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

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

  • Winter Fuel Payment helps older people with their heating bills - claim form, how much you get, eligibility

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

  • 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.

Guidance and regulation

News and communications

Research and statistics

Policy papers and consultations