Written question asked by Lord Agnew of Oulton (Conservative) on Tuesday, 29 April 2025, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 14 May 2025. It was answered by Lord Livermore (Labour) on Wednesday, 14 May 2025 on behalf of the Treasury.
Voluntary Contributions
- Question
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To ask His Majesty's Government how much HMRC received in voluntary National Insurance contributions between 1 October 2024 and 31 March 2025, and what estimate they have made of the projected total lifetime cost of the associated state pension entitlements.
- Answer
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HMRC does not have comprehensive records showing the total number of people who have purchased missing qualifying years, or the full value of these contributions paid across the range of available payment channels. As such, DWP have not been able to estimate the additional State Pension lifetime entitlement associated with these payments.
However, since the online State Pension forecast service was launched on 29 April 2024, 138,000 people have paid £180 million of contributions through this service.
HMRC collects residency and tax contribution history as part of the application process for paying voluntary National Insurance contributions . However, the cost of producing reliable statistics would represent a disproportionate cost.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- HL6983
- Session
- 2024-26
- Grouped for answer
- Yes
- Subjects
- Voluntary contributions State retirement pensions
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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- 2025-09-05 22:29:50 +0100
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