{"id":43926,"date":"2023-12-06T14:39:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T14:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cabanesetcompagnie.com\/?p=43926"},"modified":"2023-12-06T14:39:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T14:39:00","slug":"dwp-errors-leave-200000-pensioners-out-of-pocked-and-owed-5000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cabanesetcompagnie.com\/world-news\/dwp-errors-leave-200000-pensioners-out-of-pocked-and-owed-5000\/","title":{"rendered":"DWP errors leave 200,000 pensioners ‘out of pocked’ and owed \u00a35,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Over 200,000 state pensioners have reportedly been \u201cleft out of pocket\u201d due to historical errors made by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).<\/p>\n

A Government committee has claimed the DWP has been \u201casleep at the switch\u201d after older Britons were underpaid by \u00a31.3billion last year.<\/p>\n

According to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), \u00a38.2billion has also been overpaid over the last financial year despite pensioners losing out.<\/p>\n

Recently, the committee asserted it was \u201cvery concerned that DWP reports yet another historic underpayment of State Pension\u201d.<\/p>\n

The DWP has stated it expects to pay back an average of \u00a35,000 to affected pensioners, according to the committee.<\/p>\n

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PAC estimates that more than 210,000 pensioners have been underpaid by a total of \u00a31.3billion.<\/p>\n

Pensioners have been one of the many demographics who have been hit hardest by the ongoing cost of living crisis.<\/p>\n

Dame Meg Hillier, chair of the PAC, took aim at the DWP\u2019s failure to prevent widespread errors.<\/p>\n

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She explained: \u201cMany pensioners have been left significantly out of pocket by up to thousands, while DWP has been asleep at the switch.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are injustices that may never be corrected for some. We are now in a place where Parliament needs assurance that the state pension is being paid accurately.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe expect DWP to respond to our report in a timely fashion but, frankly, paying pension accurately is a basic that we expect from DWP and not recommendations that our committee ought to be having to make.\u201d<\/p>\n