Guidance and regulation

Guidance on getting extra payments to help with the cost of living if you’re entitled to certain benefits or tax credits.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 23 February 2024

Information related to the Armed Forces Pension Schemes.

• From: Ministry of Defence and 2 others
• Updated: 16 April 2024

Send a question to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) ministerial correspondence team.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 31 January 2024

Guidance to help people understand the changes to the State Pension from 6 April 2016.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 10 April 2023

The legislation and regulations behind the pension schemes tax regime. This manual replaced Registered Pension Schemes Manual from 2015.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 19 April 2024

This guidance explains the rights of UK nationals in the EU, the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland to benefits and pensions.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 25 January 2024

Guidance for the next of kin or executor for someone who has died who may have been underpaid State Pension.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 28 September 2022

This document lists jobcentre and benefit office postal addresses that have changed since 2013.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 29 September 2023

A DWP staff guide that explains DWP's financial compensation principles and processes.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 3 November 2023

Changes to how your UK State Pension is calculated if you live in the EU, EEA or Switzerland and previously lived in Australia, Canada or New Zealand.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 9 August 2021

This guidance explains the rights of European Economic Area (EEA) and Swiss citizens to UK benefits and pensions.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 1 July 2021

Use this collection of materials to help older people understand how they could get Pension Credit.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 9 April 2024

Our customer charter explains what you can expect from us and what your responsibilities are in return.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 28 March 2014

This factsheet provides extra information about Pension Credit.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 22 August 2019

How spouses and civil partners of armed forces personnel posted overseas can fill gaps in their National Insurance record.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions and 2 others
• Updated: 20 May 2019

This fact sheet helps explain why we may have included a COPE amount when you used the online State Pension forecast service.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 6 April 2017

How defined contribution pension freedoms could affect your entitlement to social security benefits.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 27 March 2015

This Joint Service Publication (JSP) 764 explains the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 2005 (AFPS 05).

• From: Ministry of Defence
• Updated: 6 June 2023

Reserve forces pension scheme regulations and guidance, including full time reserve service.

• From: Ministry of Defence
• Updated: 2 February 2015

DWP can send information from pension, insurance companies and solicitors to customers using the tracing and letter forwarding service.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 8 November 2023