Contact the Pension Service

Contact the Pension Service to get information about:

• your State Pension
• Pension Credit
• the over 80 pension
• missing Cold Weather Payments and Christmas Bonus payments
• getting extra payments from a deceased husband, wife or civil partner’s State Pension
• making voluntary National Insurance contributions if you’ve already reached State Pension age - if you’ve not reached State Pension age, call the Future Pensions Centre instead
• becoming an appointee for someone claiming State Pension

If you live abroad, contact the International Pension Centre instead.

If you want information about someone else’s State Pension, use the ‘alternative enquiry’ service.