DWP due to pay back £5,000 on average to each person on State Pension affected by historical errors
dailyrecord.co.ukA report published by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said it is “very concerned” the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) reported yet another historic underpayment of State Pension last year, which it estimates may have left some 210,000 pensioners - mostly women - out of pocket by a total of £1.3 billion”, going back decades.
The committee said this estimate is in addition to the underpayment of £1.2 billion affecting 165,000 pensioners due to historical errors by DWP it reported on in 2022.
The DWP said it expects to pay back an average of £5,000 to each affected pensioner. The report stated the DWP must “do more to detect underpayments before they build up and have a significant impact on pensioners and other claimants”.
Commenting on the State Pension underpayments, PAC chair Dame Meg Hillier accused the UK Government department of being “asleep at the switch”, with people being left short of what they are owed.
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