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DWP asking for marriage certificate
TwitTwoo
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Is it normal for DWP to request a marriage certificate (not a photocopy) years after my state pension started?
I've just received a letter (dated nearly 6 weeks ago!) asking for such, despite being in receipt of my state pension for nearly 10 years, and being married a lot longer than that!I
I couldn't get a satisfactory response about a reason, for this request, when I rang - I was just told to comply with the letter!
I've just received a letter (dated nearly 6 weeks ago!) asking for such, despite being in receipt of my state pension for nearly 10 years, and being married a lot longer than that!I
I couldn't get a satisfactory response about a reason, for this request, when I rang - I was just told to comply with the letter!
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Part of the State Pension can be inherited by a spouse if someone receiving a pre-2016 SP dies. Perhaps they are checking their records.
I also am receiving a pre-2016 SP but have never been asked for a marriage certificate.1 -
DWP are looking at potential holes in historical calculations. It may be linked to that.I am an Independent Financial Adviser (IFA). The comments I make are just my opinion and are for discussion purposes only. They are not financial advice and you should not treat them as such. If you feel an area discussed may be relevant to you, then please seek advice from an Independent Financial Adviser local to you.2
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Has anyone found out why the DWP want a copy of my marriage certificate after 13 plus years on SP and 33 plus years married. It makes no sense.0
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As Dunstonh said above DWP are looking into historical married women's underpayments many of which are due to poor records and marriages not registered with DWP. You have likely popped up in that data matching exercise as possibly married but they have no record to confirm that.
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DWP are paying out millions in arrears at the moment, could be linked to that.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-pension-underpayments-progress-on-cases-reviewed-to-28-february-2023/state-pension-underpayments-progress-on-cases-reviewed-to-28-february-20231 -
If DWP do not have an original marriage cert on your case they will need it. It may help if you are owed anything or if they are locking back at historic awards that may have been calculated incorrectly ? I would just send it in , cant harmTwitTwoo said:Is it normal for DWP to request a marriage certificate (not a photocopy) years after my state pension started?
I've just received a letter (dated nearly 6 weeks ago!) asking for such, despite being in receipt of my state pension for nearly 10 years, and being married a lot longer than that!I
I couldn't get a satisfactory response about a reason, for this request, when I rang - I was just told to comply with the letter!0
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