The State Pension Age (SPA) is the earliest age you can draw
your State Pension. Your SPA is defined by your date of
birth. This calculator will tell you what your SPA is.
Under current rules:
- Men born before 6 December 1953 retain their SPA of 65
- Women born before 6 April 1950 retain their SPA of 60
- Women born on or after 6 April 1950 but before 6 December
1953 will have an SPA between 60 and 65
- Men and women born on or after 6 December 1953 but before
6 October 1954 will have an SPA between 65 and 66
- Men and women born on or after 6 October 1954 but before 6
April 1968 will have an SPA of 66
- Increases from 66 to 67 and then to 68 will affect men and
women born on or after 6 April 1968 (see update below)
UPDATE! On 29 November
2011 the Government announced that the increase from 66 to 67
will be bought forward from 2034 to 2026. People born on or
after 6 April 1960 but before 6 April 1961 will have an
SPA between 66 and 67. People born on or after 6
April 1961 will have an SPA of 67 or higher.
This proposed change is not expected to be
finalised until the end of 2012 or beginning of
2013. Because this is a proposal and not law, this calculator
is based on the current law and does not take the proposed changes
into account.
