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1490886

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/08/2022
	date	19/07/2022
	date tabled	19/07/2022
	ddp created	19/07/2022 20:58:52
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	ddp modified	19/07/2022 21:09:07 04/08/2022 15:29:15
	hansard heading	Trade Promotion: Prime Minister
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1949
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	04/08/2022 14:57:17
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the criteria for selecting the countries to which the Prime Minister has appointed trade envoys; and when all national priority countries will have trade envoys appointed.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 HL1949
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1949
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Trade Envoy Programme supports British businesses and attracts investment into the UK. The programme works in collaboration with other trade promotion activities and focuses on emerging and high growth markets where additional senior interactions can be valuable, or larger economies where multiple interactions at different levels are effective.</p><p>We are regularly reviewing countries and markets to identify where the appointment of a Trade Envoy can be of greatest benefit to the trade and investment aims of the UK with the Prime Minister ultimately making that decision. Consideration is also given to appointing multiple trade envoys where this could be advantageous to the UK.</p><p>The Prime Minister has not appointed a Trade Envoy to India.</p><p>The UK remains committed to strengthening its long, positive and wide-ranging trading relationship with India which was worth £24.3 billion in 2021 by continued ministerial engagement and dialogue including the desire to secure a Free Trade Agreement.</p><p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) analyses suitable countries, regions, and markets to identify where the appointment of a Trade Envoy can be of greatest benefit to the trade and investment aims of the UK, with the Prime Minister ultimately making the decision to appoint.</p><p>DIT following a review will make recommendations of the future size and scope of the Trade Envoy programme, including for India, to the next Prime Minister in due course.</p><p> </p>
	creator	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
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1490887

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/08/2022
	date	19/07/2022
	date tabled	19/07/2022
	ddp created	19/07/2022 20:58:56
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	ddp modified	19/07/2022 21:09:10 04/08/2022 15:29:13
	hansard heading	Trade Promotion: India
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1950
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	04/08/2022 14:57:17
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Prime Minister has appointed a trade envoy to India; and if not, why not.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 HL1950
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1950
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Trade Envoy Programme supports British businesses and attracts investment into the UK. The programme works in collaboration with other trade promotion activities and focuses on emerging and high growth markets where additional senior interactions can be valuable, or larger economies where multiple interactions at different levels are effective.</p><p>We are regularly reviewing countries and markets to identify where the appointment of a Trade Envoy can be of greatest benefit to the trade and investment aims of the UK with the Prime Minister ultimately making that decision. Consideration is also given to appointing multiple trade envoys where this could be advantageous to the UK.</p><p>The Prime Minister has not appointed a Trade Envoy to India.</p><p>The UK remains committed to strengthening its long, positive and wide-ranging trading relationship with India which was worth £24.3 billion in 2021 by continued ministerial engagement and dialogue including the desire to secure a Free Trade Agreement.</p><p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) analyses suitable countries, regions, and markets to identify where the appointment of a Trade Envoy can be of greatest benefit to the trade and investment aims of the UK, with the Prime Minister ultimately making the decision to appoint.</p><p>DIT following a review will make recommendations of the future size and scope of the Trade Envoy programme, including for India, to the next Prime Minister in due course.</p><p> </p>
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	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1490888

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/08/2022
	date	19/07/2022
	date tabled	19/07/2022
	ddp created	19/07/2022 20:59:00
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	ddp modified	19/07/2022 21:09:12 04/08/2022 15:29:12
	hansard heading	Trade Promotion: India
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1951
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	04/08/2022 14:57:17
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to appointing four trade envoys to India to ensure that all economic regions are covered.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 HL1951
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1951
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Trade Envoy Programme supports British businesses and attracts investment into the UK. The programme works in collaboration with other trade promotion activities and focuses on emerging and high growth markets where additional senior interactions can be valuable, or larger economies where multiple interactions at different levels are effective.</p><p>We are regularly reviewing countries and markets to identify where the appointment of a Trade Envoy can be of greatest benefit to the trade and investment aims of the UK with the Prime Minister ultimately making that decision. Consideration is also given to appointing multiple trade envoys where this could be advantageous to the UK.</p><p>The Prime Minister has not appointed a Trade Envoy to India.</p><p>The UK remains committed to strengthening its long, positive and wide-ranging trading relationship with India which was worth £24.3 billion in 2021 by continued ministerial engagement and dialogue including the desire to secure a Free Trade Agreement.</p><p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) analyses suitable countries, regions, and markets to identify where the appointment of a Trade Envoy can be of greatest benefit to the trade and investment aims of the UK, with the Prime Minister ultimately making the decision to appoint.</p><p>DIT following a review will make recommendations of the future size and scope of the Trade Envoy programme, including for India, to the next Prime Minister in due course.</p><p> </p>
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	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
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1668166

