Pension help - bit confused

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I've been looking into my state pension
I'm 45 so had some pre 2016 employment. On 5th April this year I will have 27 years contributions paid, and the website is telling me I then have another 4 to go to get £185.15 per week. I thought it was 35 full years?
I'm 45 so had some pre 2016 employment. On 5th April this year I will have 27 years contributions paid, and the website is telling me I then have another 4 to go to get £185.15 per week. I thought it was 35 full years?
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The 35 years only apply to those starting to pay NI from 2016.
As explained on gov.uk.
https://www.gov.uk/new-state-pension/how-its-calculated
You presumably were 'contracted in' before 2016 and so built up some SERPS / S2P whcih wil lhave increased your 2016 'starting amount'.
You had 20 qualifying years at that point.
Your starting amount was the higher of
Old Rules
20 /30 x £119.30 (Full Basic in 2016/17) + (Additional State Pension - (if applicable) Deduction for Contracting Out).
New Rules
{20/35 x £155.65 (Full NSP in 2016/17)} - (if applicable) Contracted Out Pension Equivalent.
You will have a COPE only if you had ever been a member of a pension scheme that was "contracted out"of Additional State Pension (SERPS/S2P).
You have increased your "starting amount" by seven more qualifying years.
Four more qualifying years will bring you to a full NSP.
If working and earning the relevant amount, you will continue to pay NI up to State Pension Age although it will not add to your entitlement.
At SPA you will receive whatever the full NSP (not so N by that stage!) is at that time.
Currently it is £185.15 - it will be £203.85 in 2023/4.
Below was produced in the run up to the introduction of the new system.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/181237/single-tier-pension-fact-sheet.pdf