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COMPUTER SAVVY FOR CLAIMING YOUR STATE PENSION ONLINE? ~ CITIZENS ADVICE ALLERDALE ~
“I am close to retirement age and have received a letter telling me to claim my state pension online. I don’t have a computer and don’t know how to use one. Surely there must be another way to claim my pension. Can you help?”
Unfortunately, there does seem to be an assumption that everyone has a computer or smartphone nowadays and know how to use them!
You must normally make a claim in order to get the new State Pension. You will not automatically get it when you reach State Pension age.
In England, Wales and Scotland, the Pension Service usually contacts people 4 months before they reach state pension age.
If someone has not been contacted within 3 months of reaching their state pension age and they want to claim State Pension, they can claim by:
• Claiming online on the
GOV.UK website. In order to do this, you will
WWW.COCKERMOUTHPOST.CO.UK
For further help contact Citizens Advice Allerdale, Town Hall, Oxford Street, Workington on 01900 604735, or visit
www.citizensadviceallerdale.org.uk
need to register, or be registered, with the Government Gateway service.
• Sending a completed claim form to their local pension centre. Contact details of Pension Centres are available on the
GOV.UK website. You can get a claim form by contacting the State Pension claim line below, or by printing it off from the
GOV.UK website.
• Telephoning the State Pension claim line, who will complete a form over the telephone – Tel: 0800 731 7898 (Monday to Friday from 8.00am to 6.00pm); Textphone: 0800 731 7339
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