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/11/2023
	date	07/11/2023
	date tabled	07/11/2023
	ddp created	07/11/2023 22:36:46
	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	07/11/2023 22:58:36 15/11/2023 16:42:20
	hansard heading	Poverty
	house id	2
	identifier	HL52
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	15/11/2023 14:27:00
	question first ministerially corrected	15/11/2023 16:10:23
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to tackle destitution in the UK, particularly destitution experienced by children.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 HL52
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL52
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government is committed to reducing poverty, including child poverty, and supporting low-income families. We will spend around £276bn through the welfare system in Great Britain in 2023/24 including around £124bn on people of working age and children, and around £152 billion on pensioners. Of this, around £79 billion will be spent on benefits to support disabled people and people with health conditions.</p><p> </p><p>From April, we uprated benefit rates and State Pensions by 10.1%, and in order to increase the number of households who can benefit from these uprating decisions the benefit cap levels also increased by the same amount.</p><p> </p><p>In 2021/22 there were 1.7 million fewer people in absolute poverty after housing costs than in 2009/10, including 400,000 fewer children, 1 million fewer working age adults and 200,000 fewer pensioners.</p><p> </p><p>With almost one million job vacancies across the UK, our focus remains firmly on supporting people, including parents, to move into and progress in work. This approach which is based on clear evidence about the importance of employment - particularly where it is full-time - in substantially reducing the risks of poverty. The latest statistics show that in 2021/22 children living in workless households were 5 times more likely to be in absolute poverty, after housing costs, than those where all adults work.</p><p> </p><p>Through the ambitious package announced at the Spring budget we are delivering measures that are designed to support people to enter work, increase their working hours and extend their working lives.</p><p> </p><p>To help people into work, our core Jobcentre offer provides a range of options, including face-to-face time with work coaches and interview assistance. In addition, there is specific support targeted towards young people, people aged 50 plus and job seekers with disabilities or health issues.</p><p> </p><p>To support those who are in work, from 1 April 2023, the National Living Wage (NLW) increased by 9.7% to £10.42 an hour for workers aged 23 and over - the largest ever cash increase for the NLW. In addition, the voluntary in-work progression offer started to roll-out in April 2022. It is now available in all Jobcentres across Great Britain. We estimate that around 1.4m low-paid benefit claimants will be eligible for support to progress into higher-paid work.</p><p> </p><p>To further support parents into work, on 28<sup>th</sup> June 2023, the maximum monthly amounts that a parent can<del class="ministerial">HL52</del> be reimbursed for their childcare increased by 47%, from £646.35 for one child and £1,108.04 for two or more children to £950.92 and £1,630.15 respectively<strong>.</strong> Importantly, we can now also provide even more help with upfront childcare costs when parents move into work or increase their hours. This means that a parent who needs this additional financial help can now be provided with funding towards both their first and second set of costs (or increased costs), upfront, thereby easing them into the UC childcare costs cycle.</p><p> </p><p>This government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living which is why we are providing total support of over £94bn over 2022-23 and 2023-24 to help households and individuals with the rising bills.</p>
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	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1672768

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/12/2023
	date	23/11/2023
	date tabled	23/11/2023
	ddp created	23/11/2023 20:06:26
	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	23/11/2023 20:15:57 01/12/2023 15:31:21
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Anxiety and Mental Health
	house id	2
	identifier	HL554
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	01/12/2023 15:00:40
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many people are currently claiming disability benefit because of mental health conditions, including severe anxiety.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 HL554
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL554
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Figures for the number of people currently claiming disability benefits – Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Disability Living Allowance (DLA), and Attendance Allowance (AA) due to mental health conditions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table (a) – Claimants on the PIP caseload with mental health conditions</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Benefit </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of cases </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>1,119,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Table (b) – Claimants on the DLA caseload with mental health conditions</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Benefit </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of cases </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DLA</p></td><td><p>56,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table (c) – Claimants on the AA caseload with mental health conditions</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Benefit </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of cases </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AA</p></td><td><p>26,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Notes: </strong></p><ul><li>These figures are produced using recent data available from Stat-Xplore (May 2023).</li><li>Figures for PIP and DLA exclude Scotland.</li><li>Figures for AA include Scotland (as AA has yet to be devolved to Scotland).</li><li>Figures for PIP are cases where psychiatric disorders have been listed as the claimant’s main disabling condition.</li><li>A PIP claimant’s main disabling condition is recorded during their assessment. Medical conditions are shown as recorded on the PIP Computer System (PIPCS).</li><li>Claimants may have multiple conditions which are not recorded by PIPCS.</li><li>All volumes have been rounded to the nearest 100.</li><li>Figures for DLA and AA are cases where psychosis, psychoneurosis, or personality disorder have been recorded as the claimant’s main disabling condition.</li><li>Main disabling condition is the main medical reason for the claim. Medical conditions are sourced from information recorded on the Disability Living Allowance (DLA) computer system (DLACS) and AA computer system.</li><li>Claimants may have multiple conditions which are not recorded by DLACS or the AA computer system.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p>
	creator	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1672769

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/12/2023
	date	23/11/2023
	date tabled	23/11/2023
	ddp created	23/11/2023 20:06:28
	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	23/11/2023 20:15:59 06/12/2023 13:51:14
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Mental Health
	house id	2
	identifier	HL555
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	06/12/2023 13:20:56
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the efficacy of removing benefits from, and applying sanctions to, claimants with mental health conditions after 18 months in the context of their ‘Back To Work’ plan launched on 16 November.
	session	2023/24
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2023/24 HL555
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL555
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Claimants must meet certain requirements to receive their UC payment. These will be based on individual and household information and will take account of health, caring responsibilities, ongoing work or volunteering and any earnings. All requirements are set in discussion with the claimant and tailored to their capability and circumstances, making them realistic and achievable.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants are given every opportunity to explain why they failed to meet their agreed conditionality requirement before a decision is made. We recognise the importance of understanding how a mental health condition impacts someone’s ability to search for or prepare for work. Claimants with serious mental health conditions are typically placed in the No Work-Related Requirements regime and are exempt from any form of conditionality and sanctions.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in the Back to Work plan, individuals, following their completion of Restart, will have a Claimant Commitment review meeting with their work coach where new requirements will be set according to the claimants’ circumstances. Claimants will be expected to accept this revised Claimant Commitment in order to continue to receive their benefits. Should a claimant fail to accept their commitment within the 7-day period their claim will be closed as per the current process.</p><p> </p><p>Where a claimant in a conditionality regime fails to comply with a mandatory work-related requirement, they have the opportunity to provide good reason before a sanction decision is made. Additionally, a pre-referral quality check is in place to check for any known vulnerabilities before a claimant is referred for a sanction decision and following a referral, cases are reviewed to ensure that the mandatory requirement set was fair, and to check whether a conditionality easement should have been applied.</p><p>If a sanction is applied and the claimant disagrees with the decision, they can ask for this to be looked at again by way of a Mandatory Reconsideration. If they further disagree with the outcome of the Mandatory Reconsideration, they can raise an appeal for the sanction decision to be looked at by an independent tribunal.</p>
	creator	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1652575

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/07/2023
	date	12/07/2023
	date tabled	12/07/2023
	ddp created	12/07/2023 22:56:22
	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	12/07/2023 23:06:36 25/07/2023 16:33:14
	hansard heading	Food Banks: Refrigeration
	house id	2
	identifier	HL9301
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	25/07/2023 16:01:59
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Markham on 14 December 2022 (HL Deb col 653), what assessment they have made of the provision of freezers and fridges to increase food banks’ storage capacity.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 HL9301
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL9301
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Foodbanks are independent, charitable organisations and the Department for Work and Pensions does not have any role in their operation.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst Government recognises that food charities are a great example of the generosity of spirit of communities across the country, it is important to recognise the important distinction between government welfare support and discretionary charitable support. Therefore, the Department for Work and Pensions is unable to make an assessment as Foodbanks are independent, charitable organisations who design their own delivery models and criteria to access their services.</p><p> </p><p>Government understands the pressures people, including parents, are facing with the cost of living and is taking action to help. Overall, the government is providing total support of over £94bn over 2022-23 and 2023- 24 to help households and individuals with the rising cost of bills.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also announced over £100 million of support for charities and community organisations in England at the Spring Budget. This will support frontline organisations experiencing increased demand and higher delivery costs and will provide some investment in energy efficiency measures. It will be targeted towards those organisations most at risk from cost of living pressures, due to increased demand and higher delivery costs, as well as providing investment in energy efficiency measures. Further detail will be published by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport shortly.</p>
	creator	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

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>
	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>
	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>
	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