UK Womens Pensions Paid Abroad

Yakka

Can somebody please explain to me the logic of a 65 year-old woman living in England with 9 years full stamp getting 54p a week pension, yet the same woman can return to Ireland with only three years stamp in the UK during the same period ( none in Ireland) yet receive a £7 a week UK pension?

jancee_2

To qualify for the UK basic state pension she would have had to have worked for a quarter of her working life and 9 out of the required 39 years was not enough. [It's only 23%]

I don't understand the 54p per week?

How come she has nine qualifying years one moment and then only three the next? :huh:

EdInvestor

You need a minimum of 10 years paid NI conts before you qualify for any state pension at all in your own right under current rules, which change in 2010.Married or divorced women and widows may qualify on the basis of their husband's contributions.

Otherwise the question isn't clear..

Yakka

Sorry, the 54pence was a bit irrelevant. I made the point that payments made at the same time (1960's) but for only three years would generate a UK pension if she moved back to Ireland. She did actually work for over 39 years, but most of that was small stamp.

jancee_2

Yakka wrote: »

Sorry, the 54pence was a bit irrelevant. I made the point that payments made at the same time (1960's) but for only three years would generate a UK pension if she moved back to Ireland. She did actually work for over 39 years, but most of that was small stamp.

Sorry Yakka but you're not making much sense.

Small stamp gives zilch entitlement to UK basic state pension.

Ireland being a country with whom we have a reciprocal agreement could mean that years worked in the UK [paying full stamp] might count towards a pension paid in Ireland. Is that what you're getting at?

Yakka

Yes, Jancee. The 54p was for something else. The point is that despite no qualifying contributions being made in Ireland, the UK pension is paid on three years contributions during the 60'sin England. Seems like a good reciprocal to me.