State Pension age

The State Pension age is the age at which you can get your State Pension from the Government.

What is State Pension age?

At the moment, men get their State Pension at 65, and women get it at 60.

This will change from 2010 so that by 2020, both men and women will receive their State Pension at 65.

Women's State Pension age will be raised according to the year they were born.

Women born on or before 5 April 1950 can still claim their State Pension at 60.

Women born between 6 April 1950 and 5 April 1955 have a State Pension age between 60 and 65.

Women born on or after 6 April 1955 can claim their State Pension at 65.

If you are a woman it is important to know how the State Pension age is changing and how it affects you. The change does not affect men.

Find out more about State Pension age

You can use the online State Pension age calculator in the resource centre of The Pension Service website to work out your pension age.

Or you can get the leaflet 'PM6 Pensions for women – Your guide' by phoning 0845 7 31 32 33 (calls are charged at local rates) or from the resource centre on The Pension Service website.