{"id":43772,"date":"2023-10-19T19:19:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lethal-industry.com\/?p=43772"},"modified":"2023-10-19T19:19:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:19:04","slug":"martin-lewis-tells-pensioners-to-look-out-for-letter-as-they-could-be-owed-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lethal-industry.com\/world-news\/martin-lewis-tells-pensioners-to-look-out-for-letter-as-they-could-be-owed-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Lewis tells pensioners to look out for letter as they could be owed money"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Martin Lewis has urged state pensioners to look out for an important letter as they could be owed tens of thousands of pounds.<\/p>\n

Letters are being sent out to people who could be affected by an error where Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP) is not added to a person’s National Insurance record.<\/p>\n

Mr Lewis said on his BBC podcast this week: \u201cThey\u2019ve started to send the letters out. They\u2019re currently going mainly to women who are already of state pension age, that\u2019s those aged over 66. They\u2019ll look at those who are younger later.<\/p>\n

\u201cExpect it to be coming in the next few months, so if you haven\u2019t got it yet, don\u2019t panic. My main point is, this isn\u2019t a scam, it could be worth big money, don\u2019t put it in the bin.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd if you know someone who’s likely to be in that category – it could be your parent – tell them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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If a person who was owed funds because of the error has died, their next of kin can make a claim on the Government website.<\/p>\n

The HRP scheme was put in place to protect parents\u2019 and carers\u2019 entitlement to the state pension with the scheme eventually replaced by National Insurance (NI) credits in 2010.<\/p>\n

Tax officials are pouring over NI records to try and identify those entitled to HRP between 1978 and 2010 who don’t appear to have it on their record.<\/p>\n

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The issue will not affect those who made a HRP claim after May 2000 as the rules changed then so a NI number had to be included on claims.<\/p>\n

The DWP previously estimated that 210,000 people have been underpaid a total of \u00a31.3billion in state pension owing to historical issues with their HRP.<\/p>\n

But officials are unsure what the true figure is and it could range from \u00a3310million to upwards of \u00a31.5billion.<\/p>\n