses have been vital in generating a range of statistics which we’ve used to engage with journalists and politicians.

Before MPs return to Parliament following the summer, we're now circulating a further survey to understand more about your experiences and how they may have changed over the last six months.
About you
1.Firstly, how old were you when you found out your State Pension age was to increase?
2.By the time you found out that your State Pension age was to increase from 60 to 66, had you already left work?
3.If you stopped or reduced your paid work before turning 60, please explain why below
4.By the time you found out that your State Pension age was to increase from 60 to 66, were you able to re-enter the workplace if you had stopped work?
5.If the answer to the above is no, please state your reasons below.
6.How old are you now?
7.What is your marital status?
8.Do you own your own home?
9.Are you currently in receipt of a State Pension?
10.Are you currently in paid work?
11.Do you currently receive Universal Credit or Pension Credit payments?
Thinking about your finances, to what extent do you agree with the following statements?
12.I have experienced debt in the last six months
13.I have struggled to pay essential bills in the last six months
14.I have struggled to buy food in the last six months
15.I have used a food bank in the last six months
16.I am worried about the future of my finances
Political response to WASPI women
17.Labour’s decision not to compensate WASPI women has made me lose my faith in politics
18.If WASPI women were a group of men, the Government would have been more likely to compensate them
19.The Government’s refusal to compensate means I am less likely to vote for them at the next election
20.Paying compensation is a matter of public trust
21.I feel that politicians only care about getting the votes of young people
22.The decision not to compensate WASPI women shows that older women's votes are taken for granted
23.Politicians underestimate the political influence of older women
24.The positions of the different political parties on compensating WASPI women will influence my vote at the next election
25.I believe Reform UK would compensate WASPI women if they were in power
26.Labour’s decision not to compensate WASPI women has motivated me to become more politically active
27.The Government's failure to compensate WASPI women means I will be less likely to vote at the next election
28.The Labour Party does not care about WASPI women
29.The Conservative Party does not care about WASPI women
30.The Reform Party does not care about WASPI women
About your views
31.Have you contacted your local MP about WASPI’s calls for fair and fast compensation?
32.What is your postcode? Your details will remain anonymous but we'll use this to work our who your MP is.
33.Which party does your MP represent?
34.I do not trust my local MP following the Government’s decision not to compensate WASPI women
35.How did you vote in the July 2024 General Election?
36.How would you vote if there were an election tomorrow?
37.Do you have any further comments you'd like to raise?
WASPI campagin
38.Have you ever donated to the WASPI campaign?
39.Would you be interested in hearing more from the WASPI campaign?
Case studies
40.In order to raise the profile of WASPI’s campaign for fair, fast compensation, we need to help journalists to tell women’s individual stories. We frequently get requests for women born in the 1950s to talk about their circumstances in public.

WASPI has professional communications advisers to help anybody who does this, and each interview helps get our campaign in front of ministers and opposition politicians.

With support from our team, would you be willing to speak with a journalist about your circumstances?
41.If you are prepared to speak about your circumstances, please give us your contact details below.
42.So we can ensure a breadth of case studies, can you summarise your experiences as a WASPI woman? (max 250 words).
Thank you very much for taking the time to complete this survey.

If you have provided your contact details, a representative of the WASPI campaign may be in touch in the future to discuss potential media opportunities with you. We won't use your data for any other purpose.

If you have any questions, please email campaign@waspi.co.uk