pension credit couple

norfolkshops

i am on pension credit and also claim for my wife as weel,but my wife is 62 but in march 2015 it says she will become a pensioner ,can i still claim for her as a couple? thank you in advance tc all

anmarj

Your claim for pension credit will always be a couple claim, your wife SP will be taken into account when it starts :-)

xylophone

Has your wife checked her state pension age and pension amount?

https://www.gov.uk/calculate-state-pension

http://www.ageuk.org.uk/Documents/EN-GB/Factsheets/FS48_Pension_Credit_fcs.pdf?dtrk=true

norfolkshops

xylophone wrote: »

Has your wife checked her state pension age and pension amount?

https://www.gov.uk/calculate-state-pension

http://www.ageuk.org.uk/Documents/EN-GB/Factsheets/FS48_Pension_Credit_fcs.pdf?dtrk=true

You’re close to State Pension age. You'll reach it on 6 March 2015.
Your State Pension age is 62 years, 6 months.


thats the wife

You can now claim your State Pension if you haven’t already done so. You need a Government Gateway account to claim online.

Once you claim your State Pension, the Pension Service will work out your full State Pension.