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<p /> <p>We have put transitional arrangements in place for those women whose ability
to build their own State Pension could have been affected because they opted to pay
the “married woman’s stamp” on the understanding that they would be able to claim
on their husband’s contributions. They will be able to get a pension of about the
same as the basic pension they could have got in the current scheme plus any additional
State Pension they built up themselves by April 2016, if that is more than they would
get under the new rules on their own contributions.</p><p> </p><p>We have acted on
concerns raised about the potential impact of these changes on the spouses and civil
partners of military personnel and accordingly will provide new credits to cover periods
of accompanied service abroad prior to April 2010.</p><p> </p><p>We are also seeking
to support those reaching State Pension age after the reforms are introduced to understand
how they will be affected, as well as actions people may be able to take to increase
their State Pension, through a multi-channel communications campaign.</p><p> </p><p>We
estimate that only around 2% of individuals reaching State Pension age in Great Britain
between 2016 and 2030 will be adversely affected at some point in their retirement
by the removal of derived entitlement to the basic State Pension, of whom around three-quarters
(130,000) are women. This estimate does not take account of those who may gain additional
qualifying years by making voluntary National Insurance contributions under the easements
to the rules we have introduced for people reaching State Pension age from April 2016.</p>
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