Summary and Background State Pensions Measures Current position
36.Adult dependency increases are payable in respect of a ‘dependant’ who:
37.Adult dependency increases of state pension are currently payable in respect of the following, providing they meet the criteria set out above:
	A wife;
	A husband – providing his wife was receiving an adult dependency increase of incapacity benefit in respect of him immediately before she reached state pension age; and
	A person having care of the pensioner’s child or children.
38.As an adult dependency increase in respect of a wife is payable at the same rate as a Category B pension there is no financial advantage in a man continuing to claim an adult dependency increase in respect of his wife once she has attained state pension age.
39.The PA1995 and the CPA2004 provide for women and people in civil partnerships to be eligible for adult dependency increases from 6 April 2010 under the rules which currently apply to men. The PA1995 also provides for the state pension age for women to increase from 60 to 65 between 2010 and 2020.