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1658689

registered interest
date	06/09/2023
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 review the decision to continue the freeze on pensions of overseas pensioners, in particular in nations where there is no reciprocal agreement in place; and what steps he is taking to establish reciprocal agreements where none exist.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	198175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The policy on up-rating UK State Pensions overseas is longstanding and has been supported by successive Governments for over 70 years.</p><p> </p><p>The UK State Pension is payable worldwide to those who meet the qualifying conditions and is up-rated overseas where there is a legal requirement to do so – for example where there is a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating. There are no plans to change this policy.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 11/09/2023 14:33:48 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1646508

registered interest
date	21/06/2023
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 merits of unfreezing the pensions of overseas pensioners.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
uin	190733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The UK State Pension is payable worldwide to those who meet the qualifying conditions, and we continue to up-rate it abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so – for example where there is a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating. There are no plans to change this policy.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 03/07/2023 10:35:17 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1626136

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
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 he is taking to ensure that UK State Pension recipients who are overseas residents receive annual index-linked increases.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	184010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>The UK State Pension is payable worldwide to those who meet the qualifying conditions, and we continue to up-rate it abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so – for example where there is a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating.</p><p> </p><p>People move abroad for many reasons and it is their own choice to do so. There is information available in leaflets and on GOV.UK on how to claim State Pension from overseas and on what the effect of going abroad will be on entitlement to the UK State Pension.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 18/05/2023 10:45:58 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1626329

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
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, how many individuals in receipt of state pension outside the UK reside in (a) a Commonwealth and (b) a non-Commonwealth country.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Rob Roberts
uin	184211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>There are around 465,000 individuals who are in receipt of State Pension who reside in a Commonwealth country (excluding the UK) and there are around 688,000 individuals who are in receipt of State Pension who reside in a non-Commonwealth Country.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Table 1. The number of individuals who are in receipt of the UK State Pension and reside outside the UK, grouped by whether they live in a Commonwealth or non-Commonwealth country, November 2020</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Individuals in receipt of State Pension</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commonwealth (Exl UK)</p></td><td><p>465,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-Commonwealth</p></td><td><p>688,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Rounded to the nearest 1000</p><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/dataCatalogueExplorer.xhtml" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore - Home (dwp.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 15/05/2023 16:46:47 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4810 label Biography information for Mr Rob Roberts

