Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 39622

State Retirement Pensions

Tabled: 19 March 2025

Answered: 25 March 2025

Question

Lisa Smart

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has plans to review the application of (a) National Insurance contributions and (b) home responsibilities protection in cases where an individual was contracted out of the Additio

Answer

Torsten Bell

Before 6 April 2016, people were able to contract-out of the Additional State Pension. For the years they were contracted-out, they would be entitled to the basic State Pension only. When assessing State Pension eligibility under both the pre-2016 and new...

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