State pensioners told check if they're owed £8,300 in DWP back payments

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An expert has advised older people to check to see if they could be owed a significant amount of money from the Department for Work and Pensions.

More than 370,000 pensioners - mostly women - have been contacted informing them they could be owed an average of £8,377, reports MirrorOnline .

Data from the DWP shows that between 8 January 2024 and 31 March 2025, a joint State Pensions corrections exercise with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) found 12,379 underpayments to women whose National Insurance (NI) records are incorrect.

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