Pension Credit standard minimum guarantee: every value since 1988
The standard minimum guarantee in Pension Credit: the weekly income Pension Credit tops a pensioner's income up to. Before October 2003 DWP's table gives the Minimum Income Guarantee in Income Support, which it replaced.
Department for Work and Pensions gives 39 values for the single person, from £44.05 in April 1988 to £238.00 in April 2026. Each row is a date on which the rate was set; between the first and the latest it went up 38 times. The largest rise from one value to the next was +17.5%, in April 2001 (from £78.45 to £92.15). Across the whole series the cash value changed by +440.3%. The value in April 2025 was +4.1% on the one before; ONS CPI inflation for calendar year 2025 was 3.4%. Ten years before the latest value, in April 2016, it was £155.60. DWP's expenditure tables put total spending on Pension Credit at £6.0 billion in 2024/25, with an average caseload of 1,376 thousand.
Single person
| From | Single person (a week) | Change on previous value | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | £238.00 | +4.8% | not yet published |
| April 2025 | £227.10 | +4.1% | 3.4% |
| April 2024 | £218.15 | +8.5% | 2.5% |
| April 2023 | £201.05 | +10.1% | 7.3% |
| April 2022 | £182.60 | +3.1% | 9.1% |
| April 2021 | £177.10 | +1.9% | 2.6% |
| April 2020 | £173.75 | +3.9% | 0.9% |
| April 2019 | £167.25 | +2.6% | 1.8% |
| April 2018 | £163.00 | +2.3% | 2.5% |
| April 2017 | £159.35 | +2.4% | 2.7% |
| April 2016 | £155.60 | +2.9% | 0.7% |
| April 2015 | £151.20 | +1.9% | 0.0% |
| April 2014 | £148.35 | +2.0% | 1.5% |
| April 2013 | £145.40 | +1.9% | 2.6% |
| April 2012 | £142.70 | +3.9% | 2.8% |
| April 2011 | £137.35 | +3.6% | 4.5% |
| April 2010 | £132.60 | +2.0% | 3.3% |
| April 2009 | £130.00 | +4.8% | 2.2% |
| April 2008 | £124.05 | +4.2% | 3.6% |
| April 2007 | £119.05 | +4.4% | 2.3% |
| April 2006 | £114.05 | +4.2% | 2.3% |
| April 2005 | £109.45 | +3.8% | 2.1% |
| April 2004 | £105.45 | +3.3% | 1.3% |
| April 2003 | £102.10 | +4.0% | 1.4% |
| April 2002 | £98.15 | +6.5% | 1.3% |
| April 2001 | £92.15 | +17.5% | 1.2% |
| April 2000 | £78.45 | +4.6% | 0.8% |
| April 1999 | £75.00 | +6.5% | 1.3% |
| April 1998 | £70.45 | +2.4% | 1.6% |
| April 1997 | £68.80 | +2.6% | 1.8% |
| April 1996 | £67.05 | +3.0% | 2.4% |
| April 1995 | £65.10 | +1.8% | 2.6% |
| April 1994 | £63.95 | +4.3% | 2.0% |
| April 1993 | £61.30 | +7.3% | 2.5% |
| April 1992 | £57.15 | +7.0% | 4.2% |
| April 1991 | £53.40 | +10.1% | 7.5% |
| April 1990 | £48.50 | +5.2% | 7.0% |
| April 1989 | £46.10 | +4.7% | 5.2% |
| April 1988 | £44.05 |
Couple
Department for Work and Pensions gives 39 values for the couple, from £67.70 in April 1988 to £363.25 in April 2026. Each row is a date on which the rate was set; between the first and the latest it went up 38 times.
| From | Couple (a week) | Change on previous value | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | £363.25 | +4.8% | not yet published |
| April 2025 | £346.60 | +4.1% | 3.4% |
| April 2024 | £332.95 | +8.5% | 2.5% |
| April 2023 | £306.85 | +10.1% | 7.3% |
| April 2022 | £278.70 | +3.1% | 9.1% |
| April 2021 | £270.30 | +1.9% | 2.6% |
| April 2020 | £265.20 | +3.9% | 0.9% |
| April 2019 | £255.25 | +2.6% | 1.8% |
| April 2018 | £248.80 | +2.3% | 2.5% |
| April 2017 | £243.25 | +2.4% | 2.7% |
| April 2016 | £237.55 | +2.9% | 0.7% |
| April 2015 | £230.85 | +1.9% | 0.0% |
| April 2014 | £226.50 | +2.0% | 1.5% |
| April 2013 | £222.05 | +1.9% | 2.6% |
| April 2012 | £217.90 | +3.9% | 2.8% |
| April 2011 | £209.70 | +3.6% | 4.5% |
| April 2010 | £202.40 | +2.0% | 3.3% |
| April 2009 | £198.45 | +4.8% | 2.2% |
| April 2008 | £189.35 | +4.2% | 3.6% |
| April 2007 | £181.70 | +4.4% | 2.3% |
| April 2006 | £174.05 | +4.2% | 2.3% |
| April 2005 | £167.05 | +3.8% | 2.1% |
| April 2004 | £160.95 | +3.3% | 1.3% |
| April 2003 | £155.80 | +4.0% | 1.4% |
| April 2002 | £149.80 | +6.6% | 1.3% |
| April 2001 | £140.55 | +15.3% | 1.2% |
| April 2000 | £121.95 | +4.6% | 0.8% |
| April 1999 | £116.60 | +6.6% | 1.3% |
| April 1998 | £109.35 | +2.4% | 1.6% |
| April 1997 | £106.80 | +2.6% | 1.8% |
| April 1996 | £104.10 | +3.0% | 2.4% |
| April 1995 | £101.05 | +1.8% | 2.6% |
| April 1994 | £99.25 | +4.2% | 2.0% |
| April 1993 | £95.25 | +7.1% | 2.5% |
| April 1992 | £88.95 | +7.0% | 4.2% |
| April 1991 | £83.15 | +10.1% | 7.5% |
| April 1990 | £75.55 | +5.1% | 7.0% |
| April 1989 | £71.85 | +6.1% | 5.2% |
| April 1988 | £67.70 |
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