Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 108351
State Retirement Pensions
Tabled: 26 January 2026
Answered: 3 February 2026
Question
Mr Andrew Snowden
Conservative — Fylde
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the value of graduated pension contributions paid by individuals prior to 1975 relative to the level of the new State Pension.
Answer
Torsten BellThe Graduated Retirement Benefit (GRB) scheme was the precursor to the additional State Pension and ran from 1961 to 1975. One unit of GRB was earned, by a man, for every £7.50 of graduated contributions paid, and in the case of a woman born before 6 Apri...
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