National Insurance Top Up State Pension Deadline Extended to 2025
Published / Last Updated on 12/06/2023
The Department for Works and Pensions had originally set a deadline for topping up national insurance gaps backdated to 2006 i.e., 17 years for April 2023.
This was then extended on 7 March 2023 to 31st July 2023.
Extended to 5th April 2025
The DWP via Pensions Minister Laura Trott, has today confirmed that it will now give people nearly another 2 years to be able to top up any national insurance gaps from 2006 by extending the deadline to 05/04/2025.
See/Watch: State Pension Top Up
Comment
By April 2025, this will mean you now have the ability to go back up to 19 years to top up any national insurance gaps to ensure you receive a full state pension.