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<p>The Government has a clear position, which has remained consistent for around 70
years: UK state pensions are payable worldwide and 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 agreement that allows for uprating. There are no plans
to change this.</p><p>Details of the numbers of people in receipt of the state pension,
and whether they live in countries where the state pension is frozen or uprated, is
included at Annex A. Countries where the UK state pension is up-rated are identified
by an asterisk by the name of the country.</p><p>The Government’s view is that the
UK will be stronger, safer and better off in a reformed EU. Of course there is uncertainty
about how a vote to leave the EU could impact on access to pensioner benefits for
UK pensioners living in other parts of Europe. These questions would need to be answered
as part of the process of negotiating the UK’s exit if there is a vote to leave. We
could only consider the detail of access to pensions and benefits for people in receipt
of UK state pensions who are resident in Europe as part of the process for leaving
the EU.</p>
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