Your income - money you receive

We will ask you about the money you receive. The main examples are listed below, but you may also receive other money.

Benefits

We can usually check the details of any benefits you are receiving with the Department for Work and Pensions. This includes the State Pension, Pension Credit, Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), Disability Living Allowance (DLA), Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Attendance Allowance.

If you get Universal Credit, we need to see your most recent payment. You can find this information on your Universal Credit account.

We will tell you if you need to provide evidence of any other benefits.

Occupational pension including occupational widow's pension

A pension provided by your employer to pay you an income when you retire.

Annuity

This is money paid to you from an investment, such as a pension pot.

Trust

This is when you receive money, property or investments from a fund that has been set up by you or another person on your behalf. If you have an occupational pension, annuity or trust, you need to send us copies of letters or bank statements showing the amount these pay you. We also need to see the trust document. You need to show us evidence of any other income that you get (for example, money you get from renting out a property).