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	registered interest
	date	16/03/2023
	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 people in receipt of a UK pension live in countries without a reciprocal social security agreement with the UK by (a) the country they live in and (b) their gender.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
	uin	167143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>This information is published on Stat-Xplore <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a> and currently extends to November 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people in receipt of a UK State Pension living in countries without a reciprocal social security agreement with the UK is 298,294.</p><p> </p><p>The breakdown by country and gender are shown in the tables below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country of State Pension receipt</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Antigua</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>166</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Albania</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Algeria</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Andorra</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anguilla</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Antilles (Netherlands)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Argentina</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aruba</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ascension Island</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Australia</p></td><td><p>100,047</p></td><td><p>122,289</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bahamas</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bahrain</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladesh</p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>795</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belize</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolivia</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Botswana</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brazil</p></td><td><p>485</p></td><td><p>284</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brunei</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burkina Faso</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burma (Myanmar)</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cameroon</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cape Verde Islands</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cayman Islands</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chile</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>141</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>China People's Republic</p></td><td><p>249</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colombia</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>127</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cook Islands</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Costa Rica</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dom Commonwealth (Dominica)</p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p>244</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dominican Republic</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country of State Pension receipt</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ecuador</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>116</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>El Salvador</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Equatorial Guinea</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Falkland Islands &amp; Dep</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faroe Islands</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fiji</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>French Polynesia</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gambia</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ghana</p></td><td><p>451</p></td><td><p>388</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenland</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grenada</p></td><td><p>402</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guatemala</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guyana</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honduras</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hong Kong</p></td><td><p>1,510</p></td><td><p>904</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>2,145</p></td><td><p>2,113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indonesia</p></td><td><p>314</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iran</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iraq</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Japan</p></td><td><p>4,644</p></td><td><p>2,158</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jordan</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kampuchea</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya</p></td><td><p>345</p></td><td><p>305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuwait</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Laos</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lebanon</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lesotho</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Macau</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country of State Pension receipt</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malagasy Republic</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malawi</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malaysia</p></td><td><p>1,072</p></td><td><p>1,159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mexico</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>228</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monaco</p></td><td><p>246</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montserrat</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morocco</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mozambique</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Namibia</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nepal</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nevis, St Kitts-Nevis</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Caledonia</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nicaragua</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td><td><p>804</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk Island</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oman</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>1,103</p></td><td><p>1,579</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Panama</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Papua New Guinea</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paraguay</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peru</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Qatar</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Azerbaijan</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Belarus</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Georgia</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Kazakhstan</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Kyrgyzstan</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Moldova</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Yemen</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>501</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russian Federation</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>San Marino</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Saudi Arabia</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senegal</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Seychelles</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sierra Leone</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Singapore</p></td><td><p>514</p></td><td><p>359</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country of State Pension receipt</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solomon Islands</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somalia</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Africa</p></td><td><p>12,932</p></td><td><p>17,411</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Korea</p></td><td><p>288</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sri Lanka</p></td><td><p>557</p></td><td><p>572</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helena &amp; Deps</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Lucia</p></td><td><p>376</p></td><td><p>454</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Vincents &amp; Grenadines</p></td><td><p>221</p></td><td><p>229</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudan</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surinam</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swaziland</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Syria</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tahiti</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taiwan</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tanzania</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thailand</p></td><td><p>4,777</p></td><td><p>586</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Togo</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tonga</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trinidad &amp; Tobago</p></td><td><p>456</p></td><td><p>843</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tunisia</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turks &amp; Caicos Islands</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uganda</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ukraine</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Arab Emirates</p></td><td><p>431</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United States Minor Outlying Islands</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uruguay</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vanuatu</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Venezuela</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vietnam</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Virgin Islands (British)</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Western Samoa</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zambia</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zimbabwe</p></td><td><p>311</p></td><td><p>546</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Please note:</p><p>1. The &quot;..&quot; denotes a nil or negligible number of claimants or award amount based on a nil or negligible number of claimants.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 23/03/2023 12:46:37 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1601097

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2023
	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	Carers: Pay and Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of unpaid carers in receipt of Universal Credit and the carer element also have earnings from paid employment.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
	uin	157658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>The information requested for Universal Credit is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p /> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 13/03/2023 12:02:51 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1601098

