Info on mums state pension

margaretclare

mrsfrench wrote: »

Thank you all for your replies. I'm not entirely sure of the history of the pensions but I do think mum had a much smaller payment while dad was alive, and that it increased considerably after he died (April 2005). She also has a pension income from dads employers and does not qualify for pension credit.

I shall phone DWP and ask for clarification of the extra funds, (at least I feel a bit more confident having asked for some advice first). It may be something very straight forward and probably coincidence that it appeared in the payment over her birthday.

Once again, thank you for taking the time to reply.
mrsf

If Mum was getting her state retirement pension through her husband's contributions then she'd have been getting 60% of what he got. On his death she gets the full amount, £90.70 at present. She can also inherit 100% of his SERPS, if he had any.

HTH