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The Government has no plans to make refunds of Class 3 voluntary National Insurance contributions paid prior to publication of the White Paper \u201cSecurity in retirement \u2013 towards a new pensions system\u201d which was published on 25 May 2006 and proposed a reduction in the number of qualifying years for a State Pension to 30, which eventually came into force from 6 April 2010. As these contributions were correctly paid at the time and cannot be refunded.<\/p>
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Individuals who made voluntary National Insurance contributions between 25 May 2006 and 26 July 2007 (or 11 February 2008 in the case of Northern Ireland), but would have chosen not to do so had they been aware of the Government's intention to reduce the number of qualifying years required for a full basic State Pension to 30, may be entitled to a refund because the contributions could have been paid in error.<\/p>
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From 6 April 2016 the number of qualifying years needed for the new State Pension will increase to 35.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>
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