Question follow-through · 39622
State Retirement Pensions
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
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 19 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 25 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Mar 2025
Question tabled
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
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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25 Mar 2025
Answer published
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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