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1606133

	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 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.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Southwark
	uin	HL6701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 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> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL6705 question first answered 30/03/2023 11:49:02 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark

1606134

	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 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.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Southwark
	uin	HL6702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 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> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 30/03/2023 16:36:28 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark

1606135

	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 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.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Southwark
	uin	HL6703
	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 – 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> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 30/03/2023 16:38:00 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark

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

1606137

	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 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.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Southwark
	uin	HL6705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 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> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL6701 question first answered 30/03/2023 11:49:02 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark