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<p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur
disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>As of February 2019, the estimated cost of uprating
State Pension in frozen rate countries was around £0.6 billion for 2022 to 2023. This
information is published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-costs-of-uprating-state-pension-in-frozen-rate-countries/estimated-costs-of-uprating-state-pension-in-frozen-rate-countries"
target="_blank">Estimated costs of uprating State Pension in frozen rate countries
- GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The total number of people in receipt of
a frozen State Pension abroad at a level under £100 per week was 428,830 as of November
2020. ‘UK citizenship’ is not defined/identifiable in this data. This information
is published on Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/dataCatalogueExplorer.xhtml"
target="_blank">Stat-Xplore - Home (dwp.gov.uk)</a></p><p>Figure rounded to the nearest
10.</p><p> </p><p>The policy on uprating UK State Pensions overseas is long-standing
and has been supported by successive post-war Government for over 70 years. We continue
to uprate UK State Pensions abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so – for
example where there is a reciprocal agreement that provides for uprating. There are
no plans to change this policy.</p>
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