When an individual pays into someone else’s pension pot, any tax relief received will be based on the latter’s tax status.

Even if someone is not earning, they can contribute up to £2,880 every tax year and get 20 per cent in basic-rate relief from the Government as long as they are under 75.

This would provide a total contribution of £3,600 which can be paid into a non-earning partner’s pension.

If someone’s partner is earning, it is possible to pay in any amount up to their earnings but this will be capped at the annual pension allowance to benefit from any tax relief.

Anyone choosing to do this will need to check how much has already been contributed to their parent’s pension.

This is to make sure that any contribution will not exceed the annual allowance which is usually £60,000.

Helen Morrisey, Hargreaves Lansdown’s head of retirement analysis, and Isabel McDougall, the firm’s pensions and retirement writer outlined how this could translate into a £16,000 pension boost.

The finance experts shared: “Let’s say you put away £3,600 each year, since this limit was introduced in 2001, you could’ve contributed £65,726 in total to your partner’s pension.