Women over State Pension age could be due up to £6,900 in back payments next year

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently said that it expects to complete the correction exercise into State Pension underpayments for two groups of women by the end of this year. The Pensions Minister said the exercise for those on CAT BL and CAT D should be completed in 2023, but could run through to “late 2024”.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) recently announced that 11.6million Winter Fuel Payments and Pensioner Cost of Living Payments - support worth a total of £4.6billion - have been made to older people across the UK, including 973,604 living in Scotland.

The latest statistics from the Department for Work and Pension s (DWP) show that by the end of October, there were more than three million people across the UK claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP), including 329,334 living in Scotland. The figures also show that nearly half a million people of State Pension age are also in receipt of PIP.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that more than eight million households on means-tested benefits are set to receive payments of up to £900, made in three lump sums, over the course of the new financial year. The first round of payments for £301 will be made automatically this Spring to those receiving a qualifying benefit.

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Last month, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed that the UK Government’s review of the State Pension age will be published in early 2023 and is scheduled to be made available to the public in May. At the start of this year, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) launched a second review of the State Pension age, which is now 66 for men and women across the UK.

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State Pension provides essential financial support every four weeks for more than 12.5 million people across the UK, including 981,399 living in Scotland. This regular payment of up to £185.15 per week for the Full, new State Pension or £141.85 per week for the basic old State Pension (Category A or B) is available for those who have reached the UK Government’s eligible retirement age, which increased to 66 for both men and women in October 2020.

The UK Government recently announced a series of new cost of living payments to help millions of households across the country mitigate soaring inflation and ever-increasing energy bills. The new cost of living support package is worth £26 billion in 2023-24, in addition to benefits uprating, which is worth £11 billion to working age households and people with disabilities.

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The latest figures from Social Security Scotland show that at the end of February, 2022 there were 124,081 people living in Scotland receiving additional financial support through Attendance Allowance. Across the UK, there are now more than 1.5 million people over State Pension age getting either £61.85 or £92.40 each week through the benefit.

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that the final batch of Winter Fuel Payments have now been processed and credited to eligible claimants’ bank accounts on Monday, December 12. This year’s heating bill help also includes the Pensioner Cost of Living Payment, providing up to £600 in extra support.