1626330

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
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 the average amount of state pension paid to individuals who live outside the UK is; and if he will provide a breakdown of the average state pension payment in each country in which recipients reside.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Rob Roberts
uin	184212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>In November 2020, the average (mean) amount of State Pension paid to individuals who live outside the UK was £70.61 per week.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Table 1. Average Amount of State Pension paid to individuals who live outside the UK, November 2020</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Residency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mean Weekly State Pension Amount </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outside United Kingdom</p></td><td><p>£ 70.61</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/dataCatalogueExplorer.xhtml" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore - Home (dwp.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>Below is a table of the average (mean) amount of State Pension paid to individuals who live outside the UK, broken down by country of residence, in November 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2. Average Amount of State Pension by Country of Residence, November 2020</p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p><strong>Country of Residence </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mean Weekly State Pension Amount </strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Abroad - Not known</p></td><td><p>£ 112.62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Albania</p></td><td><p>£ 110.57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alderney</p></td><td><p>£ 126.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Algeria</p></td><td><p>£ 62.41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Andorra</p></td><td><p>£ 94.96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anguilla</p></td><td><p>£ 64.93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Antigua</p></td><td><p>£ 74.02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Argentina</p></td><td><p>£ 65.18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aruba</p></td><td><p>£ 60.29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ascension Island</p></td><td><p>£ 91.68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Australia</p></td><td><p>£ 50.09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>£ 49.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Azerbaijan</p></td><td><p>£ 166.77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bahamas</p></td><td><p>£ 66.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bahrain</p></td><td><p>£ 97.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladesh</p></td><td><p>£ 39.49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barbados</p></td><td><p>£ 116.97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belarus</p></td><td><p>£ 111.17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>£ 63.62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belize</p></td><td><p>£ 85.01</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bermuda</p></td><td><p>£ 81.36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolivia</p></td><td><p>£ 106.19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bosnia and Herzegovina</p></td><td><p>£ 73.12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Botswana</p></td><td><p>£ 75.98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brazil</p></td><td><p>£ 81.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brunei</p></td><td><p>£ 121.78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>£ 122.47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burkina Faso</p></td><td><p>£ 54.09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambodia</p></td><td><p>£ 119.76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cameroon</p></td><td><p>£ 58.81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>£ 46.34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cape Verde</p></td><td><p>£ 52.18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cayman Islands</p></td><td><p>£ 89.42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chile</p></td><td><p>£ 72.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>China</p></td><td><p>£ 96.39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colombia</p></td><td><p>£ 89.09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cook Islands</p></td><td><p>£ 57.92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Costa Rica</p></td><td><p>£ 81.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>£ 122.54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>£ 58.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dom Commonwealth (Dominica)</p></td><td><p>£ 77.73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dominican Republic</p></td><td><p>£ 107.52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dutch Caribbean</p></td><td><p>£ 67.76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ecuador</p></td><td><p>£ 85.95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>£ 78.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>El Salvador</p></td><td><p>£ 80.36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Equatorial Guinea</p></td><td><p>£ 142.11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>£ 88.34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Falkland Islands and Dependencies</p></td><td><p>£ 85.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faroe Islands</p></td><td><p>£ 33.01</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fiji</p></td><td><p>£ 73.66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>£ 58.89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>£ 113.52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>French Overseas Departments</p></td><td><p>£ 84.34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>French Polynesia</p></td><td><p>£ 55.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gambia</p></td><td><p>£ 91.46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>£ 46.48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ghana</p></td><td><p>£ 56.69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gibraltar</p></td><td><p>£ 100.77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>£ 109.44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenland</p></td><td><p>£ 23.21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grenada</p></td><td><p>£ 77.33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guam</p></td><td><p>£ 83.49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guatemala</p></td><td><p>£ 77.73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guernsey</p></td><td><p>£ 84.86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guyana</p></td><td><p>£ 60.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honduras</p></td><td><p>£ 79.02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hong Kong</p></td><td><p>£ 85.42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>£ 102.32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iceland</p></td><td><p>£ 71.68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>£ 50.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indonesia</p></td><td><p>£ 106.53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iran</p></td><td><p>£ 70.85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iraq</p></td><td><p>£ 64.11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>£ 66.41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Man</p></td><td><p>£ 127.85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Israel</p></td><td><p>£ 101.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>£ 56.79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jamaica</p></td><td><p>£ 116.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Japan</p></td><td><p>£ 46.97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jersey</p></td><td><p>£ 70.02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jordan</p></td><td><p>£ 67.90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kazakhstan</p></td><td><p>£ 124.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya</p></td><td><p>£ 79.34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuwait</p></td><td><p>£ 103.54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kyrgyzstan</p></td><td><p>£ 76.07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Laos</p></td><td><p>£ 100.66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lebanon</p></td><td><p>£ 88.