State Pension payments after a spouse or partner dies - inheritance rules and who can claim

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Proposals in an online petition calling for State Pension to be paid to all people in retirement at the same rate as the National Living Wage is now due an official response from the UK Government after passing the 10,000 signature threshold. The proposal would see some 12.6 million pensioners receive £364.70 each week - equivalent to just under £19,000 a year.

State Pension provides essential financial support every four weeks for 12.6million people across Great Britain, including around one million living in Scotland. This regular payment of up to £203.85 per week for the full, New State Pension or £156.20 per week for the old Basic State Pension (Category A or B) is available for those who have reached the UK Government’s eligible retirement age, which increased to 66 for both men and women in October 2020.

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The latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show at the end of November 2022, there were 410,637 people across Great Britain receiving Attendance Allowance support for arthritis, making it the most-claimed for health condition by people over State Pension age. Nearly 37,000 older people in Scotland are receiving either £68.10 or £101.75 each week in extra financial support along with more than 1,100 living abroad.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) now estimates that 165,000 older people have been underpaid their State Pension by £1.2billion due to historical errors affecting mostly married women, widows and those aged over 80. It also estimates that 210,000 people may have been underpaid a further £1.3billion due to historical issues relating to Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP).

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State Pension is a contributions-based benefit that provides essential financial support for 12.6 million older people across Great Britain, including more than one million living in Scotland. Of that overall total, more than 1.4million people are also receiving additional support through Attendance Allowance.

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UK State Pensions for people living overseas in retirement only increase in-line with the annual uprating - the Triple Lock guarantee - where there is a legal requirement to do so. An example of this is where there is a reciprocal agreement between the UK and the country of residence.

New analysis by Standard Life, part of Phoenix Group, using the MoneyHelper annuity tool, has calculated the pension pot needed to secure a ‘minimum’, ‘moderate’ and ‘comfortable’ standard of living in retirement. Retirees who want to achieve a minimum living standard in retirement, which includes enough for the basics and one week’s holiday in the UK a year but no car, require an annual income of £12,800.

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More than 1.4 million people over State Pension age are receiving regular financial support for a health condition through Attendance Allowance, including 127,399 living in Scotland. The benefit is worth either £68.10 or £101.75 each week and is designed to help older people with additional daily living expenses stay in their own home for longer.

In August 2022 there were more than 17,000 care homes registered across the UK, consisting of private care homes, voluntary care homes and public care homes run by local authorities and the NHS. The figures show that there are a total of 1,025 in Scotland, 14,535 in England, 1,024 in Wales and 405 in Northern Ireland.

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