Decision makers’ guide: Vols 13 and 14: State Pension Credit: staff guide
Guidance for DWP decision makers on decision making and appeals.
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This guidance is for DWP staff who make decisions about benefits and pensions. It helps them make decisions that are accurate and consistent.
The introduction of Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment affects the guidance DWP staff use.
DWP decision makers now use Advice for decision making (instead of the DMG) for decisions that involve:
- Universal Credit
- Personal Independence Payment
- contribution-based Jobseeker’s Allowance and contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance for people who are eligible for Universal Credit
Why we publish this guide
We publish this guide to help people understand how we make decisions.
Information for claimants
Information for claimants about eligibility and how to claim:
Last updated 9 April 2024 + show all updates
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Updated DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups and Vol 13 Ch 79: Payment questions. Both cross referenced to DMG memo 2/2024.
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Updated DMG Vol 14 Ch 84: Deemed weekly income from capital and Summary of changes from December 2021 (February 2024).
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Updated DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups and also DMG Vol 14 Ch 85: Income other than earnings.
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Updated DMG Vol 14 Ch 84: Deemed weekly income from capital.
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Updated 'DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups' and added summary of changes.
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Updated DMG Vol 13 Ch 79: Payment questions.
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Updated DMG volume 13 chapter 79 Payment questions and summary of changes.
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Updated DMG volume 14 chapter 84 and summary of changes for August 2023.
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Updated DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups, DMG Vol 14 Ch 84: Deemed weekly income from capital and also DMG Vol 14 Ch 85: Income other than earnings.
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Updated DMG - Volume 13: State pension credit and also Summary of changes from December 2020.
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Updated DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups, DMG Vol 13 Ch 79: Payment questions and DMG Vol 13: Summary of changes.
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Updated DMG Ch 84: Deemed weekly income from capital and DMG Vol 14 summary of changes.
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Updated DMG Vol 14 Ch 84: Deemed weekly income from capital
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Updated DMG Chapter 85: Income other than earnings and DMG Volume 14: summary of changes.
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Updated DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups. Cross referenced to new memo 12/22.
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Updated DMG Chapter 84: Deemed weekly income from capital and summary of changes.
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Updated DMG Volume 13 Chapter 79: Payment questions.
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Added DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups.
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Replaced 3 chapters: 'DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups', 'DMG Vol 14 Ch 84: Deemed weekly income from capital' and 'DMG Vol 14 Ch 85: Income other than earnings'.
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Replaced DMG Vol 13 Chapters 77, 78 and Vol 13: Summary of changes from December 2020. Replaced Vol 14 Chapter 85 and added Vol 14: Summary of changes from December 2021.
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Updated chapter 78.
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Updated chapters 78 and 79.
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Updated DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups.
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Updated chapters 77, 78 and 85. Added DMG Vol 13: Summary of changes from December 2020.
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Updated chapters 84 and 85.
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Updated DMG Vol 14 (State Pension Credit), chapter 84 - Deemed weekly income from capital and chapter 85 - Income other than earnings with guidance on how to treat the NHS Test and Trace self-isolation payment.
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Updated Vol 13 chapter 79: Reference to child support maintenance (CSM) deductions removed at 79201, 79227 and 79229. Paras 79422 and 79431 amended to reflect increased personal expenses. Paras 79880 to 79939 deleted and information moved to chapter 8.
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Updated 'DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups'.
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Updated 'DMG Vol 14 Ch 84: Deemed weekly income from capital'.
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Updated chapters 84 and 86. Now include references to DMG memo 13/20.
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Revised chapters 77, 78 and 84. Summary of changes in 'DMG Vol 13: Amendment 46, June 2020' and 'DMG Vol 14: Amendment 51, June 2020'.
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Added revised 'DMG Vol 14 Ch 84: Deemed weekly income from capital' and 'DMG Vol 14 Ch 85: Income other than earnings'.
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Revised Vol 13: Ch 78, Vol 14: Ch 85 and Vol 14: Ch 86.
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Revised 'DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups'.
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Added revised DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension credit: additional amounts and special groups and Vol 13 Ch 79: Payment questions, with annotations to memo 5/20.
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Updated DMG volume 13, chapters 77 and 78. Changes listed in amendment 45, February 2020 and volume 14, chapters 84 and 85. Changes listed in amendment 50, February 2020.
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Revised DMG volume 13, chapter 78: State pension credit: additional amounts and special groups, with annotations to DMG memo 2/20.
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Added revised DMG vol 13, chapter 77: Conditions of entitlement, membership of the household and normal amount payable, chapter 78: State Pension Credit - additional amounts and special groups and amendment 44, which lists the changes to the chapters.
