Government identifies £800mn of state pension underpayments

Thousands of state pensioners due up to £12k in DWP back payments - Birmingham Live

The Department for Work and Pensions made more than 130,000 underpayments over a two-year period

Women underpaid in DWP state pension 'scandal' - how to check

Parents who stayed at home with young children between 1978 and 2010 may have unknowingly built up significant pension shortfalls due to administrative errors

State pension update as £800m blunder is discovered - check if you're hit

A total of 130,948 underpayments were discovered by March 31, 2025 - with arrears totalling £804.7 million.

Government identifies £800mn of state pension underpayments

More than 130,000 people affected, with errors dating back to the 1980s

Check your pension payments as £800m of DWP state pensions underpaid

More than £800 million of state pension underpayments has been identified in a correction exercise, and they're not finished yet

More than £800m of state pension underpayments identified in correction drive

Married women on low state pensions and the over-80s are among those who have been underpaid.