Written questions

Home Responsibilities Protection

Commons · Question 25974 · Tabled 1 Sep 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 8 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Gregory Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of parents entitled to an enhanced State Pension as a result of Home Responsibilities Protection but yet to apply.

Answer

Answered by Torsten Bell, 8 Sep 2026

Statistics on HMRC and DWP's Legal Entitlements and Administrative Practice exercise to correct historical errors involving Home Responsibilities Protection can be found here: Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP) State Pension underpayments: LEAP exerci...