Pensions for people reaching State Pension Age on or after 6 April 2016

From April 2016 there will be a new single-tier State Pension which will replace the Basic State Pension and the Additional State Pension; “outdated” additions to the state pension, such as the Category D pension (see page 71) and the Age Addition will end; and the Savings Credit element of Pension Credit (see page 75) will also close to people who reach their State Pension age on or after the date the new system is introduced.

Those who are currently in receipt of the State Pension or who claim it before 6 April 2016 won’t qualify for the new State Pension and will continue to receive payments based on the existing system (see page 68), but may be able to top it up (see page 70).

The new State Pension rules will apply to:

• men born on or after 6 April 1951

• women born on or after 6 April 1953