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1469150

registered interest
date	09/06/2022
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, which department authorised the four most recent agreements for overseas British pensioners to receive state pension increases; and what dates those agreements were made.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	15165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>Disregarding any agreements which continued the existing arrangements for State Pension uprating, such as those with Ireland, the EU and Switzerland, the table below lists the four most recent social security agreements that provide for State Pension uprating with countries where the pension was not previously uprated. These agreements were approved by Ministers in the Department for Work and Pensions or its predecessor Department.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Agreement entered into force</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barbados</p></td><td><p>1 April 1992</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Philippines</p></td><td><p>1 December 1989</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iceland</p></td><td><p>1 August 1985</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mauritius</p></td><td><p>1 November 1981</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 13/06/2022 12:16:19 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1469154

registered interest
date	09/06/2022
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, to list for each overseas country when resident UK pensioners do not receive yearly increases what the lowest current payment to a pensioner is who was entitled at retirement to a full basic UK state pension, stating the year the pension was frozen.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	15167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>The UK State Pension is payable worldwide and is up-rated in countries where there is a legal requirement to do so. This is a longstanding policy which has been supported by successive post-war governments for over 70 years.</p><p> </p><p>Up-rating is paid to State Pension recipients in the UK, European Union, European Economic Area, Barbados, Bermuda, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Israel, Jamaica, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Mauritius, Montenegro, Serbia, Switzerland, The Philippines, Turkey, and the United States.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information on the lowest full basic State Pension in payment, in each country where up-rating is not paid, is not readily available and to provide it would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/06/2022 10:02:49 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1422753

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
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, for what reason UK pensioners who have (a) fully contributed throughout their working lives and (b) moved abroad after retirement have their state pension frozen at the rate which applied when they emigrated; and if she will (i) review the ethical basis of and (ii) take steps to bring an end to that practice.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	124935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The policy on the up-rating of UK State Pensions overseas is longstanding and has been supported by successive Governments for over 70 years. There are no plans to change this policy.</p><p> </p><p>This Government continues to take the view that priority should be given to those living in Great Britain when drawing up expenditure plans for pensioner benefits.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/02/2022 15:48:07 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1420567

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
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, what recent progress has been made on securing reciprocal agreements with countries outside of the EU to facilitate the uprating of state pension to UK citizens living abroad.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	119832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The UK State Pension is payable worldwide to all who satisfy the qualifying conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The policy on the up-rating of UK State Pensions paid overseas is longstanding and has been supported by successive post-war governments for over 70 years.</p><p>The Government has no plans to change this policy.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 10/02/2022 16:36:39 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1401281

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
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, what steps her Department is taking to introduce a secure electronic system that will enable British citizens living overseas to submit documentary evidence as proof of entitlement particularly in relation to pensions.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Allan Dorans
uin	100692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>DWP already uses a secure electronic system to allow customers to upload certain categories of evidence to the department.</p><p> </p><p>We have been carrying out extensive research to expand this capability to cover other services such as pensions. Our expectation is that this capability will possibly be available towards the end of the next financial year 2022/3.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 17/01/2022 14:08:11 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4740 label Biography information for Allan Dorans

1382744

registered interest
date	26/11/2021
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 she will make an assessment of the appropriateness of exclusively using an American company to process payments of the state pension to British citizens living overseas which leaves claimants without payment in weeks of American state holidays.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	82316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>DWP utilise services provided by the pan-government Money Transmission Services (Lot 3) contract, owned by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to make payment to entitled customers who reside abroad. The contract was awarded in 2015 following procurement in compliance with Public Contract Regulations.</p><p> </p><p>Citibank is a global provider of international payments and provides a reliable and secure payment route for DWP customers in over 200 countries.</p><p> </p><p>Claimant payments are only affected by bank holidays in the country of residence and the payment is available for the customer on that country’s next working day.</p><p> </p><p>Payments to British citizens living overseas are not impacted by American state holidays.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 02/12/2021 12:56:07 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

1378070

registered interest
date	12/11/2021
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 assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the findings of the survey published by the End Frozen Pensions campaign on 2 November 2021 that 28 per cent of British pensioners with frozen overseas pensions are unable to access medication as a result of financial hardship.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	73875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>No assessment has been made. The decision to move abroad is voluntary and remains a personal choice dependent on the circumstances of the individual. This longstanding policy has been in place under successive governments for over 70 years.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 73876 question first answered 22/11/2021 16:09:55 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1378071

registered interest
date	12/11/2021
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 her Department is taking to monitor the impact of its policy on indexing state pensions overseas only for British pensioners in countries with reciprocal uprating agreements.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	73876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>No assessment has been made. The decision to move abroad is voluntary and remains a personal choice dependent on the circumstances of the individual. This longstanding policy has been in place under successive governments for over 70 years.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 73875 question first answered 22/11/2021 16:09:55 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1351005

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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 the Government has plans to form new reciprocal agreements to uprate the state pensions of British pensioners overseas.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	41027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government has no plans for new reciprocal agreements on pensions uprating with countries where pensions are not currently uprated.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/09/2021 12:46:47 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

1351006

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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 recent discussions she has had with her counterparts in (a) Canada, (b) Australia and (c) other governments on the uprating of the UK state pension overseas.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	41028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2021 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has had no recent discussions on the up-rating of the UK State Pension overseas with her counterparts in Canada, Australia, and governments of other countries where up-ratings are not paid. Up-ratings are paid where there is a legal requirement to do so. This is a longstanding policy and the Government has no plans to change it.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/09/2021 12:51:28 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch