Voluntary contributions to State Pension

kiwi31

In October this year I made a payment of over £ 2,000 in order to fill 9 years of contributions ( both class 2 and 3) . Checking my pension forecast yesterday shows that the payment does not seem to have been processed as the relevant years are all still showing as incomplete.  Wondering if anybody else has had such a delay in their payment being processed.

QrizB

Yes, the records not yet having been updated for an October 2025 payment is to be expected.

If it had been October 2024, that would be more of a concern.

If you look at the "topping up your state pension" sub-forum you'll see a lot of other people experiencing extended delays due to HMRC being overworked:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/categories/state-pension-topping-up

TadleyBaggie

Took over 6 months for my wife's contributions to she up in her NI record.