State Pension back payments of £5,000 due before end of next year for women in their 60s and 70s
dailyrecord.co.ukHundreds of thousands of older women are due to receive a letter from HM Revenue and Customs letting them know their National Insurance (NI) record may contain missing periods of Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP) which in turn has affected the level of Basic or New State Pension they are entitled to.
The Treasury started issuing these letters in September last year and is working with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to correct any administration errors as quickly as possible.
Some 210,000 older people - mostly women - are due a share of underpayments totalling £1.3 billion, equivalent to around £5,000 each.
DWP has also previously said that those closest to the State Pension age in their 60’s and 70s are being issued letters first, however, anyone who thinks they may have been affected can check their eligibility online using the self-identification tool on GOV.UK here.Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Nigel Huddleston MP also told the Commons earlier this year that this latest stream of historical errors is expected to be rectified before the end of next year.
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