DWP confirms when you don't need to give back state pension overpayment The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed when you do not need to give back an overpayment.
However, former Pensions Minister Sir Steve Webb - who is now a partner at pensions consultancy LCP - says the department does not make it clear in these letters that the repayments are voluntary after using a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to get one.
According to official data, the DWP has mistakenly paid more than £500million in state pensions and pension credits to people who have died over the last five years.
The benefit and pensions department has confirmed that it has no legal right to reclaim overpaid state pension payments when someone dies.
Over the last year, the DWP overpaid £ 144million in state pension payments due to delayed death reporting.
