State Pension

11 September 2025

State benefits on retirement (pre 6 April 2016)
The state benefits available for those that reached their State Pension Age prior to 6 April 2016

11 September 2025

Class 3 NIC
The purposes and rates of Class 3 National Insurance contributions (NICs)

10 September 2025

Pension Credit
What Pension Credit is, how its calculated and when an individual can claim it

04 September 2025

State Second Pension (S2P)
The main features of the State Second Pension including details of contracting out

03 September 2025

Outline of the Social Security system in the UK
The benefits available, eligibility conditions and tax treatment. Benefit rates from April 2025

20 August 2025

State Pension Age review - call for evidence
State Pension Age review. Dr Suzy Morrisey has been appointed by the DWP to prepare an independent report ahead of the third review of State Pension Age

24 July 2025

State Pension Age review
Two reviews of State Pension Age, which have been announced

05 June 2025

State Pension and Home Responsibilities Protection
The latest statistics on underpayments made to people missing Home Responsibilities Protection on their National Insurance record

08 May 2025

Claiming State Pension if living abroad
Claiming State Pension if living abroad. The DWP's forms and guidance for individuals to claim State Pension and tell it where they want their pension paid, if they live abroad

01 May 2025

State Pension underpayments - latest progress on cases reviewed
The DWP's Legal Entitlements and Administrative Practice (LEAP) exercise to correct underpayments of the State Pension

25 April 2025

New state pension - what you need to know
The amount of the new state pension, and how entitlement to it is determined

24 April 2025

Updated guidance - new State Pension
The DWP's updated guidance to help people understand the changes to the State Pension from 6 April 2016

14 April 2025

State Earnings Related Pension Scheme (SERPS)
The main provisions of the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme, including details of the contracting out options

11 April 2025

Awareness of the move to a State Pension Age to 67
A new report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, which examines awareness of the next change in State Pension Age