Information & advice

This factsheet is a guide to the Basic State Pension, Additional Pension and Graduated Pension.

This factsheet includes information about:

• National Insurance contributions needed for  a pension
• State Pension for married women; dependent wives and husbands; divorced and separated people; widowed people
• State Pension for Civil Partners
• Working after pension age
• Deferring your pension
• Claiming your pension
  

Further information

Please download factsheet 19 from the top right of this screen for further information.

Most older people are entitled to a pension but they still have to make a claim for it. If you haven’t been contacted about claiming your State Pension by 3 months before you are due to reach pension age call the Pension Service on 0845 300 1084.

Age Concern can help you make a claim – contact your local Age Concern today.

Freephone
Information Line
0800 00 99 66