The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published new updates on the progress of the State Pension Underpayments Legal Entitlements and Administrative Practice (LEAP) exercise and the Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP) corrections exercise.
Up to March 31, 2024, the DWP has paid arrears of £1.12 billion through the LEAP exercise and £2.2 million through the HRP corrections exercise.
The latest DWP figures show that between January 11, 2021 and March 31, 2024 some 99,558 people over State Pension age - mostly women - have received back payments averaging £2,196, £5,693 and £12,423, depending on their pension category as part of the LEAP exercise.
This includes married women and people in a civil partnership (category BL), widows and those over 80 (category D).The DWP also confirmed that categories BL and D case reviews were completed by the end of 2023, with corrections and backdated payments due to be made before the end of this year.The State Pension makes up 47 per cent of the UK Government’s total benefit expenditure - it is administered and delivered by the DWP as a contributory benefit.
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