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Older people could be due to DWP’s payment after the state pension communication issue is identified

Older people could be due to DWP’s payment after the state pension communication issue is identified

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The defender of the parliamentary and health service urges pensioners who can be affected to contact the DWP.

Thousands of older people could receive a payment linked to their state pension of the Department of Labor and Pensions (DWP) after an investigation carried out by the defender of the parliamentary people and the health service (PHSO).

It is important to be aware that this is a separate investigation by the Ombudsman and is not linked to changes in the State pension agewhich affected approximately 3.6 million women born in the 1950s.

Latest Phso The investigation discovered that the DWP took eight years to inform a former British ex-patato about a change in his state pension that would leave him 3,000 a year worse and now urges the United Kingdom government to make sure that his communication with the public is “always fair, clear and consistent.”

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The state pension age will increase from 66 to 67 between 2026 and 2028. An additional increase to 68 is expected to be introduced in the 2040s. You can consult the age of your state pension using the free online calculator on Gov.uk here.

Adrian Furnival, 82, and his wife Sheila, 67, moved to Brittany in 1994, however, Adrian discovered in 2018 through the annual DWP update letter that of 2020 would no longer receive Increased dependency of adults (ADI) Payments: a supplement to homes when the main winner reached the state pension age, but his partner did not. The PHSO said this meant that it would have more than £ 250 per month worse.

People who lived in the United Kingdom had been told about the change in ADI payments eight years before in 2010. However, PHSO discovered that the DWP could not properly communicate the changes to Adrian and that DWP should have told him about the changes in April 2010.

The Ombudsman also said that the DWP “did not respond to his initial consultations and complaints in a timely manner” and has recommended that Adrian receive an apology from the department and “£ 675 for the injustice he suffered.”

The PHSO said: “The number of those who lived abroad and with the right to ADI is unknown, but in May 2019, a year before Adi finished, DWP told Parliament that 10,817 people were still receiving Adi.”

The Ombudsman has recommended that DWP also provide a “remedy comparable to anyone who approaches the department in a similar situation.”

Rebecca Hilsenrath, defender of the parliamentary and health people, said: “The poor communication of government departments damages confidence in public services.

“DWP has a history of not clearly communicating changes in pension policies and not learning from their mistakes.

Mrs. Hilsenrath added: “Anyone who believes has had a similar experience with Adrian must contact DWP.

Complete details about how to contact the pension service can be found in Gov.uk here.

In December, DWP accepted PHSO’s discovery of maladminimination bad administration in how he communicated the changes at the state pension age to women born in the 1950s and apologized.

However, he did not accept PHSO’s recommendations in its entirety and will not create a compensation scheme for affected women.

The department said you will learn lessons and work with the Ombudsman to create an action plan to ensure that future changes communicate well.

You can read Adrian’s story on the phso website here.

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