Dear Sir or Madam,

Can you please tell me when the Cabinet Office first instructed the
DWP to produce the above paper, and also when was a possible
reduction in qualifying years first mooted?

Many thanks

Yours faithfully,

Michael Dobson

Dear Mr Dobson,

Thank you for your email. In order to assist us in processing your
request, could you provide us with some additional details? In
particular, could you provide information on the type of pensions (e.g.
state pension) relating to the White Paper which you are referring to.

Kind Regards

FOI Team
Cabinet Office

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Dear Sir or Madam,

Thank you for your prompt response. It is the changes to the State
Pension mentioned in that White Paper that I am specifically
interested in, and when the relevant committee was first formed.

I hope this clarifies the position.

Yours sincerely,

Dear Sir or Madam,

The White Paper indicated that qualifying years for the full State
Pension were to be reduced to 30. I would like to know when this
proposal was first raised internally as an option, either by the
Cabinet Office or the DWP.

Many thanks

Yours sincerely,

Michael Dobson

Dear Mr Dobson,

Thank you for your email requesting information on the Pensions White
Paper May 2006. To help us process your request could you please clarify
the time frame you would like us to search within regarding the Pensions
White Paper.

In order to find the information you have requested we will have to look
through every document we hold on the white paper and depending upon the
dates specified this may incur the cost limit.

I hope this is of assistance.

Kind Regards,

FOI Team
Cabinet Office

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Dear Sir or Madam, Thank you for your latest reply regarding the
time frame within which to search. I have no idea what the time
frames were, so could you please just start searching forwards from
the earliest document you have on the White Paper? Also if you
could let me know what this date is that would be useful too.

Many thanks

Yours sincerely,

CABINET OFFICE REFERENCE: FOI258861

Dear Mr Dobson,

Thank you for your request for information. Your request was received on 16/09/2008 and is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, I will let you know the likely charges before proceeding.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Yours sincerely,

FOI Team
Cabinet Office
E: [Cabinet Office request email]

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Mr Dobson,

Please find attached a letter relating to your recent FOI request.

Regards,

Ben.

Ben Widdicombe

Economic & Domestic Secretariat

Cabinet Office

020 7276 0439

[email address]

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Dear Sir or Madam, Re your response of Oct 16th, noting that a
further delay of 10 days will be required, in order to decide
whether publication of the answer would possibly be detrimental to
the public interest, under section 35 (1) (a) and (b). I am
obviously disappointed by a further delay to my original request of
Aug 23rd, but will await your next response before deciding on the
internal review that you mention.

Yours sincerely,

Michael Dobson

Mr Dobson,

Please find attached a further letter relating to your recent FOI
request.

Regards,

Ben.

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Dear Sir or Madam,

I don't understand why your previous reply to me was to check
whether your response would be in the public interest (ie the date
when the Cabinet Office was first aware of the possible reduction
in contributory pension years), when you now tell me that you don't
have any info anyway. Why not just say that last time? Perhaps you
could kindly explain this to me before I formally request the
internal review.

Yours sincerely,

Michael Dobson