State Pension

Calculating State Pension, Pension Credit, eligibility, claiming and deferring

Services

  • Find out how much State Pension you could get (your forecast), when you could get it and how you could increase it

  • National Insurance contributions you can choose to pay when you have a gap in your National Insurance record.

  • How to get and claim your State Pension, State Pension age - for men born on or after 6 April 1951 and women born on or after 6 April 1953.

  • Contact the Pension Service about State Pension eligibility, claims, payments and complaints, and to update your details (such as your address or bank details)

  • Check if you were contracted out of the Additional State Pension and what it means for your State Pension

Guidance and regulation

News and communications

Research and statistics

Policy papers and consultations