DWP confirms next groups facing state pension age rise to 67

The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed the next groups affected by the rise in state pension age from 66 to 67, which is being applied in phased one-month steps and will finish in 2028¹. The change affects anyone born on or after 6 April 1960¹.

Under the timetable, people born between 6 November 1960 and 5 December 1960 reach state pension age at 66 years and 8 months, and each later birth month adds a further month of delay¹. The DWP said the Pensions Act 2014 brought the increase from 66 to 67 forward by eight years¹.

Source: DWP timetable as reported¹

The DWP said that for people born after 5 April 1969 but before 6 April 1977, state pension age was already 67 under the Pensions Act 2007¹. A further rise to 68 is planned for 2044 to 2046¹. The government's second periodic review of state pension age sets out plans for a further review within two years of the next Parliament, which will reconsider the rise to 68, and the government said it remains committed to providing 10 years' notice of changes¹. Baroness Neville-Rolfe's report recommended that the proportion of adult life people should on average expect to spend in retirement should be up to 31%, and that the government should set a limit on state pension-related expenditure of up to 6% of GDP; on those metrics state pension age would rise to 68 between 2041 and 2043¹.

Separately, the full rate of the new state pension was £221.20 a week, or £11,502.40 a year, before a 4.1% rise in April 2025 took it to £230.30 a week, or £11,975 a year². The basic state pension was £169.50 a week in 2024-25 (£8,814 a year), with the same 4.1% increase raising it to £176.45, or £9,175². The rise followed the triple lock, under which payments increase by whichever is higher of September CPI inflation (1.7%), average earnings growth (revised from 4% to 4.1%) or 2.5%².

Why it matters for households

The date someone can start claiming their state pension is set by their date of birth, not by when they stop working. For people born in the months covered by the DWP timetable, the wait extends by one month for each later birth month, up to a state pension age of 67 for those born from 6 March 1961 to 5 April 1977¹. That delay affects when state pension payments begin and how many qualifying years of National Insurance contributions someone can build before claiming. The full new state pension requires at least 35 qualifying years, and at least 10 years are needed to get anything at all². People who reached state pension age before April 2016 need 30 years of contributions for the full basic state pension².

What happens next

The phased increases continue until the timetable finishes in 2028¹. A further state pension age review is planned within two years of the next Parliament and will reconsider the rise to 68¹. The date of that review, and whether it changes the 2044 to 2046 timetable, has not been reported.

You can check your own state pension age using the guide on what your State Pension age is, and see how payments are uprated under the triple lock. The new State Pension explained sets out the qualifying rules, and you can read about your National Insurance record and how to check your State Pension forecast.