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lesotho</p></td><td><p>£ 59.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liechtenstein</p></td><td><p>£ 28.62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>£ 83.34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Macau</p></td><td><p>£ 77.52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Madagascar</p></td><td><p>£ 62.23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malawi</p></td><td><p>£ 71.90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malaysia</p></td><td><p>£ 77.87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>£ 104.22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mauritius</p></td><td><p>£ 108.25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mexico</p></td><td><p>£ 74.98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moldova</p></td><td><p>£ 124.94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monaco</p></td><td><p>£ 111.96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montserrat</p></td><td><p>£ 65.67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morocco</p></td><td><p>£ 75.51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mozambique</p></td><td><p>£ 74.56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Myanmar</p></td><td><p>£ 84.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Namibia</p></td><td><p>£ 70.17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nepal</p></td><td><p>£ 63.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>£ 55.81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nevis, St Kitts-Nevis</p></td><td><p>£ 75.56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Caledonia</p></td><td><p>£ 79.61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Zealand</p></td><td><p>£ 46.44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nicaragua</p></td><td><p>£ 79.72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>£ 27.65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk Island</p></td><td><p>£ 55.18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Macedonia</p></td><td><p>£ 24.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>£ 58.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oman</p></td><td><p>£ 89.53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>£ 48.74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Panama</p></td><td><p>£ 96.96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Papua New Guinea</p></td><td><p>£ 75.49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paraguay</p></td><td><p>£ 68.41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peru</p></td><td><p>£ 88.02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Philippines</p></td><td><p>£ 138.86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>£ 59.39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>£ 119.47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Puerto Rico</p></td><td><p>£ 77.32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Qatar</p></td><td><p>£ 113.55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Croatia</p></td><td><p>£ 62.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Estonia</p></td><td><p>£ 78.98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Georgia</p></td><td><p>£ 129.54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Latvia</p></td><td><p>£ 68.34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Lithuania</p></td><td><p>£ 42.71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Slovenia</p></td><td><p>£ 60.38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>£ 99.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russia</p></td><td><p>£ 85.51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Saint Helena &amp; Dependencies</p></td><td><p>£ 89.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>San Marino</p></td><td><p>£ 29.33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sark</p></td><td><p>£ 117.68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Saudi Arabia</p></td><td><p>£ 86.88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senegal</p></td><td><p>£ 74.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serbia</p></td><td><p>£ 123.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Seychelles</p></td><td><p>£ 79.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sierra Leone</p></td><td><p>£ 52.66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Singapore</p></td><td><p>£ 89.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solomon Islands</p></td><td><p>£ 79.08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somalia</p></td><td><p>£ 44.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Africa</p></td><td><p>£ 56.52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Korea</p></td><td><p>£ 41.69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>£ 120.61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sri Lanka</p></td><td><p>£ 59.98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Lucia</p></td><td><p>£ 76.63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Vincent &amp; Grenadines</p></td><td><p>£ 80.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>State Union of Serbia and Montenegro</p></td><td><p>£ 53.44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudan</p></td><td><p>£ 71.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suriname</p></td><td><p>£ 151.95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swaziland</p></td><td><p>£ 79.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>£ 57.52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>£ 51.98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Syria</p></td><td><p>£ 63.61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tahiti</p></td><td><p>£ 77.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taiwan</p></td><td><p>£ 105.85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tanzania</p></td><td><p>£ 87.61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thailand</p></td><td><p>£ 119.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>£ 92.30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Slovak Republic</p></td><td><p>£ 49.82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Togo</p></td><td><p>£ 50.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tonga</p></td><td><p>£ 73.36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tours (Individuals on Tour)</p></td><td><p>£ 133.34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trinidad &amp; Tobago</p></td><td><p>£ 55.37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tunisia</p></td><td><p>£ 88.16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkey</p></td><td><p>£ 132.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turks and Caicos Islands</p></td><td><p>£ 118.32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uganda</p></td><td><p>£ 88.33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ukraine</p></td><td><p>£ 115.86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Arab Emirates</p></td><td><p>£ 107.46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United States</p></td><td><p>£ 74.19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United States Minor Outlying Islands</p></td><td><p>£ 75.89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uruguay</p></td><td><p>£ 77.74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vanuatu</p></td><td><p>£ 85.86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Venezuela</p></td><td><p>£ 67.62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vietnam</p></td><td><p>£ 125.09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Virgin Islands (British)</p></td><td><p>£ 91.77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Virgin Islands (USA)</p></td><td><p>£ 72.74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Western Samoa</p></td><td><p>£ 34.12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yemen</p></td><td><p>£ 42.90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zambia</p></td><td><p>£ 75.67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zimbabwe</p></td><td><p>£ 48.98</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/dataCatalogueExplorer.xhtml" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore - Home (dwp.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 15/05/2023 16:48:05 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4810 label Biography information for Mr Rob Roberts

