The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced it will begin to repay the people affected by state pension payment errors first reported last year.
The department's annual report and accounts showed 210,000 people are missing out on money they are entitled to during retirement due to errors in their National Insurance record. The error came about from deleted Child Benefit data which means some women have been given lower state pension amounts than they should have been.
Mums now in their 60s and 70s who should have had National Insurance credits for the time they spent bringing up children will have been primarily impacted by the error. According to DWP estimates, more than £1bn is owed to those affected - as The Express reports.
