Guidance

How to increase your State Pension if you reached State Pension age between 6 April 2010 and 5 April 2015

How to increase your State Pension for men born between 6 April 1945 and 5 April 1950 and women born between 6 April 1950 and 5 April 1952.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 21 May 2013
• Last updated: 11 April 2022
  Show all updates

  1. 11 April 2022

     Updated with the latest benefit rates, effective from 11 April 2022.

  2. 12 April 2021

     Updated with the latest rates effective from 12 April 2021.

  3. 6 April 2020

     Updated the English and Welsh fact sheets with the new amounts from 6 April 2020.

  4. 3 May 2019

     Updated the number you should call if you live in the UK and think you might benefit from paying voluntary contributions.

  5. 8 April 2019

     Updated the fact sheet with new amounts from 8 April 2019.

  6. 9 April 2018

     Updated the fact sheet with new amounts from April 2018.

  7. 17 July 2017

     Updated to take account of changes from April 2017.

  8. 21 May 2013

     First published.

This publication was withdrawn on 20 April 2022

This guidance is no longer current. Read about other ways to increase your State Pension if you’re a man born before 6 April 1951 or a woman born before 6 April 1953.

Documents

How to increase your State Pension if you reached State Pension age between 6 April 2010 and 5 April 2015

HTML

Details

This fact sheet is for:

• men born between 6 April 1945 and 5 April 1950
• women born between 6 April 1950 and 5 October 1952

If you don’t get a full basic State Pension, it explains how you may be able to increase the amount you get.