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	registered interest
	date	27/11/2023
	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, 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.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wasserman
	uin	HL637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2023 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> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 01/12/2023 14:59:50 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4207 label Biography information for Lord Wasserman

1658689

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2023
	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 review the decision to continue the freeze on pensions of overseas pensioners, in particular in nations where there is no reciprocal agreement in place; and what steps he is taking to establish reciprocal agreements where none exist.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	198175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The policy on up-rating UK State Pensions overseas is longstanding and has been supported by successive Governments for over 70 years.</p><p> </p><p>The UK State Pension is payable worldwide to those who meet the qualifying conditions and is up-rated overseas 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 constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 11/09/2023 14:33:48 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1646508

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2023
	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 assessment of the potential merits of unfreezing the pensions of overseas pensioners.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
	uin	190733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The UK State Pension is payable worldwide to those who meet the qualifying conditions, and we continue to up-rate it 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 constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 03/07/2023 10:35:17 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1626136

	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, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK State Pension recipients who are overseas residents receive annual index-linked increases.
	tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
	tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
	uin	184010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>The UK State Pension is payable worldwide to those who meet the qualifying conditions, and we continue to up-rate it 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>People move abroad for many reasons and it is their own choice to do so. 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 entitlement to the UK State Pension.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 18/05/2023 10:45:58 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1626329

	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, how many individuals in receipt of state pension outside the UK reside in (a) a Commonwealth and (b) a non-Commonwealth country.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Rob Roberts
	uin	184211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>There are around 465,000 individuals who are in receipt of State Pension who reside in a Commonwealth country (excluding the UK) and there are around 688,000 individuals who are in receipt of State Pension who reside in a non-Commonwealth Country.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Table 1. The number of individuals who are in receipt of the UK State Pension and reside outside the UK, grouped by whether they live in a Commonwealth or non-Commonwealth country, November 2020</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Individuals in receipt of State Pension</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commonwealth (Exl UK)</p></td><td><p>465,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-Commonwealth</p></td><td><p>688,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Rounded to the nearest 1000</p><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/dataCatalogueExplorer.xhtml" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore - Home (dwp.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 15/05/2023 16:46:47 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	4810 label Biography information for Mr Rob Roberts

