Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether entitlement to a Category D pension requires a person to make a claim.

A claim for a Category D State Pension is required (under section 1 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992), unless the individual is resident in Great Britain at age 80 and is already getting another category of State Pension (Section 1 and Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987, Regulation 3(1)(b)).