Full list of all DWP correction exercises checking for historical State Pension errors.
Tens of thousands of older people, mostly women, could be due backdated State Pension underpayments worth more than £12,000 before the end of this year as the Department for Work and Pensions continues to identify and correct historical administration errors. However, it's important to be aware that most of the 12.7 million people receiving the State Pension are being paid the right amount of money.
Reasons for State Pension underpayments There are three broad categories of State Pension underpayments: HM Revenue and Customs recently confirmed it started writing to thousands of older people who may have been underpaid their State Pension due to missing information on their National Insurance record before Christmas.
Top State Pension News State Pension National Insurance Credits Some people who received Universal Credit may not have had their National Insurance Credits correctly attributed to their National Insurance record held by HMRC which could affect their State Pension. With the issues now resolved between the DWP and HMRC systems, claims data relating to the affected years can now be successfully processed by HMRC. When these records are updated information will be sent to the DWP who will then correct any State Pension awards that are affected.
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