By and large Government /Teachers /NHS Pensions usually pay 50% to the spouse on the death of the pension holder...however it may not be payable until she is 60.. Phone the pension company up to confirm..Pensions are extremely complicated things and even though she may get 50% of your pension value it does not mean she will get 50% of what you recieve monthly..First of all she is a woman and she is likely to live longer than you do and she is much younger than you so they may reduce the payments down to make the pension pot last longer..
Your State Pension dies with you..Your wife should have time to build up enough credits for her own state pension..
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