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	registered interest
	date	15/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimates he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of uprating state pensions for pensioners who live overseas.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	254754
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">All political parties since WW2 have</del> <ins class="ministerial">Successive post-war Governments have followed</ins> the same policy. Up-rating UK State Pensions for recipients who are overseas residents is longstanding; state Pensions are payable worldwide and are up-rated where there is a legal requirement to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The policy on the up-rating of UK State Pensions paid to recipients living outside the UK has been in place for over 70 years. The UK State Pension is payable worldwide without regard to nationality. Entitlement to the UK State Pension is based on the national insurance contributions on a person’s national insurance record. The annual index-linked increases to UK State Pensions are paid to recipients overseas only where there is a legal requirement to do so, for example in EEA countries or in countries where there is a reciprocal agreement in place that provides for the up-rating of the UK State Pension. The Government has no plans to change the policy <ins class="ministerial">upheld by all previous Governments, Labour, Coalition and Conservative for the past 70 years.</ins> <del class="ministerial">of all Governments, Labour, Coalition or Conservative since WW2.</del></p><p> </p><p>The estimated costs of up-rating state pensions overseas where they are currently not up-rated are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-costs-of-uprating-state-pension-in-frozen-rate-countries" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-costs-of-uprating-state-pension-in-frozen-rate-countries</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/05/2019 16:41:54 question first ministerially corrected 20/06/2019 15:16:55 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman previous answer version 119892 answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1605689

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many UK pensioners living overseas had their pensions stopped incorrectly in 2022 broken down by nation.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	169389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>Where payments are stopped and then reinstated, this is due to late return or non-return of a life certificate rather than from anything incorrect on the part of DWP. The number of payments stopped as a result of late return or non-return are:</p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Albania</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Andorra</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anguilla</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Antigua</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Antilles (Netherlands)</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Armenia</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bahamas</p></td><td><p>211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladesh</p></td><td><p>429</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barbados</p></td><td><p>796</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Benin</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bermuda</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brazil</p></td><td><p>737</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>348</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burkina Faso</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>19,061</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cayman Islands</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central African Republic</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Costa Rica</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>1,831</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>126</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>525</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Djibouti</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dominican Republic</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Falkland Islands</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fiji</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>1,690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gambia</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Georgia</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grenada</p></td><td><p>217</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guam</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guyana</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hong Kong</p></td><td><p>527</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>1,934</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indonesia</p></td><td><p>246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Israel</p></td><td><p>426</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jamaica</p></td><td><p>2,847</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jordan</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya</p></td><td><p>234</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuwait</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kyrgyzstan</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liberia</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malawi</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malaysia</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maldive Islands</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mexico</p></td><td><p>454</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monaco</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montserrat</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morocco</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Korea</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Panama</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Philippines</p></td><td><p>1,564</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Puerto Rico</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of the Congo</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russia</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Saudi Arabia</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serbia &amp; Montenegro</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Seychelles</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Singapore</p></td><td><p>191</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sri Lanka</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Lucia</p></td><td><p>457</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Vincent/Grenadines</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudan</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swaziland</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Syria</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taiwan</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tanzania</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trinidad &amp; Tobago</p></td><td><p>264</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turks &amp; Caicos Islands</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uganda</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Arab Emirates</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uruguay</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vietnam</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Virgin Islands (British)</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Virgin Islands (USA)</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zimbabwe</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Management Information used has been taken from the same operational source data systems as our published administrative data. However, as this Management Information is not a recognised National or Official Statistic, it has not been subjected to the same level of Quality Assurance. As a result, these figures should be treat with caution.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 23/03/2023 12:56:16 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

806371

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what decisions they will take on the post-Brexit indexing of UK pensions paid to UK citizens resident in the EU, following their interim agreement with the EU on citizens' rights.
	tabling member printed	Lord Teverson
	uin	HL4169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>We have now reached agreement with the EU to maintain State Pension up-rating for those covered by the Withdrawal Agreement. For UK State Pension recipients living in the EU on the specified date this includes those who are already receiving their UK State Pension as well as future UK State Pension recipients. We will wish to discuss State Pension up-rating for individuals not covered by the Withdrawal Agreement in future talks.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 20/12/2017 11:55:18 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	3789 label Biography information for Lord Teverson

573896

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his Department's policy on the uprating of the pensions of British people living abroad of the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Chippenham
	tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
	uin	44268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>We are about to begin negotiations for Britain’s future relationship with Europe and it would be wrong to set out unilateral positions in advance. At every step of these negotiations we will work to ensure the best possible outcome for the British people.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 44853 question first answered 07/09/2016 13:10:17 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan

574188

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the uprating of British pensions for UK state pension holders living abroad.
	tabling member constituency	Chippenham
	tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
	uin	44853
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>We are about to begin negotiations for Britain’s future relationship with Europe and it would be wrong to set out unilateral positions in advance. At every step of these negotiations we will work to ensure the best possible outcome for the British people.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 44268 question first answered 07/09/2016 13:10:17 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan

1047784

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government plans to uprate the UK state pensions of non-UK nationals living in other EU States in 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
	uin	212386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>UK State Pensions are payable worldwide without regard to nationality. The Government has committed to up-rate state pensions in the EU in 2019-2020.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 29/01/2019 11:36:07 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

674376

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his policy to retain the principle of exportability for state pensions when the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	60254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>UK State Pensions are payable worldwide under domestic legislation. There are no plans to change this policy.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 23/01/2017 15:12:05 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

805169

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to assist UK pensioners living abroad who’s state ensions is are uprated annually.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	118841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>UK State Pensions are payable worldwide to those who are eligible, without regard to nationality. They are up-rated where there is a legal requirement to do so, for example in EEA countries and countries where there is a reciprocal agreement in place that allows for up-rating. This has been the policy of successive Governments for around 70 years and the Government has no plans to change this policy.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 18/12/2017 12:20:06 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1606136

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the annual cost of uprating the UK basic state pension to UK pensioners living abroad, regardless of any reciprocal agreements on pensions uprating.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Southwark
	uin	HL6704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>UK State Pensions are payable worldwide and up-rated overseas where there is a legal requirement to do so. The policy on up-rating UK State Pensions overseas is long-standing and has been supported by successive post-war Governments for over 70 years.</p><p> </p><p>No recent assessment has been made of the annual cost of up-rating the UK basic State Pension to UK pensioners living abroad, regardless of any reciprocal agreements on pensions up-rating.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 30/03/2023 11:49:29 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark

1626331

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2023
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of (a) the cost to the public purse of increasing the State Pension paid to UK pensioners resident overseas to the level it would have been had it increased in line with inflation in each year since 2010 and (b) the cost to the public purse of continuing to increase the State Pension paid to UK pensioners resident overseas in line with inflation in each year between 2023 and 2030, starting from that value.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Rob Roberts
	uin	184213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>UK State Pensions are payable worldwide and up-rated overseas where there is a legal requirement to do so. The policy on up-rating UK State Pensions overseas is long-standing and has been supported by successive post-war Governments for over 70 years.</p><p> </p><p>In response to (a): No recent assessment has been made of the annual cost of uprating the UK State Pension to UK pensioners living abroad.</p><p> </p><p>In response to (b): The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 15/05/2023 16:48:26 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	4810 label Biography information for Mr Rob Roberts