Important:

If you’ve left the scheme and have an unclaimed Civil Service pension, you can use this form to update your personal and address details, or claim your pension. 

If you’re looking to claim your pension, please confirm that you’ve read the
Deferred Pension Applications – Information Sheet before completing the form below.


The quickest way to submit your request is by using the form below. However, if you'd prefer to print out and return this form by post, you can download the postal version.

If you’ve left the scheme and have an unclaimed Civil Service pension, you can use this form to update your personal and address details, or claim your pension.

If you’re currently receiving a Civil Service pension, please use the ‘Change of details form – pensioners’.

If you’re still contributing to your Civil Service pension, you can update your personal details via your employer.

Changes

What would you like to change?





Personal Details 1

Your personal details

Your Personal Details 2
Help with this
For our records, please list your Civil Service employment history, including the name of each employer/company, a start date, and an end date for each period of employment. If you've told us your full employment history before, and it is still accurate, you do not need to provide this information.
Your Address


Claim your pension

Claim your pension

Please provide a copy of the deferred statement of benefits you received when you left the scheme.


Please check that you will be the right age to claim your pension on the requested claim date, and please note that this date must be within twelve months of the date that you submit this form. You can claim your pension from your scheme’s Normal Pension Age (NPA).

Scheme NPA
alpha State pension age or age 65 (whichever is higher).
classic/classic plus/premium* 60
nuvos 65

*This applies to most classic, classic plus and premium members, but some individuals may have a Personalised Pension Age (which is not age 60).

You can take your pension before Normal Pension Age (NPA) but it will be reduced for early payment. The earliest age you can take your pension is shown below.

Scheme Minimum pension age
alpha 55
Members who joined classic/classic plus/premium before 06 April 2006 50
Members who joined classic/classic plus/premium on or after 06 April 2006 55
nuvos 55
Change your bank details 1

Change your bank details

If you’d like your pension to be paid into a bank account outside the UK, you will need to complete an overseas mandate form. You can find the mandates here.

Change your address 1

Change your address



Change your address 2


Change of address 3
Change of name

Change of name

Help with this
You must upload a copy of the relevant certificate to support your change of name.
Update your marital status

Change of marital status

Help with this
You must upload a copy of the relevant certificate to support your change of marital status (for example marriage, civil partnership, divorce, dissolution).
Your declaration

Your declaration


Published:
11 April 2023
Last updated:
22 November 2023