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<p>Checking your National Insurance record regularly is very important and the Government
has designed services and supporting communications to make this as easy for people
as possible. Our online service, Check your State Pension (CySP), is key in supporting
the communication campaign. This service provides a State Pension forecast (based
on the individual’s current National Insurance record and an assumption that future
years count towards their State Pension), and the earliest date the individual can
get their State Pension. Users can look at their National Insurance record, where
they will also find out how many qualifying years they have and any gaps in their
contributions.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has carried out a comprehensive communication
campaign to bring the new State Pension and the role of people’s National Insurance
records to people’s attention. This has been through advertisements in newspapers,
on social media and on radio stations across the country as well as working through
Stakeholders to raise public awareness of the changes. There is also a significant
package of on-line information about the State Pension at <a href="http://www.gov.uk"
target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Between April 2000 and the end of April
2018, the Department provided more than 22 million personalised State Pension statements
to people who requested them (either online or by telephone or post, and based on
both old and new State Pension rules). We continue to encourage people to request
a personalised State Pension Statement as part of our on-going communications.</p>
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