A Department for Work and Pensions error means UK households could receive £2,000 payouts. The DWP mistake means benefit claimants could be due a £2,000 payout – with who is eligible also revealed by experts this week.
The DWP announced that some New Style Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) claimants had been underpaid their benefits and the mistake mainly impacted people who inherited pensions from someone who had died. The DWP said: "Income from other pensions can affect how much New Style JSA you get, income from pensions inherited from someone who has died does not affect New Style JSA claims."
The DWP is currently reviewing claims made between March 19, 2019 to November 19, 2022 and is urging anyone affected to come forward. The DWP is also sending text messages or letters to anyone who might be affected.
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Steve Webb, former Pensions Minister and now a partner at LCP told This is Money : "In this case, the DWP has wrongly been penalising people for inherited pensions and this could have cost some people up to around £2,000.
"It is well worth anyone who made a claim and was turned down and who was receiving an inherited pension at the time to make inquiries to see if they are owed any money." You can write to the following address (and you don't need to use a stamp): Benefit Centre, Freepost DWP BC 38.
The DWP asks that you include your National Insurance number, copies of your pension statements showing the pension is inherited and the amounts of pension paid for the dates of your New Style JSA claim and the reference PAN PEN.
You should also include your bank, building society or credit union account details, if they have changed since you claimed New Style JSA. The DWP will respond to your enquiry, and if you are owed money it will be paid direct into your account.
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