Additional State Pension
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Additional State Pension was a UK earnings-related top-up to the basic State Pension that provided extra retirement income based on an individual’s National Insurance contributions, before being phased out and superseded by the new State Pension system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Additional State Pension canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5314396 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Additional State Pension Context triple: [New State Pension, replaced, Additional State Pension]
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A.
New State Pension
The New State Pension is the UK’s flat-rate, earnings-related retirement benefit introduced in 2016 to simplify and replace the previous basic and additional state pension system for people reaching State Pension age on or after that date.
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B.
Pension Credit
Pension Credit is a UK means-tested benefit that tops up the income of low-income pensioners to help ensure a minimum standard of living in retirement.
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C.
Social Security retirement benefits
Social Security retirement benefits are monthly payments from the U.S. Social Security program that provide income to eligible workers and their dependents after the worker retires, based on their prior earnings and work history.
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D.
Veterans Pension and Survivors Benefit
Veterans Pension and Survivors Benefit is a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs program that provides need-based monthly payments to wartime veterans and eligible surviving family members to help ensure their financial security.
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E.
Pension Imbria
Pension Imbria was a guesthouse in the postwar years run by Lina Heydrich, widow of high-ranking Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Additional State Pension Target entity description: Additional State Pension was a UK earnings-related top-up to the basic State Pension that provided extra retirement income based on an individual’s National Insurance contributions, before being phased out and superseded by the new State Pension system.
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A.
New State Pension
The New State Pension is the UK’s flat-rate, earnings-related retirement benefit introduced in 2016 to simplify and replace the previous basic and additional state pension system for people reaching State Pension age on or after that date.
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B.
Pension Credit
Pension Credit is a UK means-tested benefit that tops up the income of low-income pensioners to help ensure a minimum standard of living in retirement.
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C.
Social Security retirement benefits
Social Security retirement benefits are monthly payments from the U.S. Social Security program that provide income to eligible workers and their dependents after the worker retires, based on their prior earnings and work history.
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D.
Veterans Pension and Survivors Benefit
Veterans Pension and Survivors Benefit is a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs program that provides need-based monthly payments to wartime veterans and eligible surviving family members to help ensure their financial security.
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E.
Pension Imbria
Pension Imbria was a guesthouse in the postwar years run by Lina Heydrich, widow of high-ranking Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UK social security benefit
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earnings-related pension ⓘ |
| abolishedOn | 6 April 2016 ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Department for Work and Pensions
ⓘ
HM Revenue and Customs ⓘ |
| appliesTo | people reaching State Pension age before 6 April 2016 under the old rules ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Great Britain
ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| basedOn |
National Insurance contributions
ⓘ
earnings history ⓘ |
| benefitForm | regular weekly payment ⓘ |
| benefitType | contributory benefit ⓘ |
| calculationMethod |
earnings-related formula
ⓘ
revaluation of earnings in line with prices or earnings ⓘ |
| canBeContractedOutOf | yes ⓘ |
| contractingOutMechanism |
protected rights in private pensions
ⓘ
rebate of National Insurance contributions ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| eligibilityCriterion |
reaching State Pension age before 6 April 2016
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sufficient National Insurance contributions ⓘ |
| endTime | 2016 ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
S2P
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SERPS ⓘ State Earnings-Related Pension Scheme ⓘ
linked to:
State Second Pension
State Second Pension ⓘ |
| indexation |
linked to price inflation for most of its history
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uprated annually ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Pensions Act 1995
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Pensions Act 2007 ⓘ Pensions Act 2014 ⓘ Social Security Pensions Act 1975 ⓘ |
| partOf | UK State Pension system ⓘ |
| payableFrom | State Pension age ⓘ |
| providedBy | UK government ⓘ |
| purpose | to provide extra retirement income ⓘ |
| reform |
ending of accruals under new State Pension in 2016
ⓘ
introduction of SERPS in 1978 ⓘ replacement of SERPS by State Second Pension in 2002 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Basic State Pension
ⓘ
National Insurance system ⓘ
linked to:
National Insurance Acts
new State Pension ⓘ |
| replacedBy | new State Pension ⓘ |
| startTime | 1978 ⓘ |
| supersededBy | single-tier State Pension ⓘ |
| supplements | Basic State Pension ⓘ |
| targetPopulation | employees with earnings above the Lower Earnings Limit ⓘ |
| taxStatus | taxable income ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Additional State Pension Description of subject: Additional State Pension was a UK earnings-related top-up to the basic State Pension that provided extra retirement income based on an individual’s National Insurance contributions, before being phased out and superseded by the new State Pension system.
Referenced by (2)
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