The latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that in May this year, 12.4million older people across the UK were receiving State Pension payments, including 981,399 Scots.
For many people, State Pension payments provide crucial monthly financial support and for some, it may be their only source of income during their retirement years.
However, recent data from an Opinium Survey of 2,000 people carried out in August 2021, on behalf of Hargreaves Lansdown, discovered that over a third (36%) of people do not know how much they could expect to receive from the State Pension, including 43 per cent of women.
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