1626331

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
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 estimate of (a) the cost to the public purse of increasing the State Pension paid to UK pensioners resident overseas to the level it would have been had it increased in line with inflation in each year since 2010 and (b) the cost to the public purse of continuing to increase the State Pension paid to UK pensioners resident overseas in line with inflation in each year between 2023 and 2030, starting from that value.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Rob Roberts
uin	184213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>UK State Pensions are payable worldwide and up-rated overseas where there is a legal requirement to do so. The policy on up-rating UK State Pensions overseas is long-standing and has been supported by successive post-war Governments for over 70 years.</p><p> </p><p>In response to (a): No recent assessment has been made of the annual cost of uprating the UK State Pension to UK pensioners living abroad.</p><p> </p><p>In response to (b): The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 15/05/2023 16:48:26 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4810 label Biography information for Mr Rob Roberts

1607931

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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, how many UK pensioners living overseas had their pensions suspended in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 due to (i) non-return and (ii) late return of life certificates, broken down by country of residence.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	174429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>DWP holds data relating to the late and non-return of a Life Certificate for the 2019 period, which resulted in the temporary suspension of a customer’s State Pension payments. In 2019, 26,206 claims were temporarily suspended, which is broken down by country as shown in the following table: -</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of State Pension claims temporarily suspended in 2019 due to the late or non-return of a completed Life Certificate</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>1,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uganda</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iceland</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Costa Rica</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ukraine</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gambia</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jamaica</p></td><td><p>2,269</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>1,265</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Venezuela</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sierra Leone</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dominican Republic</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ecuador</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>539</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>116</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>624</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hong Kong</p></td><td><p>124</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fiji</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anguilla</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jordan</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montserrat</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malawi</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>15,798</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cook Islands</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk Islands</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Papua New Guinea</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Western Samoa</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ascension Island</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lesotho</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dominica</p></td><td><p>277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Korea</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oman</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lebanon</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peru</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serbia</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Namibia</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Libya</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tonga</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cape Verde Islands</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belarus</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladesh</p></td><td><p>473</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mauritius</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Azerbaijan</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kazakhstan</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vietnam</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Virgin Islands (British)</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taiwan</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Panama</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uruguay</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuwait</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liechtenstein</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Antilles (Netherlands)</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Kitts &amp; Nevis</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>1,529</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brazil</p></td><td><p>164</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vanuatu</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolivia</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambodia</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nepal</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brunei</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bosnia Herzegovina</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iran</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>127</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swaziland</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russia</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>As a result of the outbreak of COVID in 2020, DWP suspended the Life Certificate exercise in March 2020, to ensure that our customers were not negatively impacted by any postal service issues which could have resulted in their State Pension payments being temporarily suspended. Therefore, DWP does not hold any data for this period.</p><p> </p><p>DWP reintroduced the Life Certificate exercise in November 2021. Therefore, DWP does not hold any data for 2021, as any potential suspensions would be applied after 16 weeks of issue of the Life Certificate, which would mean that the suspension occurred in 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The Management Information used has been taken from the same operational source data systems as our published administrative data. However, as this Management Information is not a recognised National or Official Statistic, it has not been subjected to the same level of Quality Assurance. As a result, these figures should be treated with caution.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 30/03/2023 14:59:47 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1605425

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
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, from what location life certificate forms for UK pensioners living overseas are posted from; and which company is responsible for the posting of the forms.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	169423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>Life Certificates are issued from our supplier, Allied Publicity Services (APS) who is based in Runcorn, Cheshire.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 23/03/2023 12:53:04 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1605687

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
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, how many UK pensioners living overseas received a letter from his Department stating that their pensions had been stopped because of failing to return a completed life certificate form.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	169387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>This information is only available at disproportionate cost to The Department for Work &amp; Pensions as the Department does not have a business requirement for this information to be retained.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 28/03/2023 15:08:05 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1605688

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
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 discussions were held with the (a) Canadian Government and (b) Canadian High Commission in the UK on UK pensioners in Canada who had their pensions stopped in 2022 because of problems with life certificate forms.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	169388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions confirmed in writing to the Canadian High Commission in London on 24 August 2022 that measures had been implemented to enable the clearing of life certificates by telephone and that pensioners who had been impacted were encouraged to contact the International Pension Centre. It was confirmed that suspended payments would be backdated and that the Department had extended the period in which Canadian customers could return life certificates because of issues with the Canadian Postal System.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 28/03/2023 13:42:43 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden