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Clarify the Pension Credit qualifying-age documentation #2467

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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions changelog.d/2162.changed.md
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- Clarified the Pension Credit qualifying-age documentation for men born on 6 November 1953, who reach it at their State Pension age of 65.
5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions ...e_uk/variables/gov/dwp/pension_credit/has_attained_state_pension_credit_qualifying_age.py
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Expand Up @@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ class has_attained_state_pension_credit_qualifying_age(Variable):
"Whether the person has reached the qualifying age for State Pension "
"Credit by the middle of the fiscal year (6 October), so is over it for "
"most of the year. Men born before 6 December 1953 reach it before "
"their own State Pension age of 65, so in 2018-19 and earlier this can "
"hold where is_SP_age does not; under the statutory timetable, from "
"their own State Pension age of 65, except those born on 6 November "
"1953, who reach both ages at 65. In 2018-19 and earlier this can hold "
"where is_SP_age does not; under the statutory timetable, from "
"2019-20 the two agree for everyone."
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definition_period = YEAR
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