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<p>The Government has no plans to amend the State Pension Regulations 2015.</p><p>
</p><p>These regulations make transitional provisions enabling a person in the new
State Pension system to inherit a deferral payment where their deceased spouse or
civil partner had deferred an old State Pension.</p><p> </p><p>Apart from transitional
rules, it is no longer possible for a spouse or civil partner to inherit or derive
State Pension entitlement from their partner, under the new State Pension system,
introduced in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>If an individual is not married or in a civil partnership,
it is possible for an arrears payment to made to the deceased's estate under Regulation
30 of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987. A maximum of three
months arrears of State Pension may be awarded which may include arrears of extra
State Pension accrued by the deferral.</p>
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