Research and analysis

Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP) State Pension underpayments: progress on cases reviewed to 30 September 2024

This is an update on the summary management information relating to a LEAP exercise to correct underpayments of the State Pension due to missing Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP).

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In 2022, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) became aware of a number of State Pensions cases where it appeared that historic periods of Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP) were missing, leading to inaccurate State Pension payments. 

Investigations revealed that this issue applied to the National Insurance records, administered by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), of some people both below and above State Pension age.

DWP and HMRC set up a Legal Entitlements and Administrative Practice (LEAP) corrections exercise to identify and invite potentially affected people to apply, correct their records, and make both arrears and ongoing revised State Pension payments.

More information

This publication includes information on the progress of the LEAP exercise to identify and correct individual records and, for pensioners, the amount of arrears repaid to date.

Read further information about this exercise in Home Responsibilities Protection and State Pension entitlement.

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Published 7 November 2024

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