Dataset: State Pension caseload
Description
State Pension was introduced on 1st January 1909 and is paid to people who have reached the State Pension age and who fulfil the residency and contributions conditions.
It is intended to help people who have reached State Pension age and may no longer have any other income. For the majority of recipients, State Pension is a contributory benefit which is not income-related but is taxable. A small proportion of recipients receive non-contributory State Pension.
State Pension can normally be claimed by people:
The age at which men and women reach State Pension age is gradually increasing. Under current legislation, State Pension age for women will equalise with State Pension age for men at 65 in 2018. Both men’s and women’s State Pension age will increase from 65 to 66 between December 2018 and October 2020. The Pensions Act 2014 increased the State Pension age to 67 by 2028.
The Pensions Act 2014 legislated for reforms of the State Pension system, introducing the new State Pension (nSP) for people reaching State Pension age from 6 April 2016.
This data provides information on State Pension claimants on both the size of the current caseload and the average amount of weekly benefit in payment. Information is provided from DWP administrative data for all reported recipients in Great Britain and overseas on a quarterly basis from May 2002.
Recording and clerical errors can occur within the data source - for this reason, no reliance should be placed on very small numbers obtained through Stat-Xplore.
Statistical disclosure control has been applied with Stat-Xplore, which guards against the identification of an individual claimant.
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