State Pension

  • State Pension calculator

    Work out your State Pension age and Pension Credit qualifying age or estimate how much basic State Pension you may get

  • The basic State Pension

    How to get and claim your State Pension - forecast/calculator, State Pension age and Additional State Pension

  • Claim your State Pension online

    What you need to do and the information you'll need before you can start your State Pension online claim

  • Pension Credit calculator

    Get an estimate of how much Pension Credit you may be entitled to

  • Pension Credit

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

  • Find your pension centre

    Contact details for your pension centre to make an enquiry about State Pension claims and Pension Credit claims

  • Get a State Pension statement

    Get a statement of how much State Pension you may receive (previously called a pension forecast)

  • Deferring your State Pension

    Taking up your State Pension later - what you'll get, how to defer, extra State Pension and lump sum payment

  • Changes to the State Pension

    The government has proposed to introduce a flat rate State Pension from April 2016 and raise the State Pension age from 66 to 67 in 2026

  • Nominate someone to collect State Pension

    Find out how to nominate someone to collect your State Pension for you

  • Over 80 Pension

    If you're over 80 you can get your State Pension topped up to £66 a week in 2013 to 2014

  • Additional State Pension

    Additional State Pension, also known as the State Second Pension or SERPS, is extra money on top of your basic State Pension

  • Carer's Credit

    Carer's Credit helps carers build up National Insurance contributions for State Pensions - what you'll get, eligibility and how to claim

  • Complain about the Pension Service

    How to complain about the Pension Service if you're unhappy with the service you’ve received

  • Contact the Pension Service

    Contact the Pension Service about State Pension eligibility, claims, update your details, payments and complaints

  • Early retirement and your pension

    Taking early retirement can affect how much State Pension, personal or workplace pension you get

  • Exportability team

    Disability benefits claims for people outside the UK - moving, working, retired to the EEA or Switzerland

  • Future Pension Centre

    Future Pensions Centre contact details - for pension forecasts, statements, advice and helpline numbers for using the online system

  • Home Responsibilities Protection

    Home Responsibilities Protection ran between 1978 and 2010 to help protect your State Pension - National Insurance credits, what you'll get, eligibility and applying

  • International Pension Centre

    International Pension Centre contact details for pension enquiries if you've lived or worked abroad

  • Kindertransport and the State Pension

    Refugees who came to the UK as part of the Kindertransport may be eligible for an increased State Pension because of recent changes in the law

  • National Insurance credits

    Who can get National Insurance credits and how to apply or when to pay voluntary National Insurance contributions

  • State Pension if you retire abroad

    How to claim State Pension if you're overseas - rates, payment and tax, contact the International Pension Centre

  • Tax and National Insurance after State Pension age

    Age-related tax allowance, calculating tax if you carry on working, National Insurance payments

  • Voluntary National Insurance contributions

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