DWP pays an ‘over 80 pension’ for retirees aged 80 and over who get either a basic State Pension of £105.70 per week, or no basic State Pension.
DWP paying £105 a week extra to state pensioners born in certain years
The Department for Work and Pensions pays up to £105.70 extra per week to state pensioners born in certain years. The DWP pays an ‘over 80 pension’ for retirees aged 80 and over who get either a basic State Pension of £105.70 per week, or no basic State Pension.
You can claim your State Pension online, by phone or by post. If you reached State Pension age before 6 April 2016, you need to claim the basic State Pension instead.
If you’re over 80, you might also be able to make a claim for the over 80 pension. If you want to claim on someone else’s behalf, you must be able to manage their claim.
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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 £105.70 a week, or no basic State Pension at all. It can give you £105.70 a week in the 2025 to 2026 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 £105.70 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 £62.70 to £105.70 a week.
You can claim the over 80 pension if all of the following apply:
you’re 80 or overyou do not get basic State Pension or your basic State Pension is less than £105.70 a week in 2025 to 2026you 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 afteryou 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.