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994659

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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 state pensions of UK pensioners living in the EEA will continue to be up-rated annually after the UK leaves the EU; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	183890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK State Pension will remain payable worldwide following our departure from the EU. We have now reached agreement with the EU to maintain State Pension up-rating for those covered by the Withdrawal Agreement, subject to reciprocity. This information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safeguarding-the-position-of-eu-citizens-in-the-uk-and-uk-nationals-in-the-eu" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safeguarding-the-position-of-eu-citizens-in-the-uk-and-uk-nationals-in-the-eu</a></p><p> </p><p>For UK State Pension recipients living in the EU on the specified date, this includes those who are already receiving their UK State Pension as well as future UK State Pension recipients. We will wish to discuss State Pension up-rating for individuals not covered by the Withdrawal Agreement in future talks. We are currently in discussion with the EEA-EFTA states (Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein) and Switzerland on agreements to protect the rights of UK nationals living in those countries and their nationals living in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 02/11/2018 14:55:58 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

943202

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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 estimate of the cost to the public purse of uprating the state pension, for UK pensioners residing overseas, in line with the state pension in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	165094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The cost of up-rating State Pensions overseas where they are not currently up-rated would be over £0.5 billion per year if all pensions in payment were increased to current UK levels. These costs would increase in future years. The policy on up-rating state pensions overseas is a long-standing one. It has been the policy of successive post-war Governments for around 70 years - UK State Pensions are payable worldwide and are uprated abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so, for example in the European Economic Area (EEA) and in countries with which we have a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating. We have no plans to change this policy.</p><p>The Department regularly receives representations from Commonwealth countries on the up-rating of UK State Pension for pensioners residing in those countries.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 165095 165096 question first answered 23/07/2018 14:08:53 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

943203

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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 plans her Department has to update the state pension for UK pensioners residing overseas; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	165095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The cost of up-rating State Pensions overseas where they are not currently up-rated would be over £0.5 billion per year if all pensions in payment were increased to current UK levels. These costs would increase in future years. The policy on up-rating state pensions overseas is a long-standing one. It has been the policy of successive post-war Governments for around 70 years - UK State Pensions are payable worldwide and are uprated abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so, for example in the European Economic Area (EEA) and in countries with which we have a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating. We have no plans to change this policy.</p><p>The Department regularly receives representations from Commonwealth countries on the up-rating of UK State Pension for pensioners residing in those countries.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 165094 165096 question first answered 23/07/2018 14:08:54 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

943204

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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 representations her Department has received from Commonwealth countries on the uprating of UK state pensions for pensioners residing in those countries.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	165096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The cost of up-rating State Pensions overseas where they are not currently up-rated would be over £0.5 billion per year if all pensions in payment were increased to current UK levels. These costs would increase in future years. The policy on up-rating state pensions overseas is a long-standing one. It has been the policy of successive post-war Governments for around 70 years - UK State Pensions are payable worldwide and are uprated abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so, for example in the European Economic Area (EEA) and in countries with which we have a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating. We have no plans to change this policy.</p><p>The Department regularly receives representations from Commonwealth countries on the up-rating of UK State Pension for pensioners residing in those countries.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 165094 165095 question first answered 23/07/2018 14:08:54 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

856187

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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 February 2018 to Question 125256, for what reasons she will not change this long-standing policy and revoke regulation three of the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 2017.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
uin	131353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The policy on uprating pensions abroad is a long-standing one of successive post-war Governments. UK State Pensions are payable worldwide, however they are up-rated overseas only where there is a legal requirement to do so.</p><p> </p><p>There are two main reasons for not paying annual up-ratings to non-residents. First, up-ratings are based on levels of earnings growth and price inflation in the UK which have no direct relevance where the pensioner is resident overseas. Second, the cost of up-rating state pensions overseas in countries where we do not currently up-rate would increase immediately by over £0.5 billion per year if all pensions in payment were increased to current UK levels.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 12/03/2018 13:49:26 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

850181

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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 timeliness of state pension payments to UK nationals living abroad whose payments have been outsourced to an American Bank.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	129749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The payment of state pensions to UK nationals has not been outsourced.</p><p> </p><p>Benefit and pension payments are dispersed to overseas customers on their due date in accordance with clearance times stipulated by each countries international clearing house. These can fluctuate between 2 and 11 days, depending on the countries processing regulations.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 01/03/2018 14:17:20 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

850182

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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 her Department has outsourced the payment of state pensions for UK nationals who live abroad to a bank based in the United States.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	129750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The Payment of state pensions to UK nationals has not been outsourced.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions continues to make assessments for all customer benefits. When issuing benefits and pensions to customers overseas, the Department has to use a sponsor bank to facilitate the payments. The Department’s current banking provider for overseas payments is Citibank N.A (London Branch). The Bulk Foreign Exchange Services contract is contracted by HM Revenue &amp; Customs through the office of Government Banking on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions. Benefit and pension payments to overseas countries are forwarded by Citibank to the appropriate country’s clearing service which then disperses them directly to the customer’s chosen bank.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 01/03/2018 14:11:56 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

847723

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
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 number of UK pensioners who live overseas who will return to live in the UK due to the lack of uprating to state pensions.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
uin	129399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The decision to move abroad is voluntary and remains a personal choice dependent on the circumstances of the individual. The policy on up-rating UK state pensions overseas is a long-standing policy of successive Governments. UK State Pensions are payable worldwide without regard to nationality to those people who meet the eligibility criteria and are up-rated for recipients resident abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so. HM Revenue and Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions publish information on the effect of moving abroad on the State Pension which is available at: www.gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 01/03/2018 15:47:19 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

834808

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
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 29 January 2018 to Question 124527, whether people living in the UK who are not of pensionable age who then move to an EU country will have their pension uprated.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
uin	126230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>A UK national resident in the UK on the specified date who then seeks to move to an EU27 MS after the specified date is in scope of the Withdrawal Agreement for the purpose of state pension uprating if they have been subject to the legislation of an EU27 MS prior to the specified date.</p><p> </p><p>We will want to discuss in future talks state pension uprating for individuals who are not covered by the Withdrawal Agreement.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 09/02/2018 11:25:01 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

832940

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
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 23 January 2018 to Question 123025, if she will revoke regulation 3 of the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 2017.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
uin	125256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>The policy on up-rating UK state pensions overseas is a long-standing policy of successive Governments. UK State Pensions are payable worldwide without regard to nationality to those people who meet the eligibility criteria and are up-rated for recipients resident abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so. The Government has no plans to change this policy.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 02/02/2018 16:59:41 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid