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Pension credit and the savings disregard

  • Document type:
    Guidance
  • Author:
    Department of Health
  • Published date:
    31 March 2005
  • Primary audience:
    Professionals
  • Publication format:
    Electronic only
  • Gateway reference:
    4776
  • Series number:
    LAC (2005)7
  • Pages:
    24
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown copyright

This document contains a brief explanation of Pension Credit, a list of qualifying income for Savings Credit and the Guarantee Credit, details of how councils may access benefits information, a brief explanation of the Savings Disregard and worked examples of how the Savings Disregard should be calculated.

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