Any money due on pre 1948 contributions?

irishfolk

Is there any information out there, please? My mother is in her 80's. She is insistant that two female relatives, through an accountant husband - now dead,applied for and are receiving money she feels she should get too. She quotes a sister in law - married to a retired doctor and financially in a better position - as having, some time ago, been given a separate pension in her own right. This involved a lump sum and regular payments. All we can get out of anyone still alive is "it's to do with working for 10 years prior to 1948."
I have contacted the pensions department and was directed to the National Insurance Contributions Office. It appears that my mother contributed under the Prudential Approved Society Women's Section - I have her membership number - between 5.11.1935 and 4.7.1948. The scheme was a Health and Pensions Insurance.
According to the response we had, the officer of the Revenue and Customs can not formally comment, but feels that she draws more pension (the basic) on her husbands contributions than she would on her own and can not have two pensions. My mother feels this can not be right - the others would not be drawing a smaller pension!
I seem to have come to a dead end now, and would appreciate any advice you can give. All the women concerned worked for approximately the same time and made what they considered normal contributions, they have not paid full stamps since that time/ have not been in employment. Unfortunately when they were told what they needed to do, they did not include my mother.

CIS

The best person on board is probably MrBNewc, he currently works for the Pension Service and may have the correct knowledge. I worked for the Pension service but never really dealt with contributions from that time period, I really only dealt with anything from a while after 1948. I'll have a look around and see what I can find though.

EdInvestor

irishfolk wrote:

I have contacted the pensions department and was directed to the National Insurance Contributions Office. It appears that my mother contributed under the Prudential Approved Society Women's Section - I have her membership number - between 5.11.1935 and 4.7.1948. The scheme was a Health and Pensions Insurance.
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Might be something in here of use:

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZSI67Y1930.html

irishfolk

EdInvestor wrote:

Might be something in here of use:

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZSI67Y1930.html

Thanks for suggestion but mother is English. Couldn't find anything appropriate. Will keep trying.

irishfolk

Thanks for info. Would I contact him at Newcastle? I'm a bit out of my depth with this.

CIS

NI took over from these schemes in 1948. For any possible pension prior to this, as far as I can find out, would be the responsibility of the prudential. Why not contact them and see ?

MrBNewc frequesnts these boards, just look up his name and message him.

irishfolk

Thanks for the info I'll follow it up. Have tried members list and advanced search. Haven't traced MrBNewc, but will keep trying. Will also try prudential.

CIS

here you are, it'll save you looking

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/member.html?u=34495