You asked
I was wondering if you have any revised figures regards the savings the government will make on state pension due to the covid pandemic.
I noticed your department published a figure dated 25th November 2020 of a saving of £600 million.
We said
Thank you for your request.
We do not hold the data you have requested.
Having identified an article in the Telegraph dated 25 November 2020, we believe the source for the quoted figures are the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
Paragraph 3.83 bullet 2 of OBR's March 21 Economic and Fiscal Outlook states -
State pensions spending. The primary driver of lower spending is the weaker outlook for average earnings growth, which lowers the effect of triple lock uprating. Excess deaths due to the pandemic have also reduced the number of people receiving pensions relative to the assumptions underpinning our March 2020 forecast. Indeed, with virus-related deaths rising sharply again in recent months, we have revised up the number of excess pensioner-age deaths in 2020-21 from 90,000 in our November forecast to around 100,000 in this one. This revision may appear small given the severity of the current wave, but the lockdown brought in to control the coronavirus has also dramatically reduced the number of influenza deaths this winter relative to a normal year. Our forecast now also assumes some excess deaths in 2021-22, drawing on academic modelling published alongside the Government's Roadmap (as discussed in Box 2.1). Excess deaths lower pensioner spending by £0.6 billion in 2020-21 and by £0.9 billion in 2021-22 relative to our March 2020 forecast. DWP has also identified underpayments of state pension relating to entitlements for certain married people, widows and over-80s back to 1992. Our forecast reflects an initial estimate that it will cost around £3 billion over the six years to 2025-26 to address these underpayments, with costs peaking at £0.7 billion in 2021-22.
https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2021/
We would recommend contacting the OBR who may be able to help you further.