People on Basic State Pension set to be handed extra £101 payment from DWP

People on Basic State Pension set to be handed extra £101 payment from DWP
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People on Basic State Pension of less than £406 each month could be due an extra Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) payment. People over 80 who have no Basic State Pension income or have a weekly income of less than £101.55 each week, could be due extra money to help them with daily living expenses.

The over 80 pension is a State Pension for people aged 80 or over. To be eligible you must get either a basic State Pension of less than £101.55 a week, or no basic State Pension at all. It can give you £101.55 a week in the 2024 to 2025 tax year.

What you get depends on how much basic State Pension you get, if any. If you do not get the basic State Pension or you get less than £101.55 a week, you could get the difference paid up to this amount. For example, you’re 80 years old and you get £43 a week basic State Pension, your basic State Pension may be topped up by £58.55 to £101.55 a week.

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You can claim the over 80 pension if all of the following apply: you’re 80 or over, you do not get basic State Pension or your basic State Pension is less than £101.55 a week in 2024 to 2025, you were resident in the UK for at least 10 years out of 20 (this does not have to be 10 years in a row) - this 20 year period must include the day before you turned 80 or any day after or you were ‘ordinarily resident’ in the UK, the Isle of Man or Gibraltar on your 80th birthday or the date you made the claim for this pension, if later.

If you live in or are moving to a European Economic Area (EEA) country or Switzerland, find out about pensions and benefits for UK nationals in the EU, EEA and Switzerland. Your eligibility for the over 80 pension is not based on National Insurance contributions.

The earliest you can claim is 3 months before your 80th birthday.