This booklet outlines a number of benefits for which you may qualify as a pensioner. You can use this booklet to check if you may qualify for:
- Free Travel
- Companion Free Travel
- National Fuel Scheme
- Household Benefits Package (Electricity, Natural Gas
- Allowance, Group Account Allowance, Bottled Gas Refill
- Allowance, Free TV Licence and Telephone Allowance)
- Carer’s Allowance or Benefit
- Treatment Benefit
- Living Alone Increase
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance.
Note:
If you are aged 70 or over, you may get the Household Benefits Package regardless of your income or who lives with you.
You may get it if you are under 70 if you meet certain conditions.
For more details, see information booklet SW 107.
Qualifying conditions for our schemes change from time to time. Always check with your local Social Welfare Office or with Information Services to see if qualifying conditions have changed (see Section 9 for contact details).
The information in this booklet is correct at the time of going to print.
May 2008