Pensioners underpaid by £530million last year due to processing errors, government figures reveal

Pensioners have been underpaid by £530million final yr, in accordance with authorities figures.

Multiple in ten pensioners – round 1.3million folks – didn’t get their full profit. Total, profit claimants missed out on £1.1billion, Labour Party evaluation discovered.

Round 1.8million folks have been underpaid as a consequence of processing errors by the Division of Work and Pensions (DWP), HMRC or native authorities in 2021-22.

State pensions accounted for 48 per cent of underpayments, with Common Credit score recipients lacking out on £140million. Employment and Assist Allowance funds have been out by £130,000.

Pensioners have been underpaid by £530million final yr, in accordance with authorities figures. [File image] 

Round 1.8million folks have been underpaid as a consequence of processing errors by the Division of Work and Pensions (DWP), HMRC or native authorities in 2021-22. [File image] 

Labour’s work and pensions spokesman Jonathan Ashworth mentioned: ‘When so many households and pensioners are struggling, these ranges of incompetence are staggering.’

DWP figures launched final month confirmed pensioners had acquired £300million to counter underpayments.

A DWP spokesman informed the Day by day Categorical: ‘State pension underpayment charges stay low at 0.5 per cent of expenditure. 

‘Our precedence is guaranteeing everybody receives the monetary help to which they’re entitled and, the place errors do happen, we’re dedicated to fixing them as shortly as doable.’ 

Preliminary authorities estimates for the 2022-23 monetary yr are as a consequence of be launched on Could 11.