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State Retirement Pensions

Asked by Luke MyerLabourTreasuryTabled Answered 21 May 2025UIN 50671

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to allow people to (a) pay additional Class 3A voluntary National Insurance contributions to increase State Pension entitlement beyond the last six years of working lives and (b) make ba

Answered by James Murray

The rules for Class 3 voluntary National Insurance Contributions allow individuals to fill gaps in their National Insurance record for the past 6 tax years. There are no plans to change these rules.

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