New State Pension underpayments worth an average of £5,000 most-likely to affect women in their 60s and 70s

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The latest statistics from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that State Pension currently provides regular financial support for 12.6 million older people across the country, including nearly one million retirees living in Scotland. This payment is available for those who have reached the UK Government’s eligible retirement age, which is currently 66 for both men and women, and have paid at least 10 years' worth of National Insurance Contributions.

Some 12.6 million older people could be set for a bumper State Pension pay rise next April under the Triple Lock policy, however, while an increase of 8.5 per cent would undoubtedly help more older people combat the cost of living crisis, it will also push an estimated half a million retirees nearer the personal tax allowance annual limit of £12,570.

Pension experts are urging older people to check the interest rate they currently have on their savings accounts after new research indicated that at least half of retirees could be missing out on hundreds of pounds each year. Pension Bee warns those missing out most are people with an interest rate of three per cent or less.

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A new online petition argues that the State Pension is “too low” and should be increased to match the National Minimum Wage. If that sounds like a familiar proposal it’s because another petition, which has received more than 36,700 signatures of support, has made a similar proposal, but was rejected by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) last month.

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State Pension currently provides essential financial support for 12.6 million older people across the country, including more than one million retirees living in Scotland. This regular payment is available for those who have reached the UK Government’s eligible retirement age, which is now 66 for both men and women, and have paid at least 10 years of National Insurance contributions.

Some 12.6 million older people across Great Britain may not get the bumper 8.5 per cent State Pension pay rise next April as the UK Government tries to reduce spending. On Tuesday, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) announced that earnings growth for the period between May and July was 8.5 per cent, but this figure includes employee bonuses.

Millions receiving the state pension will see a major increase of hundreds of pounds next year.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) now estimates that 165,000 older people have been underpaid their State Pension by £1.2 billion due to historical errors affecting mostly married women, widows and those aged over 80. It also estimates 210,000 people may have been underpaid a further £1.3 billion due to historical issues relating to Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP).

State Pension is a contributions-based benefit that provides essential financial support for 12.6million older people across Great Britain, including more than one million living in Scotland. Of that overall total, more than 1.4million people are also receiving additional support through Attendance Allowance.

An estimated 850,000 people of State Pension age could still receive cost of living payments worth up to £599 due before Spring 2024, even though they are not currently claiming one of the qualifying means-tested benefits, or know when the eligibility periods are. The next cost of living payment is worth £300 and is due to be paid sometime this Autumn to those on income-related benefits, including Pension Credit.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently published online guidance explaining how next of kin, or an executor of someone’s estate, can request information about State Pension underpayments - worth up to an average of £11,650 - for someone who has died. The DWP estimates that due to historical errors, some 165,000 older people have been underpaid their State Pension by £1.2billion.

More than 34,000 people have signed an online petition calling for the State Pension to be paid to everyone in retirement at the same rate as the National Living Wage, despite an official response rejecting the proposal. According to map data on the petitions-parliament website, 34,062 signatures have now been recorded from every parliamentary constituency across Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The Scottish Government recently announced that a new devolved disability payment designed to provide additional financial support for people of State Pension age will not include a mobility component. However, it has also confirmed that the new benefit will not involve any face-to-face assessments as part of the application process.

The SNP’s Patricia Gibson has tabled an Early Day Motion in Parliament for MPs to debate the “devastating impact of continuing unfair pension treatment of 1950s-born WASPI women (Women Against State Pension Inequality). The North Ayrshire and Arran MP is also urging the UK Government to “respond promptly” to the findings from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s (PHSO) report into the way the changes to the State Pension age were communicated.

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There are 22 million people across the UK claiming at least one benefit from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). That number includes 12.6 million older people in receipt of State Pension payments, a contributory benefit only available to those of retirement age with at least 10 years’ worth of National Insurance Contributions.

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