More than £200m worth of state pensions have been repaid as part of a government checking process, but thousands of people could still be owed cash.
The checking and correction exercise, which started in January 2021, identified nearly 32,000 underpayments, with a total of £209.3m 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. Helen Morrissey, senior pensions and retirement analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said: "Today's data shows the DWP has so far handed back more than £209 million to people affected by state pension underpayments.
