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

  • 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)

  • Pension Credit is extra money for pensioners to bring your weekly income up to a minimum amount - what you'll get, apply, eligibility.

  • Some older people can get free travel on local buses - contact your council to check your eligibility and apply for a bus pass

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Policy papers and consultations