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This guidance is for DWP staff who make decisions about benefits and pensions. It helps them make decisions that are accurate and consistent.
The introduction of Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment affects the guidance DWP staff use.
Published 1 June 2013
Last updated 2018 FebruaryMarch 2025
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20 February 2025
Updated DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups with annotations to DMG memo 2/2025.
4 February 2025
Updated DMG Vol 13 Ch 77: Conditions of entitlement, membership of the household and normal amount payable and DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups.
25 October 2024
Updated DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups and summary of changes.
4 July 2024
Updated DMG Vol 13 Ch 77: Conditions of entitlement, membership of the household and normal amount payable and DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups. Also refer to DMG memo 4/24.
9 April 2024
Updated DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups and Vol 13 Ch 79: Payment questions. Both cross referenced to DMG memo 2/2024.
19 February 2024
Updated DMG Vol 14 Ch 84: Deemed weekly income from capital and Summary of changes from December 2021 (February 2024).
8 December 2023
Updated DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups and also DMG Vol 14 Ch 85: Income other than earnings.
1 November 2023
Updated DMG Vol 14 Ch 84: Deemed weekly income from capital.
12 October 2023
Updated 'DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups' and added summary of changes.
12 October 2023
Updated DMG Vol 13 Ch 79: Payment questions.
22 September 2023
Updated DMG volume 13 chapter 79 Payment questions and summary of changes.
7 September 2023
Updated DMG volume 14 chapter 84 and summary of changes for August 2023.
28 July 2023
Updated DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups, DMG Vol 14 Ch 84: Deemed weekly income from capital and also DMG Vol 14 Ch 85: Income other than earnings.
27 July 2023
Updated DMG - Volume 13: State pension credit and also Summary of changes from December 2020.
20 April 2023
Updated DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups, DMG Vol 13 Ch 79: Payment questions and DMG Vol 13: Summary of changes.
23 March 2023
Updated DMG Ch 84: Deemed weekly income from capital and DMG Vol 14 summary of changes.
10 February 2023
Updated DMG Vol 14 Ch 84: Deemed weekly income from capital
29 September 2022
Updated DMG Chapter 85: Income other than earnings and DMG Volume 14: summary of changes.
22 August 2022
Updated DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups. Cross referenced to new memo 12/22.
5 May 2022
Updated DMG Chapter 84: Deemed weekly income from capital and summary of changes.
Added DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups.
24 December 2021
Replaced 3 chapters: 'DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups', 'DMG Vol 14 Ch 84: Deemed weekly income from capital' and 'DMG Vol 14 Ch 85: Income other than earnings'.
21 December 2021
Replaced DMG Vol 13 Chapters 77, 78 and Vol 13: Summary of changes from December 2020. Replaced Vol 14 Chapter 85 and added Vol 14: Summary of changes from December 2021.
23 August 2021
Updated chapter 78.
19 April 2021
Updated chapters 78 and 79.
15 March 2021
Updated DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups.
18 December 2020
Updated chapters 77, 78 and 85. Added DMG Vol 13: Summary of changes from December 2020.
3 November 2020
Updated chapters 84 and 85.
7 September 2020
Updated DMG Vol 14 (State Pension Credit), chapter 84 - Deemed weekly income from capital and chapter 85 - Income other than earnings with guidance on how to treat the NHS Test and Trace self-isolation payment.
4 August 2020
Updated Vol 13 chapter 79: Reference to child support maintenance (CSM) deductions removed at 79201, 79227 and 79229. Paras 79422 and 79431 amended to reflect increased personal expenses. Paras 79880 to 79939 deleted and information moved to chapter 8.
14 July 2020
Updated 'DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups'.
9 July 2020
Updated 'DMG Vol 14 Ch 84: Deemed weekly income from capital'.
19 June 2020
Updated chapters 84 and 86. Now include references to DMG memo 13/20.
8 June 2020
Revised chapters 77, 78 and 84. Summary of changes in 'DMG Vol 13: Amendment 46, June 2020' and 'DMG Vol 14: Amendment 51, June 2020'.
27 May 2020
Added revised 'DMG Vol 14 Ch 84: Deemed weekly income from capital' and 'DMG Vol 14 Ch 85: Income other than earnings'.
Revised 'DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups'.
25 March 2020
Added revised DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension credit: additional amounts and special groups and Vol 13 Ch 79: Payment questions, with annotations to memo 5/20.
13 February 2020
Updated DMG volume 13, chapters 77 and 78. Changes listed in amendment 45, February 2020 and volume 14, chapters 84 and 85. Changes listed in amendment 50, February 2020.
27 January 2020
Revised DMG volume 13, chapter 78: State pension credit: additional amounts and special groups, with annotations to DMG memo 2/20.
31 October 2019
Added revised DMG vol 13, chapter 77: Conditions of entitlement, membership of the household and normal amount payable, chapter 78: State Pension Credit - additional amounts and special groups and amendment 44, which lists the changes to the chapters.
17 September 2019
Added revised DMG Vol 14, Chapter 84 and 85.
17 July 2019
Updated chapter 79 'Payment questions' with changes for deductions for arrears of child maintenance.
25 June 2019
Added revised 'DMG Vol 13 Ch 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups' and 'DMG Vol 14 Ch 85: Income other than earnings' and added associated amendment notes 'DMG Vol 13: Amendment 43, June 2019' and 'DMG Vol 14: Amendment 49, June 2019'.
30 May 2019
Updated chapter 77 - Conditions of entitlement, membership of the household and normal amount payable and chapter 78 - Conditions of entitlement, membership of the household and normal amount payable.
11 April 2019
Revised DMG volume 13 chapters 78 and 79 with amendments listed in amendment 42. Revised DMG volume 14 chapter 84 with amendments listed in amendment 48.
26 March 2019
Added revised DMG volume 13 chapters 78 and 79. Annotated to DMG memo 3/19.
20 February 2019
Revised DMG chapters 77 and 78 annotated to DMG memo 1/19.
29 January 2019
Added revised DMG volume 13 chapters 77 and 78, with changes listed in amendment 41 and DMG volume 14 chapter 84, with changes listed in amendment 47.
13 November 2018
Revised DMG volume 13 chapter 77 - changes to definition of care home in the State Pension Credit regs.
10 October 2018
Revised DMG volume 14 chapter 84: Deemed weekly income from capital. Annotated to DMG memo 12/18.
3 July 2018
Published revised DMG volume 13 chapters 78, 79 and amendment 40 and volume 14 chapters 85, 86 and amendment 46. Amendments to chapters listed in amendments 40 (vol13) and 46 (vol14).
14 March 2018
Added revised chapters 83 to 86 and amendment 45, which lists the amendments.
19 December 2017
Revised DMG volume 13 chapter 78: State Pension Credit: additional amounts and special groups. Annotated to new memo 24/17.
9 November 2017
Added revised DMG volume 14 chapters 83 and 85. Amendments listed in amendment 44.
1 September 2017
Revised DMG volume 14 amendment 43. Original document only had 2 pages and is now a complete 60 page document.
11 July 2017
Added revised DMG volume 13 chapter 77 and volume 14 chapters 84 to 86. Amendments listed in amendments 39 (vol 13) and 43 (vol 14). Also deleted out of date amendments 34 and 35 (vol 13) and amendments 37 and 38 (vol 14).
19 June 2017
Revised volume 14 chapters 84 and 85 - annotated to memo 14/2017.
7 April 2017
Revised DMG volume 14 chapters 84 and 85 - annotated to memos.
5 April 2017
Added revised chapter 78 with new rates from April 2017.
24 March 2017
Added revised chapters 78 and 79 with new rates from April 2017.