wifes pension

tuts1230

My wife has been drawing the minimum state pension since she was sixty of currently £111 a month .When I retire at 65 does this figure rise to take us to the state married couples pension.many thanks for any replies.

sleepless_saver

There is no married couple's pension any longer unless you were born before 1935 which you weren't.

Your wife does have the option of either continuing with the £111 a month (did you mean a week?), or claiming a pension of 60% of the amount of state pension you will be getting.

tuts1230

thanks for your reply,yes its £111 a month.

margaretclare

sleepless_saver wrote: »

There is no married couple's pension any longer unless you were born before 1935 which you weren't.

Just me being pedantic, but there is no 'married couple's pension' even for those born before 1935.

What there is, if one of the couple was born before 6th April 1935, is married people's tax allowance. It is possible for the couple to split this allowance between them, to set against their individual pensions income. So, they still get their own pension, separately.

I wonder when this idea that there is a 'married couple's pension' will eventually die away? It has been outdated for a long time now.

bilbo51

margaretclare wrote: »

I wonder when this idea that there is a 'married couple's pension' will eventually die away? It has been outdated for a long time now.

It willl not die away until industry bodies stop referring to it.

http://www.pensionsadvisoryservice.org.uk/state-pensions/how-much-will-you-get

McKneff

I agree with everyone else, everyone gets their own personal pension these days.

I think the 'term' will only die out when us oldies die off:D

margaretclare

bilbo51 wrote: »

It will not die away until industry bodies stop referring to it.

http://www.pensionsadvisoryservice.org.uk/state-pensions/how-much-will-you-get

Thanks for this. I have emailed these people pointing out their error. They are misleading people.

tuts1230

perhaps I have not made myself very clear so I will start again,I have a pension forecast of £136.25 per week and my wife/partner has a pension of £25.60 per week.Will we get any further money when I am 65 as a couples allowance.Thanks for any help.

sleepless_saver

As I said before, she will be able to claim a pension amounting to 60% of the value of yours.

This will give her about £80 a week instead of the £25.60 she gets now.

As to any other benefits, check out your entitlement on https://www.entitledto.com .

ETA There is no such thing as a couple's allowance available to you.

tuts1230

thanks very much for that,not at my sharpest ,I thought you meant she tok 60% of mine,phew that sounds better:T.she shakes me down now to see I am not hiding anything.LOL:j

Alter_ego

tuts1230 wrote: »

perhaps I have not made myself very clear so I will start again,I have a pension forecast of £136.25 per week and my wife/partner has a pension of £25.60 per week.Will we get any further money when I am 65 as a couples allowance.Thanks for any help.

Hopefully she is your wife, what has been said does not apply to partners.