
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.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.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.
Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation
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(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) to a person who reaches pensionable age 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.
Increase in the amount of relevant debits or credits
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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 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
Department for Work and Pensions
25th November 2025
Schedule
Percentage increase of the amounts of relevant debits or credits for the specified tax years
Article 2


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