References

1. This is called the appropriate minimum guarantee in the legislation.
(back to The Appropriate Amount - Reference 1)

2. This is called the standard minimum guarantee in the legislation.
(back to The Appropriate Amount - Reference 2)

3. These are called additional amounts in legislation.
(back to The Appropriate Amount - Reference 3)

4. In certain circumstances your customer can still get the extra amount for severe disability even if there is someone living with them; for example, if that person is blind or a boarder or is a young person who they are getting Child Benefit for.
(back to The Extra Amount for Severe Disability - Reference 4)

5. Before 6 October 2003, Income Support could be paid to people over 60 and was known as MIG (Minimum Income Guarantee).
(back to The Transitional Extra Amount - Reference 5)

5a. This figure has increased from £6,000 to £10,000 from 2 November 2009.
(back to Calculating Pension Credit: some examples - Reference 5a)

5b. This figure increased from £6,000 to £10,000 from 2 November 2009.
(back to What determines how much Pension Credit my customer will get? - Reference 5b)

5c. This figure has increased from £6,000 to £10,000 from 2 November 2009.
(back to What counts as income for Guarantee Credit? - Reference 5c)

5d. A tenant is someone who pays for the right to use at least one room in the home, but not for meals.
(back to Income from tenants and lodgers - Reference 5d)

5e. A lodger is someone who pays a charge for their accommodation and at least some cooked or prepared meals.
(back to Income from tenants and lodgers - Reference 5e)

5f. This figure has increased from £6,000 to £10,000 from 2 November 2009.
(back to Deemed income from capital - Reference 5f)

6. A special rule applies if someone had been getting interest on a higher loan under a transitional arrangement in Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance or income-related Employment and Support Allowance immediately before they started to get Pension Credit. Interest on the higher loan will continue until the next annual check of their housing costs. From then, the normal rules described in this part of the guide will apply to the loan, but they may get a transitional extra amount.
(back to £100,000 capital limit and exceptions - Reference 6)

7. For housing cost purposes, a disabled person is a person aged 75 or over; or a person who, had they were entitled to Income Support would fulfil the conditions for the disability or higher pensioner premium; or is a person aged under 20 and for whom the customer or their partner are responsible and in respect of whom Disability Living Allowance is payable (or would be payable if they were not in hospital), or is blind or treated as blind, or is receiving Employment and Support Allowance which includes either a support or the work related component.
(back to £100,000 capital limit and exceptions - Reference 7)

8. References in this guide to people who get Pension Credit also apply to people who are entitled to Pension Credit of less than 10p a week but are not being paid because of this rule.
(back to Payment with other social security benefits - Reference 8)

9. A National Health Service (NHS) nursing home counts as a hospital when we work out Pension Credit. So, if someone is in hospital for three weeks and an NHS nursing home for five, the total hospital stay counts as eight weeks.
(back to People in hospital - Reference 9)

10. This may not be the whole of the rent paid. For example, eligible rent does not include charges, for things like water and heating.
(back to Help for people able to get Pension Credit - Reference 10)