£670m of state pension underpayments recorded in financial year ending 2023

The proportion of claims that were underpaid remained at six in 100 claims, according to Department for Work and Pensions figures.

Official error was the main cause of state pension underpayments, accounting for £580 million, while claimant error accounted for £90 million (Nick Ansell/PA) (PA Archive)

Pension experts have made calls to drive up admin standards after it emerged that around £670 million in state pensions was underpaid in the financial year ending in 2023.

This was an increase from £540 million in 2022, according to government figures.

Last year’s underpayments total was more than six times the £100 million that was overpaid in state pensions in the financial year ending 2023.