"Andrew" wrote in message
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On 03/08/2020 08:19, tim... wrote:


"Andrew" wrote in message
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On 02/08/2020 13:34, Farmer Giles wrote:
On 02/08/2020 12:41, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Sun, 2 Aug 2020 11:41:14 +0100, Farmer Giles wrote:

The first eligibilty requirement for pension credit is to be over
the
state pension age. Which is some what variable dependant on your
sex
and date of birth as they gradually push it up to 68. With plans
to
push it even higher.

If that's the case, it's changed fairly recently then. It was
certainly
over sixty a few years back because I claimed it for someone who was
that age.

Presumably a woman. State pension age for men has been 65 for a very
long time. They shifted women from 60 to 65 between 2010 and 2018.


No, it wasn't a woman. Pension Credit could be claimed by anyone over
sixty who met certain criteria. I accept that it's different now.

You don't have to claim NI credits (which is what you mean) if you are
male and over aged 60.
They are applied by DWP automatically.

Oh no they're not



They were to me. Clearly shown on NI dashboard website and on
my BR19 pensions forecasts.

That will have been before they changed the rules about unemployed over 60s
being able to sign on just for NI credits without passing the "looking for
work" test

those days have long gone