Older people

What the government is doing about older people

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Guidance and regulation

• Cost of Living Payments 2023 to 2024
  • Detailed guide
  • 19 May 2023
  • Department for Work and Pensions
• Pension Credit toolkit
  • Guidance
  • 10 May 2023
  • Department for Work and Pensions
• Pension Credit factsheet
  • Guidance
  • 22 August 2019
  • Department for Work and Pensions
• Pension Credit: technical guidance
  • Guidance
  • 10 April 2023
  • Department for Work and Pensions
• Cold weather plan: action cards for cold weather alert service
  • Guidance
  • 7 November 2022
  • UK Health Security Agency

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News and communications

• Gender pensions gap report
  • 12 May 2023
  • Government Actuary's Department
  • News story
• Retirement calculator - update
  • 17 February 2023
  • Government Actuary's Department
  • News story
• Government drive to help those aged 50 and over re-join the jobs market
  • 21 November 2022
  • Department for Work and Pensions
  • Press release
• Low income pensioners to get easier access to free TV licences
  • 23 June 2022
  • Closed organisation: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and Department for Work and Pensions
  • Press release
• Retirement calculator
  • 16 March 2022
  • Government Actuary's Department
  • News story

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Research and statistics

• Women’s State Pension age: our findings on the Department for Work and Pensions’ communication of changes
  • 20 July 2021
  • The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
  • Independent report
• Planning and preparing for later life: social survey feasibility study
  • 6 February 2019
  • Department for Work and Pensions
  • Research
• Views on the ageing society: survey of older people
  • 15 November 2018
  • Department for Business and Trade and Closed organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Research
• Attitudes to working in later life: British Social Attitudes 2015
  • 8 December 2016
  • Department for Work and Pensions
  • Research
• Understanding digital engagement in later life
  • 29 January 2016
  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Closed organisation: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• Capping early exit charges for members of occupational pension schemes
  • 15 November 2016
  • Department for Work and Pensions
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 16 August 2016
• Helping older people maintain a healthy diet: a review of what works
  • 2 February 2017
  • Closed organisation: Public Health England
  • Impact assessment
• 2010 to 2015 government policy: older people
  • 8 May 2015
  • Department for Work and Pensions
  • Policy paper
• Fuller Working Lives: a framework for action
  • 13 June 2014
  • Department for Work and Pensions
  • Policy paper
• State Pension age timetable
  • 15 May 2014
  • Department for Work and Pensions
  • Policy paper

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Organisations

• Department for Work & Pensions
• Government Actuary's Department
• Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
• Department for Business & Trade
• Department for Culture, Media & Sport

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• Department of Health & Social Care
• HM Treasury
• UK Health Security Agency