State Pension back payments of up to £12,383 for thousands of older women due this year

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Tens of thousands of older people, mostly women, could be due backdated State Pension underpayments worth more than £12,000 before the end of this year as the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) continues to identify and correct historical administration errors.

However, it's important to be aware that most of the 12.7 million people receiving the State Pension are being paid the right amount of money.

The latest figures published by the DWP on its progress of case reviews for possible underpayments, show that between January 11, 2021 and October 31, 2023, the checking process has identified 82,323 underpayments, owed a total of £497 million.

The data also indicates 595,964 State Pension awards have been reviewed, with average payouts ranging between £2,245 and £12,383.