 has identified that the National Insurance (NI) records of 10million people on the benefit have not been updated. 1 Millions on Universal Credit are at risk of missing out on the full Credit: Getty A further 137,000 who've reached the State Pension age may also be getting less than they are entitled to because NI credits were never passed on to HMRC . You can get the full amount of State Pension if you have made 35 years' worth of NI contributions or credits. But Brits have to have made at least 10 years to get at least something. The full state pension is currently worth £203.85 a week. But if you don't have 35 year's worth of NI contributions you'll get a reduced rate. This would mean that those previously on Universal Credit who have been affected by the DWP error and now claiming State Pension are getting less than they should. Others yet to reach retirement age could find their foretasted pension payments are not as much as they should be. Steve Webb, former pensions minister and consultant at LCP said: "These new official figures show the vast number of people who may currently have errors on their NI records. "Some people have already retired without the problem being fixed, whilst others may have forked out by paying voluntary NI contributions for the years they think they've missed. "The DWP is acting very cloak and dagger about it and needs to commit to refunding any wasted NI contributions. "They also need to do a thorough check to make sure anyone who has already retired is on the correct pension and has what they're owed backdated." The latest errors were uncovered in a National Audit Office report digging in to the DWP's accounts. It revealed that the government department has been manually updating the records of affected individuals as they approach){kind=link}
MILLIONS of people on Universal Credit are at risk of missing out on cash after a huge error.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has identified that the National Insurance (NI) records of 10million people on the benefit have not been updated.
A further 137,000 who’ve reached the State Pension age may also be getting less than they are entitled to because NI credits were never passed on to HMRC.
You can get the full amount of State Pension if you have made 35 years’ worth of NI contributions or credits.
But Brits have to have made at least 10 years to get at least something.