Petition · past parliament
Instruct DWP to stop referring to State Retirement Pension as a Benefit!
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Any reference to State Pension to be called exactly that!
Nowhere should the State Pension be called a BENEFIT!
Nowhere should the State Pension be called a BENEFIT!
The State Pension is paid as a result of workers paying in to the pension scheme all through their working life. Benefits are payments given to people in need for a whole variety of reasons!
State Pension is NOT a Benefit!
State Pension is NOT a Benefit!
Why it was rejected
It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.
People become eligible for the state pension by paying National Insurance or accruing National Insurance credit, but the state pension is a state benefit and not a pension scheme underpinned by a pension fund.
Other benefits, such as new-style Employment Support Allowance, also have eligibility conditions relating to National Insurance contributions, but this does not mean they are not a state benefit.
Other benefits, such as new-style Employment Support Allowance, also have eligibility conditions relating to National Insurance contributions, but this does not mean they are not a state benefit.
Timeline
| 28 Feb 2022 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 4 Mar 2022 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
4 Mar 2022
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.