Basic State Pension
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The Basic State Pension was the UK’s former flat-rate, contribution-based state retirement benefit for people reaching State Pension age before April 2016.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Basic State Pension canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5314395 — 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: Basic State Pension Context triple: [New State Pension, replaced, Basic State Pension]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Universal Credit
Universal Credit is a UK welfare benefit that combines several means-tested payments into a single monthly payment for people on low incomes or out of work.
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D.
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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E.
Personal Independence Payment
Personal Independence Payment is a UK welfare benefit that provides financial support to disabled people and those with long-term health conditions to help cover the extra costs of living with their impairments.
- 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: Basic State Pension Target entity description: The Basic State Pension was the UK’s former flat-rate, contribution-based state retirement benefit for people reaching State Pension age before April 2016.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Universal Credit
Universal Credit is a UK welfare benefit that combines several means-tested payments into a single monthly payment for people on low incomes or out of work.
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D.
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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E.
Personal Independence Payment
Personal Independence Payment is a UK welfare benefit that provides financial support to disabled people and those with long-term health conditions to help cover the extra costs of living with their impairments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
social security benefit
ⓘ
state pension system ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Department for Work and Pensions ⓘ |
| allowsDerivedRightsFrom |
civil partner’s National Insurance record
ⓘ
spouse’s National Insurance record ⓘ |
| appliesTo | people reaching State Pension age before 6 April 2016 ⓘ |
| basisOfEntitlement |
National Insurance contributions
ⓘ
National Insurance credits ⓘ |
| benefitsFrom | National Insurance Fund ⓘ |
| canBeClaimedBy | individual with sufficient National Insurance record ⓘ |
| canBeIncreasedBy |
Additional State Pension
ⓘ
SERPS ⓘ State Second Pension ⓘ deferring the pension ⓘ |
| canBePaidOverseas | true ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| fullRateRequiresYearsOfContributions |
30 qualifying years (from April 2010)
ⓘ
39 qualifying years for women (before April 2010) ⓘ 44 qualifying years for men (before April 2010) ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Category A pension
ⓘ
linked to:
State Pension
Category B pension ⓘ Category C pension ⓘ Category D pension ⓘ |
| introducedBy | National Insurance Act 1946 ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| isCoordinatedWith | Pension Credit ⓘ |
| isIndexedBy |
earnings or prices or 2.5% (whichever is highest)
ⓘ
triple lock (from 2011 policy era, for basic pension) in practice ⓘ |
| isMeansTested | false ⓘ |
| isNotFundedBy | individual investment accounts ⓘ |
| isPartOf | UK social security system ⓘ |
| isPayAsYouGo | true ⓘ |
| isTaxable | true ⓘ |
| legalJurisdiction |
England and Wales
ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ |
| overseasIndexationMayBeFrozen | true ⓘ |
| payableFrom | State Pension age ⓘ |
| paysFrequency | weekly ⓘ |
| pensionType | flat-rate pension ⓘ |
| replacedBy | new State Pension ⓘ |
| replacedOnDate | 6 April 2016 ⓘ |
| requiresMinimumContributionRecord | true ⓘ |
| successorScheme | new State Pension (single-tier) ⓘ |
| supports | retirement income ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Basic State Pension Description of subject: The Basic State Pension was the UK’s former flat-rate, contribution-based state retirement benefit for people reaching State Pension age before April 2016.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.