Age Addition
Commons · Question 121525 · Tabled 17 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Freddie van Mierlo
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the 25p per week pension uplift for over eighties, introduced in the National insurance Bill of 1971.
Answer
Answered by Torsten Bell, 23 Mar 2026
The 25 pence a week Age Addition is part of the old State Pension, for those who reached State Pension age before 6 April 2016, and is paid with their State Pension, when they reach the age of 80.The Age Addition is not part of the new State Pension, but ...