UK Money News
6th May 2008
Women pensioners poised for £1,400 windfall
Thousands of female pensioners could be set a payment of up to £1,400 after the government found that that they had not been receiving their full state pension.
Pensions minister Mike O' Brien announced the discovery on Radio 4's Money Box programme and said that it had resulted from the failure to take into account the amount of time the women spent caring for a husband or child.
Those affected will have reached 60 years of age between April 6 1998 and October 2004 and will have a gap in their contribution record during 1996/97 and 2001/02.
They will also be married to a man who is less than five years older than them.
Mr O'Brien said: "We've identified around 73,000 married women who could potentially claim some backdated pension to cover the period between turning 60 and her husband reaching 65.
"We don't know how many could be entitled to this backdated sum but they could get up to £1,400 each."
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