No delays to pensions following high demand for statements

The Island's Treasury Minister says nobody will be paid late because of high demand for pensions statements.

In the House of Keys, he faced a question from Arbory, Castletown and Malew MHK Jason Moorhouse about delays to state pension forecasts.

Dr Allinson explained the UK had extended a deadline for people to pay gaps in their National Insurance contributions - and so his department had seen a huge rise in the number of people requesting statements.

But he said that wouldn't mean any delays to people getting their state pensions: