you might get a small UK state pension

USC's have mentioned that while the bulk of their Social Security is with the US, they've worked in the UK for a few years, and payed into NI. They may not realize that on the basis of that UK work, they may qualify for a small uk pension (mine is #75 a month) - they use US years to count towards the UK entitlement (it's a complicated 'Totalization Agreement'). If you ask your local DWP office to calculate your entitlement (or go online), they won't have a clue and/or it will come out as practically nil. You have to go through the International Pension Centre (part of DWP). I have found the details, which is why i'm posting this. It's in Newcastle - tel 0190 218777.

USC's have mentioned that while the bulk of their Social Security is with the US, they've worked in the UK for a few years, and payed into NI. They may not realize that on the basis of that UK work, they may qualify for a small uk pension (mine is #75 a month) - they use US years to count towards the UK entitlement (it's a complicated 'Totalization Agreement'). If you ask your local DWP office to calculate your entitlement (or go online), they won't have a clue and/or it will come out as practically nil. You have to go through the International Pension Centre (part of DWP). I have found the details, which is why i'm posting this. It's in Newcastle - tel 0190 218777.

You can use US SS payments to qualify for a UK state pension, but that pension amount will be calculated only on you NI contributions.

true, but they can use your years in Social Security to supplement NI payments. Based on my NI contributions alone, my UK state pension would have been about 4 pounds a month (as calculated by the local office). Under the agreement, it's 75 pounds (as calculated by the international office).