Pension Credits

Murphybear

HillStreetBlues said:

angel5 said:

Thanks HillStreetBlues….she is very keen to get a free TV licence too which I believe she’d get also on pension credits.
Thanks for putting my mind at ease!! 

Free dental treatment (if she can find an NHS dentist), free glasses (or voucher towards an more expensive pair)
That's a couple more I can think of, there will be more.

I am not getting PC so I filled out a form (sorry I can’t remember which form others may know) to get help with my specs cost.  I have varifocals so the costs can be high.  It took about 4 weeks for the response to arrive.

it entitled me to get £139 off the cost, the optician worked this out as the letter doesn’t contain a specific amount. I paid £180 myself.  

Hope this helps

sheramber

A previous poster had the same problem.

There is a question asking if they have have other income. he ticked 'no; because he didnlt think pension was ;iother income'.

When he ticked 'yes' the boxes for the pension appeared.

KxMx

Murphybear said:

HillStreetBlues said:

angel5 said:

Thanks HillStreetBlues….she is very keen to get a free TV licence too which I believe she’d get also on pension credits.
Thanks for putting my mind at ease!! 

Free dental treatment (if she can find an NHS dentist), free glasses (or voucher towards an more expensive pair)
That's a couple more I can think of, there will be more.

I am not getting PC so I filled out a form (sorry I can’t remember which form others may know) to get help with my specs cost.  I have varifocals so the costs can be high.  It took about 4 weeks for the response to arrive.

it entitled me to get £139 off the cost, the optician worked this out as the letter doesn’t contain a specific amount. I paid £180 myself.  

Hope this helps

That sounds like an HC1 form. 

angel5

I had a look for the other income question. I was answering no to this as it’s phrased as per below and doesn’t mention pensions. Really wanted to avoid the paper form but it might actually be easier than this! Thanks again. 

Other regular income and payments

We need to know about certain types of regular income and payments you receive. This helps us work out exactly how much Pension Credit you can get.

Tell us about:

• maintenance payments from a former spouse or civil partner
• work where you are paid cash in hand
• royalties
• awards or payments relating to a personal injury
• payments from a trust
• strike pay

Do not tell us about:

• Attendance Allowance
• Personal Independence Payment
• Carer’s Allowance