Thousands of people are due to receive a letter from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) informing them they may be owed additional money. HMRC will contact those affected throughout the autumn, with those over state pension age being contacted first.
The people being written to will be asked if they have information missing from their national insurance (NI) records which could have a direct effect on their state pension. One of the things missing from their records could be home responsibilities protection (HRP), which was set up to help protect parents' and carers' entitlement to state pension
Many of those being written to will be older women. HRP was replaced by NI credits from April 6, 2010, M.E.N reports.
