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A checklist of what you need to have to hand when you make your claim

You will need the following to hand when you make a claim:

• your National Insurance number
• your current address and postcode, plus your last two addresses
• your tax reference number (you can find this on HM Revenue and Customs forms P45 or P60, or any letter you’ve had from them about tax)
• if you’re married or in a civil partnership (or have been in the past), we’ll need your husband, wife or civil partner’s details (this includes their National Insurance number and the date of your marriage or civil partnership)
• if you’re divorced or widowed, your civil partnership has dissolved or you’re a surviving civil partner, we’ll need this date as well
• details of any social security benefits or entitlements that you or your husband, wife or civil partner are getting or waiting to hear about
• the address of any employer you’ve worked for in the last two years, and the dates that you worked for them
• if you’ve ever lived or worked abroad, we’ll need your social security number and the dates you were abroad
• our policy is to have all State Pensions paid direct into an account (we’ll need the number for the account you want your State Pension paid into)