Overseas Pensions Department

Overseas Pensions Department (OPD) is an executive department of the Department for International Development (DFID). It is responsible for determining eligibility, calculating entitlement, and administering the payments of pensions and related benefits to former colonial civil servants and their dependants - including those derived from service in India and Sudan. It is responsible for the formulation of Britain's policy on overseas pensions and UK pension increase supplements.

Overseas Pensions

'A guide to your pension' contains details of the standard of service under which the Overseas Pensions Department operates and provides some general information about the Colonial pensions which it administers. It also has details of the person our pensioners should contact who is best able to deal with any questions about their pension. General enquiries may also be sent to hopd@dfid.gov.uk.

Contact details

Overseas Pensions Department
DFID
Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road
East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 8EA, UK
Telephone: +44 (0) 1355 84 4000
Fax: +44 (0) 1355 84 3636
Email: hopd@dfid.gov.uk