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MP on the hunt for hidden treasure
February 4, 2008 1:51 PM
Local MP Willie Rennie is asking local pensioners who have retired within the last 10 years to contact him to see if they might be entitled to a big boost to their state pensions.
Willie Rennie is alerting local residents a scheme which allows them to fill "gaps" in their record of National Insurance contributions - sometimes at no cost to themselves - and boost their pension. He is asking local pensioners who satisfy all the following three categories to get in touch:
- they reached pension age in the last ten years; this means women in their sixties and men aged between 65 and 74;
- they are currently drawing a basic state pension of less than the maximum figure of £87.30 per week;
- for one or more years from 1996-97 to 2001-02 they were of working age and didn't pay a year of NI contributions.
For Dunfermline and West Fife constituents who think that they may fit these categories, the MP can be contacted by e-mail at willie@dunfermlinelibdems.org.uk or by writing to Willie Rennie, 1 High Street, Dunfermline, KY12 7DL.
Willie Rennie said:
"I know that retirement pensions are fiendishly complicated, and all too often people do not get what they are entitled to. A few years ago the Government launched a scheme to help people fill gaps in their National Insurance record but it is so complicated that very few people actually responded.
"For many people on modest state pensions - especially many married women - there is the equivalent of 'buried treasure' with their name on it waiting to be dug up. I will be happy to advise any local resident who thinks they might be entitled."
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