Thousands of women have already received payments for historical errors from the DWP.
The Department for Work and Pensions recently published new updates on the progress of the State Pension Underpayments Legal Entitlements and Administrative Practice exercise and the Home Responsibilities Protection corrections exercise being conducted in partnership with HM Revenue and Customs .
Reasons for State Pension underpayments In 2020, the DWP became aware of a number of individuals who had not had their State Pension increased, in accordance with the law, automatically when this should have occurred. This prompted the Department to take action to investigate the extent of the problem.State Pension Underpayments - LEAP exercise The State Pension LEAP is the DWP’s largest underpayment correction exercise in progress.
HMRC has issued over 370,000 letters to people who may have been underpaid their State Pension due to missing information on their National Insurance record. The issue affects mostly women in their 60s and 70s who may have HRP missing from their NI record. HRP underpayments - September 2024 Personal representatives are able to claim on behalf of deceased customers. For more information on eligibility and how to claim, visit the dedicated HRP page on GOV.UK here.
Between 2017-18 and 2022-23 information about Universal Credit entitlements could not be processed by the National Insurance Recording System. National Insurance credits can affect the value of a State Pension award, so there was a risk some people who had claimed Universal Credit and subsequently reached State Pension age may have been underpaid.
Latest Pension Credit News How to check if you are affected or make a claim There are nearly 12.7 million people across Great Britain claiming State Pension, including more than one million in Scotland. Of that overall total, 9.7 million are in receipt of the Basic State Pension and 2.9 million on the New State Pension.A phone call to the Pension Service is the quickest way to find out if you have been underpaid your State Pension.
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