Cost of Living Payments: Overview and FAQs
An overview of the rules and payment arrangements for Cost of Living Payments.

This briefing paper looks at some of the FAQs constituents raise with their MPs about pensions.
State Pensions 2021: FAQs (851 KB , PDF)
This briefing paper answers FAQs constituents raise with their MPs about State Pensions. It provides some general information in relation to these FAQs and signposts to more detailed sources of information and advice. It covers issues including:
Please note that nothing in this paper should be considered as constituting legal advice. It is not intended to address the specific circumstances of a particular individual. A suitably qualified professional should be consulted if specific advice or information is required.
Information about how to complain about any aspect of the service provided by DWP or the Pension Service is on the Library constituency casework page: Social security complaints. The procedure for seeking to get a benefits decision changed if a person thinks it is wrong, is quite separate – see Challenging benefits decisions.
Other sources of information, guidance and help with individual cases include:
State Pensions 2021: FAQs (851 KB , PDF)
An overview of the rules and payment arrangements for Cost of Living Payments.
A Westminster Hall debate has been scheduled for Monday 12 December on the state pension. The debate will be opened by Marsha De Cordova MP.
DWP benefits that are linked to inflation rise by 10.1% in April 2023, as do the basic and new State Pension. Inflation-linked tax credit elements and benefits administered by HMRC are also expected to rise by 10.1%.