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1218873

registered interest
date	29/06/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to use the Government’s administrative data to identify married women who are not receiving the level of state pension to which they are entitled; how many of those women have been identified; what the average value is of those backdated state pension payments, and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	66002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>We are aware of a number of cases where individuals have been underpaid State Pension. We corrected our records and reimbursed those affected as soon as errors were identified.</p><p> </p><p>We would encourage anyone who thinks they have failed to claim a State Pension increase they are eligible for to contact the department.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 06/07/2020 16:36:31 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman previous answer version 34350 answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

1218874

registered interest
date	29/06/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria her Department uses to determine the circumstances in which interest is added to back payments of a state pension.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	66003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>The DWP has a discretionary special payment scheme and the current criteria has been in place since 2012. If a benefit payment has been delayed DWP can consider a payment to recognise any erosion in the value of the money. Special payments for ‘interest’ are calculated using <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rates-and-allowances-hmrc-interest-rates-for-late-and-early-payments/rates-and-allowances-hmrc-interest-rates" target="_blank">HMRC’s repayment interest rate</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 07/07/2020 13:41:58 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman previous answer version 34351 answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

1218875

registered interest
date	29/06/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether entitlement to a Category D pension requires a person to make a claim.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	66004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>A claim for a Category D State Pension is required (under section 1 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992), unless the individual is resident in Great Britain at age 80 and is already getting another category of State Pension (Section 1 and Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987, Regulation 3(1)(b)).</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 07/07/2020 16:39:36 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman previous answer version 34352 answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

1218876

registered interest
date	29/06/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a widow is entitled to claim back underpaid state pension for periods before she was widowed.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	66005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>In circumstances where it is identified that individuals are entitled to arrears of underpaid State Pension, these are paid in accordance with relevant legislation (section 1 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992) if a claim to Category BL is required, and if a claim is not required Social Security ((Claims and Payments) Regs 1987, reg 3(cb)).</p><p> </p><p>Any person seeking to claim can get assistance if they call The Pension Service on its Freephone number 0800 731 0469.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 06/07/2020 16:44:22 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman previous answer version 34353 answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

1218877

registered interest
date	29/06/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a married woman is entitled to draw an immediate category BL pension when her husband reaches state pension age in cases where her husband has deferred taking his own pension.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	66006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>Under The Pensions Act 2007 and The Social Security (State Pension and National Insurance Credits) Regulations 2009/2206, since 6 April 2010 where a husband has deferred claiming his State Pension, his spouse has been able to claim their State Pension Category BL top up from his State Pension age.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 07/07/2020 16:41:48 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman previous answer version 34354 answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey