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1126921

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/05/2019
	date	15/05/2019
	date tabled	15/05/2019
	ddp created	15/05/2019 18:28:49
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	17/05/2019 12:45:09 20/06/2019 15:48:01
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	identifier	254754
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/05/2019 16:41:54
	question first ministerially corrected	20/06/2019 15:16:55
	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.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 254754
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	254754
	version	3
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer 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> question first answered 23/05/2019 16:41:54
	creator	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1606133

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/04/2023
	date	21/03/2023
	date tabled	21/03/2023
	ddp created	21/03/2023 21:17:51
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	21/03/2023 21:28:28 30/03/2023 11:49:13
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6701
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	30/03/2023 11:49:02
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what stage they have reached in negotiations with (1) the government of Canada, (2) the government of Australia, and (3) the government of New Zealand, on the annual uprating and payment of the UK state pension to beneficiaries resident in those countries.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Southwark
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 HL6701
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6701
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The government does not have a policy to increase the number of countries with which the UK has reciprocal agreements on state pensions. The government has no plans to change its social security relationship with these countries on state pensions.</p><p> </p><p>Requests for social security agreements may be raised in formal and informal meetings and in correspondence at both ministerial and official level. The Department for Work and Pensions does not, as a matter of routine, maintain full records of such requests. The department can, however, confirm that a response was provided to the government of Canada in August 2022 on its request to conclude a reciprocal agreement to include state pension uprating, where the department outlined its longstanding position as stated above.</p> question first answered 30/03/2023 11:49:02
	creator	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark

1606134

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/04/2023
	date	21/03/2023
	date tabled	21/03/2023
	ddp created	21/03/2023 21:17:53
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	21/03/2023 21:28:31 30/03/2023 16:37:37
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6702
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	30/03/2023 16:36:28
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what research they have undertaken of the impact of their decision not to uprate the UK state pension upon (1) British citizens resident in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and (2) Commonwealth citizens who have retired to a country in the Caribbean with a UK state pension entitlement.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Southwark
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 HL6702
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6702
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department has not undertaken such research. The UK State Pension is payable worldwide to those who meet the qualifying conditions. Entitlement is based on an individual’s national insurance record. 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. We continue to up-rate UK State Pensions abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so – for example where there is a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating. There are no plans to change this policy.</p> question first answered 30/03/2023 16:36:28
	creator	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark

1606135

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/04/2023
	date	21/03/2023
	date tabled	21/03/2023
	ddp created	21/03/2023 21:17:54
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	21/03/2023 21:28:33 30/03/2023 16:38:12
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6703
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	30/03/2023 16:38:00
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to annually uprate the UK basic state pension to qualifying individuals on the same basis regardless of the state or territory in which they are currently resident; and what reciprocal agreements they have made, if any, with other countries in respect of pension uprating.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Southwark
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 HL6703
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6703
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>UK State Pensions are payable worldwide and up-rated overseas where there is a legal requirement to do so – for example where there is a reciprocal agreement in place that allows for up-rating. The policy on up-rating is longstanding and has been supported by successive Governments for over 70 years. The Government has no plans to change this policy.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has reciprocal social security agreements, which provide State Pension up-rating, with the following authorities:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Barbados</li><li>Bermuda</li><li>Bosnia-Herzegovina</li><li>Gibraltar</li><li>Guernsey</li><li>the Isle of Man</li><li>Israel</li><li>Jamaica</li><li>Jersey</li><li>Kosovo</li><li>Mauritius</li><li>Montenegro</li><li>North Macedonia</li><li>the Philippines</li><li>Serbia</li><li>Turkey</li><li>USA</li></ul><p> </p><p>The UK also has agreements in place with the European Economic Area and Switzerland which provide for State Pension up-rating.</p> question first answered 30/03/2023 16:38:00
	creator	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark

1606136

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/04/2023
	date	21/03/2023
	date tabled	21/03/2023
	ddp created	21/03/2023 21:17:56
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	21/03/2023 21:28:36 30/03/2023 11:50:20
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6704
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	30/03/2023 11:49:29
	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.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Southwark
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 HL6704
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6704
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer 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> question first answered 30/03/2023 11:49:29
	creator	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark

1606137

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/04/2023
	date	21/03/2023
	date tabled	21/03/2023
	ddp created	21/03/2023 21:17:57
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	21/03/2023 21:28:38 30/03/2023 11:49:12
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6705
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	30/03/2023 11:49:02
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have received from, or on behalf of the governments of (1) Canada, (2) Australia, and (3) New Zealand, in the past 12 months on the subject of UK state pensions paid to individuals resident in their territories, and their annual uprating in line with those paid in the United Kingdom; and what representations have they received from non-governmental groups on the same subject.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Southwark
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 HL6705
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6705
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The government does not have a policy to increase the number of countries with which the UK has reciprocal agreements on state pensions. The government has no plans to change its social security relationship with these countries on state pensions.</p><p> </p><p>Requests for social security agreements may be raised in formal and informal meetings and in correspondence at both ministerial and official level. The Department for Work and Pensions does not, as a matter of routine, maintain full records of such requests. The department can, however, confirm that a response was provided to the government of Canada in August 2022 on its request to conclude a reciprocal agreement to include state pension uprating, where the department outlined its longstanding position as stated above.</p> question first answered 30/03/2023 11:49:02
	creator	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark

1608427

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/04/2023
	date	28/03/2023
	date tabled	28/03/2023
	ddp created	28/03/2023 21:31:33
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	28/03/2023 21:46:31 05/04/2023 15:25:27
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6932
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	05/04/2023 15:24:22
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government why British Citizens who are subject to taxation by HM Revenue & Customs and are living in a British Overseas Territory are not eligible for an uplift in their state pension.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 HL6932
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6932
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>There is no connection between State Pension uprating and taxation.</p><p> </p><p>An individual’s UK State Pension is based on the number of qualifying years on their National Insurance record.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has a clear position, which has remained a consistent policy of successive Governments for around 70 years. UK State Pensions are payable worldwide and are uprated abroad where we have a legal requirement to do so; for example in the European Economic Area, or countries where we have a reciprocal social security agreement that allows for State Pension uprating which include the British Overseas Territories of Gibraltar and Bermuda. We have no plans to change this policy.</p> question first answered 05/04/2023 15:24:22
	creator	1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton

1673020

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/12/2023
	date	27/11/2023
	date tabled	27/11/2023
	ddp created	27/11/2023 21:58:21
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	27/11/2023 22:07:35 01/12/2023 15:31:53
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	2
	identifier	HL637
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	01/12/2023 14:59:50
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 26 October (HL10597), in how many countries there is a legal requirement to uprate the UK State Pensions paid to those UK pensioners who live there; and which countries they are.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Wasserman
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 HL637
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL637
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The UK State Pension is payable worldwide to those who meet the qualifying conditions, without regard to nationality, and the amount is based on an individual’s National Insurance record. UK State Pensions are up-rated overseas only where there is a legal requirement to do so. The Government has no plans to change this policy.</p><p> </p><p>People who live outside the UK will not receive an increase in their State Pension unless they live in:</p><p>- an EEA country or Switzerland; or</p><p>- a country with which DWP have a reciprocal agreement that allows for it. These countries are:</p><ul><li>Barbados</li><li>Bermuda</li><li>Gibraltar</li><li>Guernsey</li><li>The Isle of Man</li><li>Israel</li><li>Jamaica</li><li>Jersey</li><li>Mauritius</li><li>the Philippines</li><li>Turkey</li><li>The United States of America, and</li><li>the separate republics of the former Yugoslavia* that are not EU Member States (Bosnia and Herzegovina; Kosovo; Montenegro; North Macedonia; and Serbia).</li></ul><p>*Following the break-up of Yugoslavia, the UK agreement with former Yugoslavia now covers Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia.</p> question first answered 01/12/2023 14:59:50
	creator	4207 label Biography information for Lord Wasserman
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4207 label Biography information for Lord Wasserman

1504156

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/09/2022
	date	02/09/2022
	date tabled	02/09/2022
	ddp created	02/09/2022 15:30:55
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	02/09/2022 16:36:42 17/09/2022 15:49:59
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	identifier	45949
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	17/09/2022 15:14:31
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support UK pensioners living overseas in countries without a reciprocal uprating agreement with the UK.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 45949
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	45949
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The UK State Pension is payable worldwide to those who meet the qualifying conditions. Entitlement is based on an individual’s national insurance record. State Pensions are up-rated abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so – for example where there is a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating.</p><p> </p><p>There is information available in leaflets and on GOV.UK on how to claim State Pension from overseas and on what the effect of going abroad will be on a person’s UK State Pension.</p> question first answered 17/09/2022 15:14:31
	creator	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

167852

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/12/2014
	date	03/12/2014
	date tabled	03/12/2014
	ddp created	04/12/2014 00:03:04
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 13:54:47
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	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
	identifier	217127
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	08/12/2014 16:34:06
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of unfreezing state pensions for British citizens living in Commonwealth countries; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 217127
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	217127
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p /> <p>The policy of this Coalition Government on the up-rating of UK state pensions paid to people living overseas is the same as that of successive post-war Governments. Namely to up-rate such pensions where we are legally required to under the terms of EU law or a bilateral social security agreement. There are no plans to change policy on this issue.</p> question first answered 08/12/2014 16:34:06
	creator	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi