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No state pension contributions
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sammy95 said:I am also looking into this - if it is possible to claim a state pension if you havent paid NI through employment?
Context: This person has an NI number, has claimed other benefits in their name eg child benefit for a few years, hasn't worked in the UK so has not made any NI contributions. Would they be entitled to some kind of pension?If they have received child benefit, they would be given credits for those years (as long as the CB was paid to them, not their partner).If they have worked abroad, was it in the EU, and did they pay into that country's system? because I think then there is a possibility of both sets of payments being amalgamated to provied some pension. as discussed hereThat may be the case for some countries outside the EU, but I don't know. This may help
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