Mistake 2

United Kingdom

Reference: J00213

Kent County Council reduced the member's pension because of an error in the original calculation. The member claimed financial loss on the grounds that he entered into a contract for work to be done on his house on the basis of the unreduced pension figure.

The Ombudsman did not accept the member's claim that he had suffered financial loss as there was insufficient evidence to show that had he been receiving his correct pension entitlement from the outset, he would not have had the work in question done to his house.