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| Drive to help women boost their UK state pensions |
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| Thursday, 15 May 2008 | |
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Further to recent articles in French News about women's pensions, the UK Department of Work and Pensions has issued a press release explaining that "women pensioners could boost their state pension or even be in line for a windfall payment under special terms.
But they need to act quickly as the deal, which allows people to pay
for missed National Insurance contributions at a reduced rate, will run
out in less than two years." For the full press release, go to http://www.dwp.gov.uk/mediacentre/pressreleases/2008/may/pens066-060508.asp which will lead you to http://www.thepensionservice.gov.uk/resourcecentre/factsheets/home.asp where two factsheets (one for people under, and one for those over State Pension age) explain who can benefit by 'catching up' missed payments, and how to go about it. - Voluntary National Insurance contributions for years 1996 to 2002 – for people who are under State Pension age – [PDF file size 916kb] - Voluntary National Insurance contributions for years 1996 to 2002 – for people who are over State Pension age – [PDF file size 953kb] Try the search function and the site map. They seem to work rather well. email : This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Telephone : 8am to 8pm (GMT), Monday to Friday from the UK 0845 7 31 32 33 (Textphone 0845 604 0210) from France +44 191 218 7777 (Fax +44 191 218 7381, Textphone +44 191 218 7280) International Pension Centre Tyneview Park Newcastle Upon Tyne NE98 1BA |
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