How much will I get?
Only use these amounts as a guide. The rules for benefits mean that your individual circumstances may affect the amount you can get. This means you will not always be able to work out exactly how much you will get by using these amounts.
| Basic State Pension (per week from 9 April 2008) | |
|---|---|
| Based on your own or your late husband’s, wife’s or civil partner’s NI contributions | £90.70 |
| Based on your husband’s NI contributions | £54.35 |
| Non-contributory Over 80 pension | £54.35 |
| Age Addition | £ 0.25 |
The amounts of all benefits are reviewed each year with most benefits uprated in April. However, your State Pension is not uprated if you live in certain countries abroad.
Additional State Pension
From 1978 to 2002 additional State Pension was paid from the State Earnings - Related Pension Scheme (SERPS) and was only available to employees.
From 6 April 2002, SERPS was reformed to provide a more generous additional State Pension for low and moderate earners, and to extend access to include certain carers and people with long-term illness or disability. This is called the State Second Pension.
Graduated Retirement Benefit
Based on your graduated NI contributions paid between April 1961 and April 1975. For every £7.50 (man) or £9 (woman) of graduated contributions paid you get 10.98 pence (in 2008/09).
Increased benefits for dependants
Dependent children
If you were in receipt of the increase for dependent children before 5 April 2003, you may continue to receive:
- £9 for the oldest child who qualifies for Child Benefit
- £11.35 for each other child who qualifies
No claim for this benefit can be made after 6 April 2003.
Dependent adults
You may get £54.35 (in 2008/09) for a husband, wife or a person
looking after children, paid with your State Pension (based on your NI
contributions).