More than £200 million worth of state pensions have been repaid as part of a Government checking and correction exercise.
The checking process, which started in January 2021, has identified 31,817 underpayments, with a total of £209.3 million owed, according to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
One pensions expert said the total repaid so far is a "drop in the ocean" when compared to the amount estimated to have been underpaid overall. Those who have been underpaid include some pensioners who were married and should have received an upgraded pension, people who were widowed and the over-80s.
