Finally I got through to the state Pension helpline!! ?

Glad you’ve had success. I hope you were given good news. Like you I can recite my national insurance number by heart. I will own up to forgetting my debit card PIN number which I’ve used for years when I filled up with diesel. Luckily I also had cash.

I'm impress you could remember your NI number... I would have to look it up. Well done you.

Thanks Vis....OB1....Yes she put my mind at rest that I was getting the correct amount of pension, she did try and explain it to me but my head is no good with that sort of stuff so I just thanked her and said it was a nice change to speak to somebody so kind and so helpful instead of a bloody automated message and she laughed. She did say something about everything changed in 2016 but by then my eyes had misted over....?

I’m glad you got it sorted, Shinamae.

No need to be embarrassed about the NI number. I don’t know mine off by heart, so have written it in my diary. Only I haven’t. It turns out the number I quoted to Future Pensions was the National Savings reference number I need to check my Premium Bonds.

They were very patient and waited while I went off in search of the right details.

Shinamae, thank you so much for coming back to tell us. I hope you can sort out your future finances now you are clear.

Thank you ladies ????

i think the NI number is shewn on bank statements for payments from DWP.
if you cannot find it elsewhere.
i have the original dusty manilla card i received when i started full time work, i keep it between the sliding glass in the bureau.
so i know where it is, it doesn't move, and i can read it without touching it, as long as i can bend down with a torch.
anyway i know where to find it.

Glad you got through!

Also, A Big Thank you!! I came across a post of yours about not getting the right amount the other day, and it made me go and check my letter - I'm at the fortnight to go stage. I'm over £20 a week short of the full amount ?
I foolishly hadn't checked, because a) I Know I've got enough years in and b) the figures for the amount I'm to get were basically the right digits but in the wrong columns, a bit like Eric Morecambe's notes!!

I've written to them to ask for an explanation, and for a statement of the difference it would make to my pension if I made additional contributions, can't find that anywhere.

I'm very encouraged that you got through, And that you got a nice person!!

Thank you again and I'm glad your mind is set at rest.

Ps, I can rattle off my NI number like my Mum could her Army Serial Number - but thanks for the tip: if I'm brave enough to ring, I'll write it down first!!

Ailidh

Glad you got through!

Also, A Big Thank you!! I came across a post of yours about not getting the right amount the other day, and it made me go and check my letter - I'm at the fortnight to go stage. I'm over £20 a week short of the full amount ?
I foolishly hadn't checked, because a) I Know I've got enough years in and b) the figures for the amount I'm to get were basically the right digits but in the wrong columns, a bit like Eric Morecambe's notes!!

I've written to them to ask for an explanation, and for a statement of the difference it would make to my pension if I made additional contributions, can't find that anywhere.

I'm very encouraged that you got through, And that you got a nice person!!

Thank you again and I'm glad your mind is set at rest.

Ps, I can rattle off my NI number like my Mum could her Army Serial Number - but thanks for the tip: if I'm brave enough to ring, I'll write it down first!!

Glad to be of help ??

I have my NI No listed on my mobile phone list of numbers as 'NINO' it is very useful if you suddenly need it for dealing with ISAs and such.

I can read it so long as I bend down and use a torch

This made me laugh out loud welbeck
Sounds a bit like me!