Pensions
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Department for Work and Pensions
The home of Department for Work and Pensions on GOV.UK. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to over 22 million claimants and customers.
Check your State Pension age
Your State Pension age is the earliest age you can start receiving your State Pension. It may be different to the age you can get a workplace or personal pension.
Your State Pension age is worked out based on your gender and date of birth.
You can keep working after you reach State Pension age. ‘Default retirement age’ (a forced retirement age of 65) no longer exists.
Use this tool to check:
- when you’ll reach State Pension age
- your Pension Credit qualifying age
- when you’ll be eligible for free bus travel
The basic State Pension
How to get and claim your State Pension - forecast/calculator, State Pension age and Additional State Pension
Claim your State Pension online
Check your State Pension
Find out how much State Pension you could get, when you could get it and how you could increase it
Check your State Pension
Find out how much State Pension you could get, when you could get it and how you could increase it
Contact the Pension Service
Contact the Pension Service about State Pension eligibility, claims, payments and complaints, and to update your details
The new State Pension
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
Find your pension centre
Contact details for your pension centre to make an enquiry about State Pension claims and Pension Credit claims
Contact the Future Pension Centre
Future Pension Centre contact details - for pension forecasts, statements, advice and enquiries
Delay (defer) your State Pension
Taking up your State Pension later - what you'll get, how to defer, extra State Pension and lump sum payment
Tax when you get a pension
Income Tax on payments from pensions, tax-free allowances, how you pay tax on pensions