1626330

	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, what the average amount of state pension paid to individuals who live outside the UK is; and if he will provide a breakdown of the average state pension payment in each country in which recipients reside.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Rob Roberts
	uin	184212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>In November 2020, the average (mean) amount of State Pension paid to individuals who live outside the UK was £70.61 per week.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Table 1. Average Amount of State Pension paid to individuals who live outside the UK, November 2020</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Residency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mean Weekly State Pension Amount </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outside United Kingdom</p></td><td><p>£ 70.61</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/dataCatalogueExplorer.xhtml" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore - Home (dwp.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>Below is a table of the average (mean) amount of State Pension paid to individuals who live outside the UK, broken down by country of residence, in November 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2. Average Amount of State Pension by Country of Residence, November 2020</p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p><strong>Country of Residence </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mean Weekly State Pension Amount </strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Abroad - Not known</p></td><td><p>£ 112.62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Albania</p></td><td><p>£ 110.57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alderney</p></td><td><p>£ 126.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Algeria</p></td><td><p>£ 62.41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Andorra</p></td><td><p>£ 94.96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anguilla</p></td><td><p>£ 64.93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Antigua</p></td><td><p>£ 74.02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Argentina</p></td><td><p>£ 65.18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aruba</p></td><td><p>£ 60.29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ascension Island</p></td><td><p>£ 91.68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Australia</p></td><td><p>£ 50.09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>£ 49.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Azerbaijan</p></td><td><p>£ 166.77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bahamas</p></td><td><p>£ 66.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bahrain</p></td><td><p>£ 97.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladesh</p></td><td><p>£ 39.49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barbados</p></td><td><p>£ 116.97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belarus</p></td><td><p>£ 111.17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>£ 63.62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belize</p></td><td><p>£ 85.01</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bermuda</p></td><td><p>£ 81.36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolivia</p></td><td><p>£ 106.19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bosnia and Herzegovina</p></td><td><p>£ 73.12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Botswana</p></td><td><p>£ 75.98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brazil</p></td><td><p>£ 81.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brunei</p></td><td><p>£ 121.78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>£ 122.47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burkina Faso</p></td><td><p>£ 54.09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambodia</p></td><td><p>£ 119.76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cameroon</p></td><td><p>£ 58.81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>£ 46.34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cape Verde</p></td><td><p>£ 52.18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cayman Islands</p></td><td><p>£ 89.42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chile</p></td><td><p>£ 72.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>China</p></td><td><p>£ 96.39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colombia</p></td><td><p>£ 89.09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cook Islands</p></td><td><p>£ 57.92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Costa Rica</p></td><td><p>£ 81.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>£ 122.54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>£ 58.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dom Commonwealth (Dominica)</p></td><td><p>£ 77.73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dominican Republic</p></td><td><p>£ 107.52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dutch Caribbean</p></td><td><p>£ 67.76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ecuador</p></td><td><p>£ 85.95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>£ 78.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>El Salvador</p></td><td><p>£ 80.36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Equatorial Guinea</p></td><td><p>£ 142.11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>£ 88.34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Falkland Islands and Dependencies</p></td><td><p>£ 85.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faroe Islands</p></td><td><p>£ 33.01</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fiji</p></td><td><p>£ 73.66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>£ 58.89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>£ 113.52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>French Overseas Departments</p></td><td><p>£ 84.34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>French Polynesia</p></td><td><p>£ 55.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gambia</p></td><td><p>£ 91.46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>£ 46.48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ghana</p></td><td><p>£ 56.69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gibraltar</p></td><td><p>£ 100.77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>£ 109.44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenland</p></td><td><p>£ 23.21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grenada</p></td><td><p>£ 77.33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guam</p></td><td><p>£ 83.49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guatemala</p></td><td><p>£ 77.73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guernsey</p></td><td><p>£ 84.86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guyana</p></td><td><p>£ 60.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honduras</p></td><td><p>£ 79.02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hong Kong</p></td><td><p>£ 85.42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>£ 102.32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iceland</p></td><td><p>£ 71.68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>£ 50.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indonesia</p></td><td><p>£ 106.53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iran</p></td><td><p>£ 70.85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iraq</p></td><td><p>£ 64.11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>£ 66.41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Man</p></td><td><p>£ 127.85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Israel</p></td><td><p>£ 101.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>£ 56.79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jamaica</p></td><td><p>£ 116.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Japan</p></td><td><p>£ 46.97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jersey</p></td><td><p>£ 70.02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jordan</p></td><td><p>£ 67.90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kazakhstan</p></td><td><p>£ 124.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya</p></td><td><p>£ 79.34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuwait</p></td><td><p>£ 103.54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kyrgyzstan</p></td><td><p>£ 76.07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Laos</p></td><td><p>£ 100.66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lebanon</p></td><td><p>£ 88.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lesotho</p></td><td><p>£ 59.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liechtenstein</p></td><td><p>£ 28.62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>£ 83.34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Macau</p></td><td><p>£ 77.52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Madagascar</p></td><td><p>£ 62.23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malawi</p></td><td><p>£ 71.90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malaysia</p></td><td><p>£ 77.87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>£ 104.22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mauritius</p></td><td><p>£ 108.25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mexico</p></td><td><p>£ 74.98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moldova</p></td><td><p>£ 124.94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monaco</p></td><td><p>£ 111.96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montserrat</p></td><td><p>£ 65.67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morocco</p></td><td><p>£ 75.51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mozambique</p></td><td><p>£ 74.56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Myanmar</p></td><td><p>£ 84.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Namibia</p></td><td><p>£ 70.17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nepal</p></td><td><p>£ 63.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>£ 55.81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nevis, St Kitts-Nevis</p></td><td><p>£ 75.56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Caledonia</p></td><td><p>£ 79.61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Zealand</p></td><td><p>£ 46.44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nicaragua</p></td><td><p>£ 79.72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>£ 27.65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk Island</p></td><td><p>£ 55.18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Macedonia</p></td><td><p>£ 24.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>£ 58.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oman</p></td><td><p>£ 89.53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>£ 48.74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Panama</p></td><td><p>£ 96.96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Papua New Guinea</p></td><td><p>£ 75.49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paraguay</p></td><td><p>£ 68.41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peru</p></td><td><p>£ 88.02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Philippines</p></td><td><p>£ 138.86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>£ 59.39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>£ 119.47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Puerto Rico</p></td><td><p>£ 77.32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Qatar</p></td><td><p>£ 113.55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Croatia</p></td><td><p>£ 62.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Estonia</p></td><td><p>£ 78.98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Georgia</p></td><td><p>£ 129.54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Latvia</p></td><td><p>£ 68.34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Lithuania</p></td><td><p>£ 42.71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Slovenia</p></td><td><p>£ 60.38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>£ 99.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russia</p></td><td><p>£ 85.51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Saint Helena &amp; Dependencies</p></td><td><p>£ 89.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>San Marino</p></td><td><p>£ 29.33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sark</p></td><td><p>£ 117.68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Saudi Arabia</p></td><td><p>£ 86.88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senegal</p></td><td><p>£ 74.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serbia</p></td><td><p>£ 123.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Seychelles</p></td><td><p>£ 79.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sierra Leone</p></td><td><p>£ 52.66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Singapore</p></td><td><p>£ 89.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solomon Islands</p></td><td><p>£ 79.08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somalia</p></td><td><p>£ 44.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Africa</p></td><td><p>£ 56.52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Korea</p></td><td><p>£ 41.69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>£ 120.61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sri Lanka</p></td><td><p>£ 59.98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Lucia</p></td><td><p>£ 76.63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Vincent &amp; Grenadines</p></td><td><p>£ 80.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>State Union of Serbia and Montenegro</p></td><td><p>£ 53.44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudan</p></td><td><p>£ 71.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suriname</p></td><td><p>£ 151.95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swaziland</p></td><td><p>£ 79.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>£ 57.52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>£ 51.98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Syria</p></td><td><p>£ 63.61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tahiti</p></td><td><p>£ 77.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taiwan</p></td><td><p>£ 105.85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tanzania</p></td><td><p>£ 87.61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thailand</p></td><td><p>£ 119.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>£ 92.30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Slovak Republic</p></td><td><p>£ 49.82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Togo</p></td><td><p>£ 50.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tonga</p></td><td><p>£ 73.36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tours (Individuals on Tour)</p></td><td><p>£ 133.34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trinidad &amp; Tobago</p></td><td><p>£ 55.37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tunisia</p></td><td><p>£ 88.16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkey</p></td><td><p>£ 132.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turks and Caicos Islands</p></td><td><p>£ 118.32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uganda</p></td><td><p>£ 88.33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ukraine</p></td><td><p>£ 115.86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Arab Emirates</p></td><td><p>£ 107.46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United States</p></td><td><p>£ 74.19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United States Minor Outlying Islands</p></td><td><p>£ 75.89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uruguay</p></td><td><p>£ 77.74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vanuatu</p></td><td><p>£ 85.86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Venezuela</p></td><td><p>£ 67.62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vietnam</p></td><td><p>£ 125.09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Virgin Islands (British)</p></td><td><p>£ 91.77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Virgin Islands (USA)</p></td><td><p>£ 72.74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Western Samoa</p></td><td><p>£ 34.12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yemen</p></td><td><p>£ 42.90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zambia</p></td><td><p>£ 75.67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zimbabwe</p></td><td><p>£ 48.98</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/dataCatalogueExplorer.xhtml" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore - Home (dwp.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 15/05/2023 16:48:05 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	4810 label Biography information for Mr Rob Roberts

