With DWP Pension Credit, you could get an extra £67.42 a week for each child or young person you’re responsible for.With DWP Pension Credit, you could get an extra £67.42 a week for each child or young person you’re responsible for.With DWP Pension Credit, you could get an extra £67.42 a week for each child or young person you’re responsible for.

State pensioners are being urged to come forward to claim an extra £79 every week from the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ). With DWP Pension Credit, you could get an extra £67.42 a week for each child or young person you’re responsible for.

This is increased to £78.10 a week for the first child if they were born before 6 April 2017. The child or young person must normally live with you and be under the age of 20.

If they’re 16 or over and under 20, they must be in (or accepted for) approved training, such as Foundation Apprenticeships or a course of non-advanced education (for example, they’re studying for GCSEs or A levels).

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If they’re in education, it must be for more than 12 hours a week on average. If the child or young person is disabled, you could also get an extra amount of either: £36.54 a week if they get DLA, PIP or ADP OR £114.12 a week if they’re blind or they get the highest rate care component of DLA or CDP, or the enhanced daily living component of PIP or ADP.

You could get an extra amount to cover your housing costs, such as ground rent if your property is a leasehold, some service charges or charges for tents and site rents. The amount you could get depends on your housing costs.

You could get the ‘Savings Credit’ part of Pension Credit if you reached State Pension age before 6 April 2016 and you saved some money for retirement, for example a personal or workplace pension.

You’ll get up to £17.30 Savings Credit a week if you’re single. If you have a partner, you’ll get up to £19.36 a week.

You might still get some Savings Credit even if you do not get the Guarantee Credit part of Pension Credit.

It is complicated to work out how much Guarantee Pension Credit you can get. The calculation involves comparing your weekly income (which includes your partner’s income if you live with a partner) to a weekly amount set by the government.

Your income includes State Pension, other pensions, earnings from work and self-employment and most social security benefits.

The actual amount you get will vary for each person because you could also be entitled to extra amounts, depending on your circumstances. For example, there is an extra amount for carers or people with disabilities.