New flat rate state pension April 2016 - Actual Amounts

greenglide

These might include small amounts of the old Graduated Pension and AP, but they no longer give you a breakdown of these amounts so I don't know if these have been lost or not.

and when you receive your nSP you wont find out then either.

It doesnt even look as though you will have the opportunity to make any further contributions either but it will, hopefully, be increased by two years increases if the forecast is 12 months ago.

xylophone

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/pensions/12106840/Ministers-concealing-bad-news-on-new-flat-rate-state-pensions.html

I just came across this- "data protection" seems a rather odd excuse!

gadgetmind

What's the best way for me to contact them to get as much info as possible for self and spouse. I want to know exact years in/out/shake-it-all-about, and the calculations for old and new.

Thanks

saver861

xylophone wrote: »

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/pensions/12106840/Ministers-concealing-bad-news-on-new-flat-rate-state-pensions.html

I just came across this- "data protection" seems a rather odd excuse!

Odd does not cover it.

Premise is that 3% of the letters might get lost - therefore the other 97% can't get the info.

Is anybody really convinced Ros Altmann knows sufficient detail about the DPA to even express a coherent concern let alone make a decision on such basis.

JezR

It isn't Altmann that has come up with this but DWP Legal advice to DWP Communications.

All irrelevant in a way, as the DWP has no statutory duty to inform people whether directly or indirectly.

jem16

xylophone wrote: »

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/pensions/12106840/Ministers-concealing-bad-news-on-new-flat-rate-state-pensions.html

I just came across this- "data protection" seems a rather odd excuse!

That was all to do with WASPI and Pension Act 1995/2011 notification rather than the new state pension.

But yes they would have been better off saying we didn't send letters because we didn't have to.

bigfreddiel

Okay, I've dug out some more figures from a 2014 forecast.

Just to recap I'm currently expecting £153/week

In 2014 I was told this:

Basic SP £113.10
Additional SP and Graduated Retirement Benefit £33.17

So total pension of £146.27

That's the only breakdown I've seen.

The GRB was in force from 6 APR 61 to 5 APR 75

And Additiona SP could be lower if you were contracted out between 6 APR 78 to 5 APR 97

Hope that's of interest, not sure it actually helps!

Cheers fj

saver861

jem16 wrote: »

That was all to do with WASPI and Pension Act 1995/2011 notification rather than the new state pension.

No - this is to do with the new flat rate pension and this situation would exist if WASPI or the 1995/2011 never existed.

It is to do with the bad scent of attempting to hide the bad news part of the new flat rate pension when many had been misled from the outset.

I don't know if you read the article in the link but there is not a mention of WASPI or the equalisation changes. Some people are blinded by the WASPI thing - at some point you will need to move on from it.

saver861

JezR wrote: »

It isn't Altmann that has come up with this but DWP Legal advice to DWP Communications.

This is what she said apparently: Baroness Altmann said: "I don't think that it is possible for us to just send out a statement for everybody. There are data protection issues, there are all kinds of issues.

That's scientific reasoning then ....

JezR wrote: »

All irrelevant in a way, as the DWP has no statutory duty to inform people whether directly or indirectly.

I don't quite understand your point - if the DWP has no duty to inform people either directly or indirectly how is anybody going to know what is going on? They have a belated information campaign currently which they are trying to address the issue.

jem16

saver861 wrote: »

No - this is to do with the new flat rate pension

No it wasn't.

I don't know if you read the article in the link but there is not a mention of WASPI or the equalisation changes. Some people are blinded by the WASPI thing - at some point you will need to move on from it.

I did read the article but more to the point I actually watched Ros Altmann and the two DWP people giving evidence to the DWP committee yesterday.

That answer was all to do with WASPI and Mhairi Black asking about letters being sent out to those women involved.

Did you watch it?