The State Pension was first introduced on 1 January 1909. The foundation of a universal contribution-related basic State Pension was laid in the 1940s. There are two main types...

Data about the ‘key’ benefits for clients are merged together to create “Client Group” data, providing information about whether a client is on more than one benefit from the...

Pension Credit was introduced in October 2003. It is a non-contributory, income-related benefit. Its purposes are: To lift the poorest pensioners out of poverty by...

The key benefits are as follows: Bereavement Benefit, Carer’s Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance (from November 2008), Incapacity...

Incapacity Benefit (IB) replaced Sickness Benefit and Invalidity Benefit from 13 April 1995. It is paid to people who are assessed as being incapable of work and who meet...