Petition Pay prisoners state pension whilst serving sentence.

Start paying convicted prisoners their state pension whilst in jail.
These are one of the poorest strata of our community and most of them will not only lose their homes whilst in jail but all their possesions.
There are many countries in the EU that pay state pensions to prisoners. The denial of prisoners’ pension rights is an issue about which we are increasingly out of step with the rest of Europe.
The only other exception used to be pensioners in hospital, but that has now been removed - leaving prisoners as the only section of society that has their pension right removed.
The NPC considers the state pension to be a right rather than a benefit and as it is currently based on a contributory principle, should be paid to prisoners according to their contribution record in the same way as to any other contributor.