State pension claimants are set to see a boost to their income soon
The Department for Work and Pensions will enforce new state pension rates as part of the triple lock pledge. The type of state pension you claim depends on when you were born.
The new state pension can be claimed by people who have reached state pension age and were born on or after April 6, 1951 if they are men, or on or after April 6, 1953 if they are women. Currently, the full new state pension is £203.85 per week, however, it will go up to £221.20 - a rise of £17.35 a week, or just over £900 a year.Meanwhile, the full basic state pension, which is currently £156.20 per week, will rise to £169.50 - a rise of £13.
When state pension will go up The full new state pension is set to go up on April 8 and will see an increase of 8.5 per cent. The new rates will be implemented from the start of a claimants benefit week. However, because the state pension is paid in arrears, any amount paid before this that a claimant is owed will be given at the 2023/24 rate. However, the dates a payment with new rates is issued will vary slightly depending on when a claimant's regular payment date is.
Generally, the state pension is paid every four weeks which means claimants won't see their payments go up until May. If you're unsure of when your payment date is, you can check your National Insurance number as this will determine which day of the week your paid
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