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674376

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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 it is his policy to retain the principle of exportability for state pensions when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	60254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>UK State Pensions are payable worldwide under domestic legislation. There are no plans to change this policy.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 23/01/2017 15:12:05 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

669142

registered interest
date	06/01/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2016 to Question 50587, on state retirement pensions, by what means overseas claimants are audited.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	58970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Work &amp; Pensions (DWP) operates a proof of life programme (referred to as a Life Certificate) where State Pension customers residing permanently outside the United Kingdom are required to provide independent evidence, in the form of a witness statement, confirming that they are alive. The Life Certificate also provides verification of a customer’s address and contact telephone number and forms an integral part of DWP’s strategy to reduce fraud and error by ensuring that State Pension is paid to the right person at the right time. In addition to the Life Certificate, DWP has agreements in place with some countries to exchange data when a customer is deceased.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 16/01/2017 14:24:50 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

662662

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
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 Her Majesty’s Government whether they will give an assurance to UK citizens living in the EU and in receipt of the UK basic state pension that they will continue to receive the annual pension increase when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL4269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>Negotiating the details of the UK’s exit will take some time. The status of pensioners will need careful consideration and state pensions will be considered as part of the negotiations.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 21/12/2016 12:54:32 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

642868

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
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 Her Majesty’s Government how many UK pensioners whose pensions are frozen because they live overseas have moved back to the UK in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL3470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>There were 2,190 recipients of the UK State Pension who were resident overseas with non-uprated State Pensions on 31<sup>st</sup> May 2015 and who were resident in the UK on 31<sup>st</sup> May 2016.</p><p> </p><p><em>Source: DWP Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study 100% data.</em></p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><ol><li><em>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. </em></li><li><em>The administrative data on State Pension represents snapshots of information. To answer the question two snapshots of data have been compared but there could have been additional movements of residency during this time that would not be captured – for example if someone moved back to the UK but then left again before 31<sup>st</sup> May 2016.</em></li></ol> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 29/11/2016 12:35:02 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

641370

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
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 UK state pensioners who reside in the Irish Republic will receive annual updating of their UK state pension after the UK leaves the EU; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	54055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>The details for negotiating the UK’s exit from the EU will take some time. The status of pensioners will need to be carefully considered and state pensions will be considered carefully as part of the negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 28/11/2016 17:01:51 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

604957

registered interest
date	18/10/2016
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 plans to maintain the system whereby UK citizens who live and work in EU countries are able to build up their entitlement to a state pension in the UK, and EU citizens who live and work in the UK are able to build up their entitlement to a state pension in their native country, after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	49117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>The EU social security regulations allow citizens to build entitlement to a state pension from the EEA country where they have worked and contributed toward their pension, rather than building up entitlement in their native country through work in another country.</p><p>The Prime Minister has been clear that she wants to protect the rights of British citizens currently living in European member states, in the same way that we want to protect the status of EU nationals already living here. The reciprocal rights and entitlements that will apply following the UK’s exit are subject to the wider negotiation on our future relationship with the EU. Those negotiations have not yet begun and so it is not possible to set out any positions in advance. However at every step of the negotiations we will seek to ensure the best possible outcome for the British people, at home and abroad.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/10/2016 10:42:38 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

576280

registered interest
date	05/09/2016
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 Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to review their policy of freezing state pensions of British citizens residing in overseas countries, where there is no existing reciprocal social security arrangement in place.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL1520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <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 countries where a reciprocal agreement is in place that allows for uprating. There are no plans to change this or to assess the impact of British citizens’ choosing to retire abroad.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL1521 HL1522 question first answered 09/09/2016 12:03:42 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

576281

registered interest
date	05/09/2016
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 Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to negotiate extending reciprocal social security arrangements to overseas countries so as to facilitate an annual increase in the state pension for British citizens who retire to those countries.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL1521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <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 countries where a reciprocal agreement is in place that allows for uprating. There are no plans to change this or to assess the impact of British citizens’ choosing to retire abroad.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL1520 HL1522 question first answered 09/09/2016 12:03:42 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

576282

registered interest
date	05/09/2016
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 Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the average annual cost or saving to the public purse when a British citizen chooses to retire abroad rather than remain in the UK, assuming a continuing increase in the state pension.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL1522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <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 countries where a reciprocal agreement is in place that allows for uprating. There are no plans to change this or to assess the impact of British citizens’ choosing to retire abroad.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL1520 HL1521 question first answered 09/09/2016 12:03:42 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

573896

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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 implications for his Department's policy on the uprating of the pensions of British people living abroad of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Chippenham
tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
uin	44268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>We are about to begin negotiations for Britain’s future relationship with Europe and it would be wrong to set out unilateral positions in advance. At every step of these negotiations we will work to ensure the best possible outcome for the British people.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 44853 question first answered 07/09/2016 13:10:17 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan