The level of State Pension can depend on how many years you have made contributions.  This can be checked here:

https://www.gov.uk/check-national-insurance-record

 

If you have gaps in your national insurance record you can make additional voluntary contributions.  Details are here:

https://www.gov.uk/voluntary-national-insurance-contributions

 

You can make additional contributions to increase your state pension further.  Details are here:

https://www.gov.uk/statepensiontopup

 

 

We are accountants and not independent financial advisers.  We do not recommend to make or refrain from making any action regarding pensions.  We can advise on the tax position and optimisation of pensions.

As with all of our tax tips and web pages this information is necessarily summarised and of a general nature.  If you would like detailed specific advice please contact us.