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Over 80 pension
1. Overview
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 (/state-pension) of less than £93.60 a week,
or no basic State Pension at all.

It can give you £93.60 a week in the 2023 to 2024

tax year.

2. What you'll get

What you get depends on how much basic State
Pension (/state-pension) you get, if any.

If you do not get the basic State Pension or you get

less than £93.60 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 £50.60 to
£93.60 a week.

3. Eligibility

You cannot get the over 80 pension if you

reached State Pension age (/state-pension-age)
on or after 6 April 2016.
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 (/state-
pension) or your basic State Pension is less than
£93.60 a week in 2023 to 2024
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
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 (/guidance/benefits-and-
pensions-for-uk-nationals-in-the-eea-or-switzerland).

Your eligibility for the over 80 pension is not based

on National Insurance contributions.

4. How to claim
You can get a claim form from either:

your local Jobcentre Plus (/contact-jobcentre-plus)

the Pension Service

The earliest you can claim is 3 months before your

80th birthday.

Get a claim form from the Pension

Service
Call the Pension Service to get a claim form sent to
you.

Telephone: 0800 731 7898

Textphone: 0800 731 7339
Relay UK (https://www.relayuk.bt.com/) (if you
cannot hear or speak on the phone): 18001 then
0800 731 7898
British Sign Language (BSL) video relay service
 (https://connect.interpreterslive.co.uk/vrs?ilc=DWP) if
you’re on a computer - find out how to use the
service on mobile or tablet
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oELNMfAvDxw)
Welsh language: 0800 731 7936
Welsh language textphone: 0800 731 7013
Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm (except public
holidays)
Find out about call charges (/call-charges)

5. Further information

Effect on other benefits

The over 80 pension counts as taxable income, so
it may affect other benefits you’re getting.

You must include the over 80 pension as income if

you’re claiming other income related benefits.

If your circumstances change

You must tell the Pension Service if your
circumstances change (/contact-pension-
service/report-changes). For example, if you change
address or bank details.

If you need more information

You can call the Pension Service if you have more
questions about the over 80 pension.

Pension Service
Telephone: 0800 731 0469
Textphone: 0800 731 0464
Relay UK (https://www.relayuk.bt.com/) (if you
cannot hear or speak on the phone): 18001 then
0800 731 0469
British Sign Language (BSL) video relay service
(https://connect.interpreterslive.co.uk/vrs?ilc=DWP) if
you’re on a computer - find out how to use the
service on mobile or tablet
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oELNMfAvDxw)
Welsh language: 0800 731 0453
Welsh language textphone: 0800 731 0456
 Monday to Friday, 8am to 3pm
Find out about call charges (/call-charges)

If you cannot call or you live abroad, there are

different ways to contact the Pension Service
(/contact-pension-service).

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