Can you inherit the UK state pension? Rules on inheriting payment explained
If one’s spouse or civil partner dies or has died, it may be possible to inherit or increase state pension as a result. What can be claimed depends on the state pension ages of the couple as well as the date of their marriage or civil partnership.
One factor at play will be whether one’s state pension is based on the old or new rules.
If someone or their partner reached state pension age before April 6, 2016, state pension is based on the old rules.
To have reached state pension age before April 6, 2016, a person must have been born before April 6, 1953.
There are two parts to the old state pension – the basic state pension and the additional state pension.
Each part works in a slightly different way, and entitlement may have been built up under just the basic state pension or under the additional state pension as well.
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