Married women, people in a civil partnership, widows and those over 80 could be due a lump sum
The Department for Work and Pensions has just released a new report on the advancement of the State Pension Underpayments Legal Entitlements and Administrative Practice operation. Most recent statistics reveal that 97,016 State Pension recipients, largely women, have bagged back payments averaging £2,192, £5,713 and £12,486, subject to their pension category.
Hargreaves Lansdown's retirement analysis head Helen Morrissey commented: "Progress is being made to rectify the large-scale issue of state pension underpayments, but it is very slow. Just over £571m has been returned so far but with estimates suggesting the scale of underpayments could be around £1.5bn there's still a very long way to go.
Married Widowed Over 80 The DWP has estimated that due to errors in recording Home Responsibilities Protection , it underpaid between £300 million and £1.5 billion of State Pension. In September 2023, HM Revenue and Customs began contacting thousands of older individuals who may have been underpaid their State Pension due to missing information on their National Insurance record. This issue predominantly affects women in their 60s and 70s who may have HRP missing from their NI record.
State Pension National Insurance Credits. Some individuals who received Universal Credit may not have had their National Insurance Credits correctly attributed to their National Insurance record held by HMRC, which could impact their State Pension. During this time, the DWP implemented a manual system with HMRC to update an individual's National Insurance record where they believed they qualified for National Insurance credits due to time spent on Universal Credit.
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