HMRC has issued more than 370,000 letters to older people whose State Pension may be underpaid.
HM Revenue and Customs recently confirmed that more than 370,000 letters have been sent to older people - mostly women - urging them to check their State Pension as it may be lower than they are entitled to. Data published by the Department for Work and Pensions on the progress of rectifying historical State Pension errors, shows that the average arrears payment is worth £7,859.
set up a Legal Entitlements and Administrative Practice corrections exercise to identify and invite potentially affected people to apply, correct their records, and make both arrears and ongoing revised State Pension payments. The new data shows 493,813 people have used the online tool at GOV.UK to check if they are missing HRP from their State Pension. Anyone impacted by the error is due to receive any back payments by the end of this year.
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