State Pension back payments of around £5,000 most-likely due for women in their 60s and 70s
dailyrecord.co.ukThe Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has issued thousands of letters to older people who may have been underpaid their State Pension due to missing information on their National Insurance (NI) record.
The issue affects mostly women in their 60s and 70s who may have Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP) missing from their NI record.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HMRC are working together to find people affected and correct their records so they can receive the right amount of State Pension.
Some 210,000 women are due a share of underpayments totalling £1.2 billion pounds - equivalent to some £5,000 each. Katie Farrington, Director-General for Disability, Health and Pensions at the DWP told the Work and Pensions Committee last week that the first set of letters were issued before Christmas to 30,000 people.
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