Pension Credit eligibility

alanW0225

On the show last night your caption on this stated income under £220 would be eligible and your page on website confirms this but confuses things by publishing conflicting info further down.
This is your front page.

If you're retired and have income less than £220 a week as an individual, or £320 a week as a couple, you may be due £1,000s a year in pension credit. Plus, it then entitles you to a whole raft of other benefits,

Further down the same page it changes to:

To qualify for pension credit you must:

• Live in the UK – England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.
• Have reached state pension age.
• Have a weekly income below £201.05 if you're single,

There are conflicting amounts.

On the one hand its under £220 but somehow woe and behold its under 

£201.05

What is the true figure?

Marcon

alanW0225 said:

On the show last night your caption on this stated income under £220 would be eligible and your page on website confirms this but confuses things by publishing conflicting info further down.
This is your front page.

If you're retired and have income less than £220 a week as an individual, or £320 a week as a couple, you may be due £1,000s a year in pension credit. Plus, it then entitles you to a whole raft of other benefits,

Further down the same page it changes to:

To qualify for pension credit you must:

• Live in the UK – England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.
• Have reached state pension age.
• Have a weekly income below £201.05 if you're single,

There are conflicting amounts.

On the one hand its under £220 but somehow woe and behold its under 

£201.05

What is the true figure?

See https://www.gov.uk/pension-credit

It's not quite as simple as a 'one off' figure relating to income, since certain benefits are ignored for the purpose.

xylophone

On the one hand its under £220 but somehow woe and behold its under £201.05

Freudian slip?:)

 For comprehensive information, see

https://www.ageuk.org.uk/globalassets/age-uk/documents/factsheets/fs48_pension_credit_fcs.pdf

alanW0225

My reason for seeking a definitive figure is that when I look at my pension projection it shows as £212.20 and I can’t do any better.
So I will lose the support I receive now in less than six months this is all the income I will have.

p00hsticks

alanW0225 said:

My reason for seeking a definitive figure is that when I look at my pension projection it shows as £212.20 and I can’t do any better.
So I will lose the support I receive now in less than six months this is all the income I will have.

You might be best posting over on the benefits board to see what they can suggest
Benefits & tax credits — MoneySavingExpert Forum

There has been another thread by a poster in a similar situation in the recent past, but I'm not sure if it was posted here or over on that board, and I can't find it at present.

 Although Pension Credit passports you immediately to certain other items, there are other low-income benefits that you may be entitled to, such as Council Tax Reduction and Housing Benefit, depending on your particualr circumstances. 

luvchocolate

Martin actually says if income is below £220 its worth applying...which is not the same.
state pension can be much higher plus a private pension and be entitled to housing/Council tax help