Widows with underpaid state pension

DH tried to find out if his elderly mother had been paid the correct amount of state pension as he had Power of Attorney.

He heard nothing and then his mother died so he wrote to DWP asking them to speed up the claim as she had died and he can't apply for probate without knowing if she is owed anything.

DWP replied saying they did owe her money and sent him a form to fill in but we have heard nothing since.

It's very frustrating as she could be owed thousands or just 4 weeks state pension as it is paid in arrears. The length of the arrears would depend on when she received the payment and the date she died.

Go for it. The worst that can happen is them saying no.

Thanks PippaZ

This may help regarding estates. Bereaved families may miss out on underpaid state pension refunds

It does say "may" so it's worth following up I would have thought.

For some reason that link didn't work for me Petra. I think this is it