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Thousands of older people claiming Attendance Allowance could be due back payments from DWP
dailyrecord.co.ukA new report by the National Audit Office (NAO) on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) accounts has discovered that the estimated rate of underpayment in Attendance Allowance is 4.3%, equivalent to some £230 million.
Overpayment for the benefit is 2.2%, or £120 million. The public watchdog said these estimates suggest that Attendance Allowance has the lowest rate of overpayment, excluding State Pension, but the highest rate of underpayment of all the benefits sampled by the DWP in its annual Fraud and Error exercise for 2021-22.
It is the first time Attendance Allowance has been measured and for the 1,406,431 older people across the UK - including 123,909 living in Scotland - claiming the support worth either £61.85 or £92.40 each week, it should be a strong nudge to make sure they are receiving the right award.
Taking the underpayment rate of 4.3% at face value, without any indication of which claimants are affected, it could mean as many as 60,476 pensioners have been missing out on around £3,803 each.The NAO report said that almost all the underpayment of Attendance Allowance is classified as claimant error.In previous years the DWP has used Disability Living Allowance (DLA) as a proxy rate for Attendance Allowance.DLA has an overpayment rate of 1.9% and an underpayment rate of 2.5%, which means that until this year the DWP is likely to have underestimated the gross fraud and error rate in Attendance Allowance.If you think you may have been underpaid you should contact the Attendance Allowance helpline on 0800 731 0122 for more information.This year the DWP has measured fraud and error in:Attendance Allowance provides financial support for people over State Pension age through extra daily living expenses and
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