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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2025 No. 1220
SOCIAL SECURITY
The State Pension Debits and Credits (Revaluation) Order 2025
Made - - - - 25th November 2025
Laid before Parliament 27th November 2025
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)
The Secretary of State has reviewed the general level of prices in Great Britain in accordance with
section 148AD(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(1).
The Secretary of State has had regard to the earlier orders under that section, and it appears to
the Secretary of State that relevant debits or credits have not, during the review period, maintained
their value in relation to the general level of prices(2).
Accordingly the Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred
by sections 148AD(2) and (3) and 189(1) and (4) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(3).
Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the State Pension Debits and Credits (Revaluation) Order
2025.
(2) This Order comes into force on—
(a) 22nd December 2025 for the purpose of making an award on a claim for a state pension
under regulation 15(1) of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987
(advance notice of retirement and claim for and award of pension)(4) to a person who
reaches pensionable age(5) on or after 7th April 2026, and
(b) 6th April 2026 for all other purposes.
(3) This Order extends to England and Wales and Scotland.
(4) In this article “a state pension” means a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014.
(1) 1992 c. 5; section 148AD was inserted by paragraph 8 of Schedule 11 to the Pensions Act 2014 (c. 19).
(2) See section 148AD(2) and (7) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992. Previous orders under that section were S.I.
2017/375 and 1152, 2018/1219, 2020/7 and 1391, 2021/1319, 2022/1250, 2023/1270 and 2024/1208.
(3) Section 189 was amended by paragraph 109 of Schedule 7, and Schedule 8, to the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14), paragraph
57(1) and (2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), Schedule 6 to the
Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21) and S.I. 2013/252. There are other amendments to section 189 but none is relevant to this Order.
(4) S.I. 1987/1968; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2005/1551, 2015/1985.
(5) For the meaning of “pensionable age” see section 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, which refers to the
rules in paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26), and was inserted by paragraph 31 of Schedule 8 to the
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Increase in the amount of relevant debits or credits
2. For the purposes of paragraph 3 of each of Schedules 8 and 10 to the Pensions Act 2014
(pension sharing: appropriate weekly rate and reduction), the amount of relevant debits or credits(6)
for the tax year specified in the first column of the table in the Schedule to this Order are to be
increased by the percentage of their amount specified in the corresponding entry in the second
column.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Torsten Bell
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
25th November 2025 Department for Work and Pensions
(6) For the meaning of “relevant debits or credits” see section 148AD(7) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5).
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Schedule Article 2
Percentage increase of the amounts of relevant debits or credits for the specified tax years
Tax year Percentage increase
2016-2017 39.2
2017-2018 37.8
2018-2019 33.8
2019-2020 30.7
2020-2021 28.5
2021-2022 27.9
2022-2023 24.0
2023-2024 12.6
2024-2025 5.6
2025-2026 3.8
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order is made following a review under section 148AD(1) of the Social Security Administration
Act 1992 (c. 5) (revaluation of new state pension debits and credits).
Article 2 of this Order revalues debits and credits under section 49A(2) of the Welfare Reform and
Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30) in accordance with the increase in the general level of prices.
Under paragraph 3 of each of Schedules 8 and 10 to the Pensions Act 2014 (c. 19) debits to which a
person is subject (under section 14 of the Pensions Act 2014) and credits to which a person is entitled
(under section 13 of the Pensions Act 2014) are revalued by the percentage specified by the last order
under section 148AD to come into force before the person reached pensionable age. Pensionable age
has the meaning given by the rules in paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26).
Article 1(2) ensures that the revaluation of relevant debits or credits will apply to persons reaching
pensionable age on or after 7th April 2026, including those who make an advance claim for a state
pension under regulation 15(1) of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (S.I.
1987/1968).
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact
on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.
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