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registered interest false more like this
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Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading State Retirement Pensions more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to make changes to the state pension rules for cohabiting, unmarried couple to allow a cohabitee to claim extra state pension payments after their cohabitee's decease. more like this
tabling member constituency Ogmore more like this
tabling member printed
Chris Elmore more like this
uin 65248 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-03-02more like thismore than 2017-03-02
answer text <p>We have no plans to extend access to state pension based on a deceased partner’s National Insurance contributions to surviving members of cohabiting couples. This is a feature of the old State Pension system for surviving spouses and civil partners who reached State Pension age before 6 April 2016 and, except as provided by transitional arrangements, will not apply to people in the new State Pension.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Watford more like this
answering member printed Richard Harrington more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-03-02T15:20:52.267Zmore like thismore than 2017-03-02T15:20:52.267Z
answering member
4068
label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford more like this
tabling member
4572
label Biography information for Chris Elmore remove filter