Written questions

State Retirement Pensions: Underpayments

Commons · Question 45176 · Tabled 8 Apr 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 28 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Steve Darling

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 43135, what historic information she holds on taxable state pension payments to people who are now deceased; and whether her Department would supply such data on re

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 28 Apr 2025

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) share information via an established legislative gateway for the administration of the State Pension. When HMRC receive updates on State Pension payments from DWP, they store it ...