diseased wives pension

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michael26

I know this may not be the right place to ask but, on behalf of my brother in law who lost his wife when she was only 63 yrs and worked all her married life. My question on his behalf is...in 3 months time she would have been 66 and could then have claimed her full state pension. Would he be able to claim any of her pension or is that now lost as she is deceased?...he has tried phoning the pension line but it says the phone line is temporary shut and to do any queries on line but his question isn't on line . Thanks in advance 

calcotti

To the best of my knowledge, under new State Pension rules it is, in general, not possible to inherit anything from a spouse‘s State Pension.

https://www.gov.uk/new-state-pension/inheriting-or-increasing-state-pension-from-a-spouse-or-civil-partner

However, from the above, it looks as if could be possible to inherit something if the diseased has any protected rights. What this means is explained here
https://www.gov.uk/new-state-pension/how-its-calculated

Unfortunately the only way to find out is to contact to the Pension Service because the answer will be specific to her. Someone answering the phone will not be able to answer.this may be an instance when it would be better to write to Pension Service but it is likely to get many months to get a reply.