The DWP has previously said it is reviewing around 700,000 State Pension awards for underpayment errors.
The Department for Work and Pensions has now uprated State Pension and most benefits by 10.1 per cent, as part of its annual uprating exercise. It has also updated guidance for staff processing new Pension Credit claims or managing existing applications where the claimant receives a large arrears payment or compensation payout.
This may be due to a further 100,000 State Pension cases which have been identified as having a possible underpayment. This means that DWP will be looking at 700,000 State Pension awards for errors, as opposed to the previously estimated 400,000, and could take an extra year to complete the exercise under the current run-rate.
The latest report also shows that arrears payments made to affected married women average £6,929 and for those over 80, £3,172. While the check and correction exercise affects motley women, some men may have been underpaid too.
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