a friend of mine gets a uk state pension and

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french pension. The uk pension is about £80 per week and the french one about £30 per week. they are uk resident and single would they be entitled to a top up with pension credit? they have no savings and dont own anything. thanks in advance. apart from heating allowance what are the other things they are entitled to exactly. thanks in advance.

Paul_Herring

Minimum Income Guarantee? Pension Credit? Help with council tax? See http://www.dwp.gov.uk/lifeevent/penret/pr_managing_on_a_low_income.asp for a full list

CIS

£110 would take them above the level of pension credit (£109 p/w), although they can claim winter fuel (paid automatically) and possibly the other age additions paid to pensioners along with winter fuel.

http://www.thepensionservice.gov.uk/pensioncredit/home.asp

http://www.thepensionservice.gov.uk/winterfuel/home.asp

Marsh_Samphire

My Mum gets a pension from Holland and her UK pension (she lived and worked here for 40 years) and so also has more income than the pension credit minimum. A couple of years ago her Dutch pension was increased and she was worried she might have to pay tax, contacted the tax office who told her that her tax allowance is higher because of her pension from Holland so she did not have to worry.

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how did that work for the dutch pension. is she maybe a Dutch resident rather than uk resident and the Dutch tax allowance higher than the uk one? thanks in advance

Marsh_Samphire wrote:

My Mum gets a pension from Holland and her UK pension (she lived and worked here for 40 years) and so also has more income than the pension credit minimum. A couple of years ago her Dutch pension was increased and she was worried she might have to pay tax, contacted the tax office who told her that her tax allowance is higher because of her pension from Holland so she did not have to worry.