HMRC will start sending out letters this month to women who may also have been underpaid State Pension.
The Department for Work and Pensions has given assurance that it is “committed” to fixing State Pension errors which affect mostly married women, widows and those aged over 80. An estimated 165,000 older people have been underpaid their State Pension by £1.2billion due to historical errors while a further 210,000 mums may have been underpaid some £1.3billion due to issues relating to Home Responsibilities Protection .
The Democratic Unionist Party MP for Strangford had asked the DWP what steps it is taking to “tackle under-payment errors in State Pensions”. "Over 1,300 staff have been recruited or redeployed to the ongoing State Pension underpayment LEAP exercise. Delivery is backloaded and case reviews have significantly increased since November 2022. The latest data shows we have reviewed an average of over 30,000 cases per month between November 2022 and March 2023, compared to an average of 5,000 per month over the first 22 months of the exercise.
“In September, HMRC will begin contacting people potentially affected by missing HRP. This will be supported by a communications campaign to increase public awareness and encourage people to see if they are affected. DWP will then revise the State Pension awards of people who may have been affected.
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