Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 50107

State Retirement Pensions: Underpayments

Tabled: 6 May 2025
Answered: 14 May 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to help tackle underpayments of the State Pensions in the last five years.

Answer

Torsten Bell
The Department has undertaken a range of steps over the past 5 years to address underpayments of State Pension. Details about this activity can be found online via the following link: State Pension underpayments: progress on cases - GOV.UK