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2023
	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	Carer's Allowance
	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 adequacy of the carer's allowance for supporting unpaid carers with their living costs.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
	uin	157659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>This Government recognises and values the vital contribution made by carers in supporting some of the most vulnerable in society.</p><p> </p><p>The primary purpose of Carer’s Allowance is to provide a measure of financial support and recognition for people who give up the opportunity of full-time employment in order to provide regular and substantial care for a severely disabled person.  It is not a “carer’s wage” or designed to fully replace the income from work that an unpaid carer may have foregone. The current rate of Carer’s Allowance is £69.70 per week. From April, the rate will increase to £76.75 per week. This means that, since 2010, it will have increased from £53.90 to £76.75 a week, providing around an additional £1200 a year for carers through Carer’s Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to Carer’s Allowance, carers on low incomes can claim income-related benefits, such as Universal Credit and Pension Credit. These benefits can be paid to carers at a higher rate than those without caring responsibilities through the carer element and the additional amount for carers respectively. From April, the Universal Credit carer element will be £185.86 per monthly assessment period, and the additional amount for carers in Pension Credit will be £42.75 a week.</p><p> </p><p>Around 489,000 (November 2022 data) carer households on Universal Credit can currently receive around an additional £2,000 a year through the carer element and this will increase to an additional £2,200 a year from April. The Government has chosen to focus extra support on those carers who need it most.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 09/03/2023 14:56:06 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1601095

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2023
	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	Carers: Earnings Rules
	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 introducing a dedicated work allowance for unpaid carers who are in receipt of Universal Credit and the carer element.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
	uin	157656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to make an assessment. The carers element is an additional amount of benefit, payable in Universal Credit, to support carers who provide care of 35 hours or more each week for a severely disabled person, and as such have no work related requirements. This payment is made in recognition of the support provided by carers for relatives, partners and friends who may be ill, frail, or disabled.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 09/03/2023 11:10:37 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1601096

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2023
	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	Carers: Earnings Rules
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of unpaid carers in receipt of (a) carer’s allowance and (b) the carer element of Universal Credit are of working age.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
	uin	157657
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>As of August 2022, around 945,000 working age unpaid carers were receiving Carer’s Allowance. Around 99% of those receiving Carer’s Allowance are of working age.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested for Universal Credit is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 09/03/2023 11:07:29 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1600043

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2023
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of (a) HM Revenue and Customs mileage rates, (b) uniform costs, (c) car parking charges and (d) other unavoidable costs of working on universal credit claimants who are in low-paid frontline public service roles.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
	uin	155136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made as the Department does not routinely collect data on the sectors in which Universal Credit claimants work, because this does not affect entitlement to UC However, we are currently exploring what additional information we could collect to help work coaches support claimants in their search for work.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/03/2023 15:16:57 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1599353

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2023
	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	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications made to the Access to Work Scheme had not been processed within the service delivery period in each month from January 2022 to date; and how many of those applications related to (a) claims for payment of existing awards, (b) new awards, (c) renewals, (d) changes of circumstance and (e) any other type of claim.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
	uin	153797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>The information requested about Access to Work applications that have been received but not processed within the service delivery period in each month from January 2022 to date; and how many of those applications related to (a) claims for payment of existing awards, (b) new awards, (c) renewals, (d) changes of circumstance and (e) any other type of claim<strong>,</strong> is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 07/03/2023 11:01:04 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1548935

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	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 pensioners living outside of the UK had their pensions stopped in the last six months owing to postal issues and life certificate forms broken down by current country of residence.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
	uin	104251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>DWP does not maintain data regarding the temporary suspension of International State Pensions owing to postal issues, as this is not something the Department is able to determine.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 104260 question first answered 14/12/2022 12:18:27 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1548936

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made a recent assessment of the impact of the cost of living and inflation on British pensioners living overseas in countries without a reciprocal uprating agreement with the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
	uin	104252
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>DWP does not make such assessments. 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 constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 104261 104272 question first answered 14/12/2022 12:14:39 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1548933

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to help support UK pensioners living in countries without a reciprocal pension uprating agreement with the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
	uin	104250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 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>This Government continues to take the view that priority should be given to those living in the UK when drawing up expenditure plans for pensioner benefits. 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><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott grouped question UIN 104258 question first answered 14/12/2022 12:09:59 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
	tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier