Someone may not receive a State Pension primarily due to having insufficient National Insurance (NI) contributions or credits, generally requiring at least 10 years for a partial pension and 35 years for the full amount. Other reasons include not formally claiming it, living abroad, opting out of child benefits, or having a non-covered pension.
You may not qualify for the Basic State Pension yourself because you haven't paid enough National Insurance contributions or received enough National Insurance credits. You may still be able to claim Basic State Pension in some situations. You could also be eligible for Pension Credit to top-up your income.
You can claim the new State Pension when you reach State Pension age if you have at least 10 years of National Insurance contributions and are: a man born on or after 6 April 1951. a woman born on or after 6 April 1953.
You don't get your State Pension automatically – you have to claim it. You should receive a letter from the Pension Service around 4 months before you reach State Pension age. If you still haven't received it with 2 months to go, contact the Pension Service (page 15) and they'll tell you what to do.
To receive the full State Pension you must have paid 35 years of NI contributions. If you have never worked, and therefore never paid NI, you may still be eligible for the State Pension if you have received certain state benefits, for example carer's allowance or Universal Credit.
Arrear of Pension:
The arrear claim should be submitted in the prescribed form to your PDA with explanation for delay, non-reemployment and non-conviction certificates for obtaining the sanction for payment of the arrears.
The full rate of new State Pension is £230.25 a week. Your amount could be different depending on: if you were contracted out before 2016. the number of National Insurance qualifying years you have.
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If you're married or in a civil partnership
you're not eligible for the basic State Pension.
You'll need 10 qualifying years on your National Insurance record to get any new State Pension. A qualifying year is one in which you were: working and made National Insurance contributions. getting National Insurance credits for example if you were unemployed, ill or a parent or carer.
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From 20 September 2025, the full pension is available, under the assets test, for homeowner singles whose assessable assets are under $321,500 – for homeowner couples the number is $481,500. The numbers for non-homeowners are $579,500 and $739,500 respectively.
If you have never worked and therefore never paid any National Insurance through your salary, you won't typically be eligible for any State Pension.
You may inherit part of or all of your partner's extra State Pension or lump sum if: they died while they were deferring their State Pension (before claiming) or they had started claiming it after deferring. they reached State Pension age before 6 April 2016. you were married or in the civil partnership when they died.
You need 44 qualifying years of National Insurance contributions to get the full amount. You'll still get something if you have at least 11 qualifying years, but it'll be less than the full amount. You might qualify for an Additional State Pension, depending on your contributions.
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If you notice missing or late pension contributions, tell your employer. It's best to do this in writing so you can keep track of everything. They should investigate what has happened and explain how they'll make any payments you're owed.
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