{"id":524791,"date":"2026-04-11T07:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T07:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/524791\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T07:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T07:37:13","slug":"state-pensioners-over-80-handed-110-75-extra-cash-per-week-personal-finance-finance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/524791\/","title":{"rendered":"State pensioners over 80 handed \u00a3110.75 extra cash per week | Personal Finance | Finance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The over 80 pension is now worth up to \u00a3110.75 per week (Image: Getty)<\/p>\n

State pensioners aged 80 or over can get up to \u00a3110.75 extra cash per week from April 6 with a single claim to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).<\/p>\n

The DWP<\/a> pays an \u2018over 80 pension<\/a>\u2019 for those aged 80 and over who get a basic State Pension<\/a> of less than \u00a3110.75 per week, or have no basic State Pension at all. You\u2019ll get the basic State Pension<\/a> if you are a man born before April 6, 1951, or a woman born before April 6, 1953, and thanks to a 4.8% uprating this month, it\u2019s now worth \u00a3184.90 per week, which works out to a maximum of \u00a39,64.80 annually if you get the full amount.<\/p>\n

Anyone with less than the full number of qualifying NI years will get a basic State Pension<\/a> of less than \u00a3184.90 per week from April 6 \u2013 and if your weekly payments are less than \u00a3110.75, eligible pensioners can top up their income by claiming the over 80 pension.<\/p>\n

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The over-80 pension, also known as Category D – non-contributory pension, is not a separate weekly payment, but rather a top-up to your existing basic State Pension, which is usually paid every four weeks.<\/p>\n

As such, it means older pensioners entitled to the over-80 pension can have their payments topped up to \u00a3110.75 per week under the new April rates, giving their pension pot a welcome boost.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re eligible, the amount you\u2019ll get depends on how much basic State Pension you get (if any), but if it\u2019s less than \u00a3110.75, you can get the difference paid up to this amount.<\/p>\n

The DWP explains: \u201cWhat 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 \u00a3110.75 a week, you could get the difference paid up to this amount.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor example, you\u2019re 80 years old and you get \u00a345 a week basic State Pension, your basic State Pension may be topped up by \u00a366.75 to \u00a3110.75 a week.\u201d<\/p>\n

The over-80 pension is only available to people aged 80 or over, and you can\u2019t claim it if you reached State Pension age on or after April 6, 2016.<\/p>\n

To be eligible, you must have been a UK resident for at least 10 years out of a 20 year period, which must include the day before you turned 80 or any day after, or you were \u2018ordinarily resident\u2019 in the UK, the Isle of Man or Gibraltar on your 80th birthday, or the date you submitted your claim for the over 80 pension. The earliest you can claim is three months before your 80th birthday.<\/p>\n

You cannot get the over 80 pension if you reached State Pension age on or after April 6, 2016.<\/p>\n

Unlike the basic and new State Pension schemes, your eligibility for the over 80 pension isn\u2019t based on National Insurance contributions.<\/p>\n

Claimants should also note that the over 80 pension counts as taxable income, so if you\u2019re claiming any other benefits these could be affected.<\/p>\n

You can claim the pension top-up by requesting a form from your local Jobcentre Plus, or by calling the Pension Service on 0800 731 7898. The earliest you can submit a claim is up to three months before your 80th birthday, or any time after.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The over 80 pension is now worth up to \u00a3110.75 per week (Image: Getty) State pensioners aged 80…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":524792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[4029,84,2219,2215,4176,121475,4174,4175,2221,2899,56,182209,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-524791","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-benefits","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-department-for-work-and-pensions","11":"tag-dwp","12":"tag-finance","13":"tag-over-80-pension","14":"tag-personal-finance","15":"tag-personalfinance","16":"tag-state-pension","17":"tag-state-pensioners","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-uk-eligibility-criteria","20":"tag-united-kingdom","21":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}