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State Pension underpayments: progress on cases

Collection of management information relating to the Department for Work and Pensions' LEAP exercise to correct underpayments of the State Pension.

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Department for Work and Pensions
Published:
23 March 2023
Last updated:
24 April 2025
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  1. Added the latest release: State Pension underpayments: progress on cases reviewed to 31 March 2025.

  2. Added latest release: 'State Pension underpayments: progress on cases reviewed to 30 September 2024'.

  3. Added a link to DWP annual report and accounts 2023 to 2024. The annual report and accounts incudes the latest release of State Pension underpayments information.

  4. Added latest release: 'State Pension underpayments: progress on cases reviewed to 29 February 2024'.

  5. Added a link to the latest release of State Pension underpayments information — progress on cases reviewed to 31 October 2023.

  6. Added a note that the latest release of State Pension underpayments information has been published in the DWP annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023.

  7. First published.

In 2020, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) became aware of a number of individuals who had not had their State Pension increased, in accordance with the law, automatically when this should have occurred. This prompted the department to take action to investigate the extent of the problem.

These publications include information on the progress of the Legal Entitlements and Administrative Practice (LEAP) exercise to check and correct individual cases, and the amount of arrears repaid to date.

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This management information is about a LEAP exercise to correct underpayments of the State Pension due to missing Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP).

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