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Added revised DMG Vol 14, Chapter 84 and 85.
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Updated chapter 79 'Payment questions' with changes for deductions for arrears of child maintenance.
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Added revised 'DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups' and 'DMG Vol 14 Ch 85: Income other than earnings' and added associated amendment notes 'DMG Vol 13: Amendment 43, June 2019' and 'DMG Vol 14: Amendment 49, June 2019'.
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Updated chapter 77 - Conditions of entitlement, membership of the household and normal amount payable and chapter 78 - Conditions of entitlement, membership of the household and normal amount payable.
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Revised DMG volume 13 chapters 78 and 79 with amendments listed in amendment 42. Revised DMG volume 14 chapter 84 with amendments listed in amendment 48.
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Added revised DMG volume 13 chapters 78 and 79. Annotated to DMG memo 3/19.
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Revised DMG chapters 77 and 78 annotated to DMG memo 1/19.
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Added revised DMG volume 13 chapters 77 and 78, with changes listed in amendment 41 and DMG volume 14 chapter 84, with changes listed in amendment 47.
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Revised DMG volume 13 chapter 77 - changes to definition of care home in the State Pension Credit regs.
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Revised DMG volume 14 chapter 84: Deemed weekly income from capital. Annotated to DMG memo 12/18.
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Published revised DMG volume 13 chapters 78, 79 and amendment 40 and volume 14 chapters 85, 86 and amendment 46. Amendments to chapters listed in amendments 40 (vol13) and 46 (vol14).
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Added revised chapters 83 to 86 and amendment 45, which lists the amendments.
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Revised DMG volume 13 chapter 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups. Annotated to new memo 24/17.
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Added revised DMG volume 14 chapters 83 and 85. Amendments listed in amendment 44.
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Revised DMG volume 14 amendment 43. Original document only had 2 pages and is now a complete 60 page document.
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Added revised DMG volume 13 chapter 77 and volume 14 chapters 84 to 86. Amendments listed in amendments 39 (vol 13) and 43 (vol 14). Also deleted out of date amendments 34 and 35 (vol 13) and amendments 37 and 38 (vol 14).
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Revised volume 14 chapters 84 and 85 - annotated to memo 14/2017.
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Revised DMG volume 14 chapters 84 and 85 - annotated to memos.
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Added revised chapter 78 with new rates from April 2017.
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Added revised chapters 78 and 79 with new rates from April 2017.
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Added revised DMG volume 14 chapter 85 annotated to memo 4/17.
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Added revised chapters 85, 86 and amendment 42, which lists the amendments.
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Added revised chapters 77, 78 and 86. Amendments listed in amendments 38 (vol 13) and 41 (vol 14).
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Published revised DMG volume 13 chapters 77 and 78 - annotated to DMG memo 18/16.
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Added revised chapters 78, 83, 85 and 86. Amendments listed in amendments 37 (vol 13) and 40 (vol 14).
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Published revised vol 13 amendment 36 and vol 14 amendment 39 - page 2 - amended abbreviations and statute abbreviations.
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Published revised chapters 79, 83, 84 and 85 - annotated to DMG memo 11/16.
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Added revised chapter 78 and 79 annotated to DMG memo 10/16.
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Added revised chapters 78, 85 and amendments 36 (vol 13) and 39 (vol 14), which lists amendments.
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Replaced chapters 77, 78 and 83 - annotated to DMG memo 6/16.
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Added revised chapters 78, 84 and 85. Changes to chapters are listed in amendment 35 (vol 13) and 38 (vol 14).
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Added revised chapters 78, 85 and 86. Changes to chapters are listed in amendment 34 (vol 13) and 37 (vol 14).
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Added revised ch 78 annotated to memo 19/15: Housing costs affected by standard interest rate changes.
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Published revised chapter 83 to 86 annotated with new relevant memos 6 to 12/15.
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Replaced chapters 78, 79 and 86 with revised versions annotated with new memo 5/2015.
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Added revised chapters 78, 84, 85 and 86. Changes to chapters are listed in amendment 33 (vol 13) and 36 (vol 14).
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Replaced ch 85 annotated with new memos 1 and 2/15.
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Published revised chapters 78 and 86 annotated with new memos 33 and 34/14.
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Added revised: vol 13 chapters 78 and 79 and new amendment 32 - vol 14 chapters 84 and 85 and new amendment 35.
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Added revised chapters to volumes 13 and 14. Changes to chapters are listed in amendment 31 (vol 13) and 34 (vol 14).
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Replaced vol 13 ch 78 and vol 14 ch 85 with revised versions. See DMG memo 9/14 for details of amendments.
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Added revised chapters 77, 78, 79, 85 and 86. The changes are listed in amendment 33. Also added amendment 32.
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