Reports indicate that six groups of women over State Pension age could be due back payments. Underpayments could mean up to £9,500 could be winging its way back to eligible people.
According to the latest report by the National Audit Office (NAO), the public spending watchdog revealed that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) accounts showed around 237,000 people over State Pension age have been underpaid a total of £1.46 billion. This was an increase of £429 million and some 105,000 older people on the DWP’s best estimate at the end of 2020-21.
The report said DWP is working with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to understand more about the scale, potential causes and options to correct these cases. These newly identified errors account for most of the increase in the State Pension underpayment rate from 0.3% to 0.5%.
