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Can't get a state pension forecast and can't 'phone DWP...

Manxman_in_exile · 2023-05-17 13:11:11

Has anybody any advice on contacting the DWP re a state pension forecast? I’ve already applied for a forecast through the govt gateway but DWP have told me they can’t give me a forecast because some (6?) of my 32 qualifying years (as at 2015) had been paid in the Isle of Man, and they can’t give me a forecast until they…

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Suhusa Posts: 106 Forumite

19 May 2023 at 5:54PM

It's complete speculation on my part, but isn't it likely to work like international social security agreements, where your UK years can lift you above the 10 years for the Manx pension, but you'd get a pro rata payment based on your Manx years only (and a UK pension payment based on your UK years)?

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