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

1608427

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2023
	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 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.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	uin	HL6932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2023 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> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 05/04/2023 15:24:22 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton

1607931

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2023
	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 suspended in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 due to (i) non-return and (ii) late return of life certificates, broken down by country of residence.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
	uin	174429
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>DWP holds data relating to the late and non-return of a Life Certificate for the 2019 period, which resulted in the temporary suspension of a customer’s State Pension payments. In 2019, 26,206 claims were temporarily suspended, which is broken down by country as shown in the following table: -</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of State Pension claims temporarily suspended in 2019 due to the late or non-return of a completed Life Certificate</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>1,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uganda</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iceland</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Costa Rica</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ukraine</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gambia</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jamaica</p></td><td><p>2,269</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>1,265</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Venezuela</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sierra Leone</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dominican Republic</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ecuador</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>539</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>116</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>624</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hong Kong</p></td><td><p>124</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fiji</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anguilla</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jordan</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montserrat</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malawi</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>15,798</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cook Islands</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk Islands</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Papua New Guinea</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Western Samoa</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ascension Island</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lesotho</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dominica</p></td><td><p>277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Korea</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oman</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lebanon</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peru</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serbia</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Namibia</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Libya</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tonga</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cape Verde Islands</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belarus</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladesh</p></td><td><p>473</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mauritius</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Azerbaijan</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kazakhstan</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vietnam</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Virgin Islands (British)</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taiwan</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Panama</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uruguay</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuwait</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liechtenstein</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Antilles (Netherlands)</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Kitts &amp; Nevis</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>1,529</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brazil</p></td><td><p>164</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vanuatu</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolivia</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambodia</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nepal</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brunei</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bosnia Herzegovina</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iran</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>127</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swaziland</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russia</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>As a result of the outbreak of COVID in 2020, DWP suspended the Life Certificate exercise in March 2020, to ensure that our customers were not negatively impacted by any postal service issues which could have resulted in their State Pension payments being temporarily suspended. Therefore, DWP does not hold any data for this period.</p><p> </p><p>DWP reintroduced the Life Certificate exercise in November 2021. Therefore, DWP does not hold any data for 2021, as any potential suspensions would be applied after 16 weeks of issue of the Life Certificate, which would mean that the suspension occurred in 2022.</p><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 treated with caution.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 30/03/2023 14:59:47 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

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