DWP to pay again £500m to 80,000 folks – calculator exhibits in case you’re eligible

On Mar 16, 2024

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) owes a whopping £500million in backpay to folks born earlier than a sure date.

It’s thought that greater than 80,000 Brits are due this money – principally married girls, widows, and older folks. And it isn’t pennies we’re speaking about – as every particular person is owed a mean of £6,250.

Recent figures from a DWP cost evaluation discovered 82,323 attainable underpayments. This contains married girls and widows who hit State Pension age earlier than April 2016. It additionally impacts anybody over the age of 80, regardless of in the event that they’re married or not.

Up to 230,000 folks is likely to be owed cash, which to date has ranged from £2,245 to £12,383 every. And as soon as the DWP finishes its evaluation, the variety of folks short-changed by the pension system might be a lot larger, stories the Manchester Evening News.

Mainly, individuals who did not get the precise pension after reaching a sure age, or after their associate handed away, are getting this enormous DWP again pay.

A report on how nicely the repayments are going is due by the tip of this month. It will cowl how many individuals have been paid up till February.

Pensions Minister Paul Maynard informed MPs this week: “The Department uses all available resources to identify heirs. In the instance when a response is not received for the initial contact letter, we issue further letters inviting the heir to contact DWP.”

He additionally spoke in regards to the LEAP train, saying: “The Department will be publishing its progress with the State Pension Underpayment Legal Entitlements and Administrative Practice (LEAP) exercises to the end of February 2024 before the end of March 2024.”

Want to know in case you’re owed money? You can use this on-line calculator to search out out in case you’ve not been paid sufficient.

Some individuals who may get extra money embody:.

Married girls who did not get their state pension elevated to 60 per cent when their husbands retired
Widows and widowers who ought to have gotten a greater state pension after their associate handed away
People over 80 who had been already getting state pension once they turned 80, who ought to have had their pension bumped as much as 60%

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