Pension Credit

Benuk73

Can my mother claim pension credit whilst she is living with my two other brothers? One is working f/t other is disabled. Thanks. She is in receipt of only her state pension about 3k savings. thanks. she is over 60 and is a widow

Ted_Hutchinson

If you enter her details in the calculator here ENTITLED TO you will get a good idea.
There are more details Pension Credit website

Benuk73

Thank You

Started entering details and it gave this

"EntitledTo does not currently have a facility to calculate non-dependent deductions or second adult rebate and so we are unable to calculate your benefit entitlement."

Thanks anyway

margaretclare

Benuk73 wrote:

Can my mother claim pension credit whilst she is living with my two other brothers? One is working f/t other is disabled. Thanks. She is in receipt of only her state pension about 3k savings. thanks. she is over 60 and is a widow

The best thing to do would be to apply anyway - they can only say 'no', and it's possible they may say 'yes'.

Look at the Pension Service's website: https://www.thepensionservice.gov.uk

They are very keen that everyone should apply if it looks at all likely that they could be eligible.

Alternatively, the Pension Service is running drop-in sessions all over the country - ask at your local CAB or local authority information centre.

Best wishes

Margaret Clare

Ted_Hutchinson

Try this one then from the other link I provided
English Pension Credit calculator

Edit: I agree with the previous poster. She should apply and let them sort it out.

Benuk73

Thanks to you both, the second link returned the same result, so requested a form to be sent.

Thanks again