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<p>During 2019, a new DWP computer system called “Get Your State Pension” (GYSP) came
online to handle State Pension claims. The GYSP system is now handling a sizeable
proportion of new claims.</p><p> </p><p>The department has not yet been able to include
GYSP system data in our published statistics for State Pension and the number of GYSP
cases are too high to allow us to continue to publish State Pension data on Stat-Xplore.
We have been providing GYSP estimates based on payment systems data and as a temporary
measure, State Pension statistics are being published via data tables only. The latest
release in August 2023 contains State Pensions estimates for the quarters to February
2023.</p><p> </p><p>A biannual release of supplementary tables to show State Pension
deferment increments and proportions of beneficiaries receiving a full amount was
suspended. This release is normally based on a 5 per cent sample of the legacy computer
system. Given the absence of GYSP data, the figures are affected by the same issues
as described above. The latest available time period for these figures is for September
2020 and can be found in the DWP benefits statistics published in May 2021 on gov.uk.</p><p>
</p><p>We are developing new statistical datasets to properly represent both computer
systems. Once we have quality assured the new data it will be published on Stat-Xplore,
including a refresh of historical data using the best data available.</p><p> </p><p>For
more information on these developments, see the State Pension section of the ‘Background
information note: DWP benefits statistical summary’ published on gov.uk.</p>
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