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State Retirement Pensions: Underpayments

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Question for Department for Work and Pensions

UIN 6859, tabled on 13 December 2023

Question

Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
Labour
Tooting
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been affected by underpayment errors in state pensions in each of the last 10 years.

Answer

Paul Maynard
Conservative
Blackpool North and Cleveleys
Commons

Answered on

19 December 2023

The information requested is not held by the Department.

The overall rate of State Pension underpayment due to official error remains low as a proportion of expenditure (0.5% in 2022/2023).

Information on the broad categories where State Pension underpayments are most often identified was set out in the DWP Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23.

DWP annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

DWP is taking action to rectify historic errors in the State Pensions caseload. Our priority is to ensure that everyone receives their correct State Pension entitlement.

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