New and Basic State Pension payment rates starting next week for millions of older people

New figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show there are now 13 million people claiming the State Pension, including over 1.1m in Scotland. Some 34 per cent are on the New State Pension (retirement post-April 2016) while 66 per cent are receiving the Basic (or Old) State Pension (retirement pre-April 2016).