pension

[millerxxx]

my pal was getting £97 a week pension
he has reached 70
he got a letter stating
as from april he will be getting £62
he is not working no other income
i think this is wrong
what do you people think
thank you

[Mrsspagnoli57]

If the persons wife has property then the value of the property will be calculated and taken into account on any pension credit claim. I suspect that the 'pension' your friend is talking about is pension credit and the income from his wife's property and work is being taken into account. He needs to get in touch with his appropriate pension centre for a full breakdown of his rate of benefit-having worked for the DWP for 26yrs (before being made redundant) I can assure you that any letter regarding rates of pension would give a breakdown of rates and any deductions being made. Income is not taken into account for State retirement pension but is taken into account for pension credit which is means tested.

[boxtops]

Is this definitely state pension?

[millerxxx]

definitely state pension
i read the paper work
thank you

[EDDIE51]

This has already been answered by the replies from millerxxx.
The friend does not have enough qualifying years for a full state pension.
So he must be getting pension credit , this is based on the income of the couple as he has a partner.
He does odd jobs so he has some income, his wife works and owns 2 houses so there is more income from her to add in, all this is used to determine how much pension credit he is due.
Pension credit is adjusted every April at the start of the new tax year so that is why his pension is going down from April.
millerxxx in your original question you say he does not work, but then you say he does odd jobs, which is true ? any income even from odd jobs will effect his pension credit. As you say he does not have enough NI contributions for a state pension so he can only get pension credit.

[millerxxx]

thank you all for your very nice and helpful advise
i will tell him to day
thank you again

[millerxxx]

re pension
he went to c a b
the info is this
they made some mistake with nat ins number
now as from april
they are going to pay him£60 a week
to cover the arrears 65 to 70
thanks again