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810435

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many state pensions are being paid to people living overseas.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL4403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK State Pension is a contributory based pension payable worldwide, without regard to nationality, to those who meet the eligibility criteria. But it is up-rated abroad only where there is a legal requirement to do so - for example, where UK State Pension recipients are living within the European Economic Area, Switzerland and Gibraltar or in countries where there is a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating of the UK State Pension. This is a longstanding policy of successive Governments which has remained consistent for around 70 years.</p><p> </p><p>At May 2017, the latest date for which data is available, there were 1,215,200 recipients of the State Pension residing overseas; 678,100 recipients were resident in countries where annual increases of State Pension are paid, and 537,100 recipients were resident in countries where the State Pension is not up-rated. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL4404 question first answered 08/01/2018 17:04:50 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

810436

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people living overseas (1) benefit from annual state pension increases, and (2) have their state pension frozen.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL4404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK State Pension is a contributory based pension payable worldwide, without regard to nationality, to those who meet the eligibility criteria. But it is up-rated abroad only where there is a legal requirement to do so - for example, where UK State Pension recipients are living within the European Economic Area, Switzerland and Gibraltar or in countries where there is a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating of the UK State Pension. This is a longstanding policy of successive Governments which has remained consistent for around 70 years.</p><p> </p><p>At May 2017, the latest date for which data is available, there were 1,215,200 recipients of the State Pension residing overseas; 678,100 recipients were resident in countries where annual increases of State Pension are paid, and 537,100 recipients were resident in countries where the State Pension is not up-rated. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL4403 question first answered 08/01/2018 17:04:50 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

806371

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what decisions they will take on the post-Brexit indexing of UK pensions paid to UK citizens resident in the EU, following their interim agreement with the EU on citizens' rights.
tabling member printed	Lord Teverson
uin	HL4169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>We have now reached agreement with the EU to maintain State Pension up-rating for those covered by the Withdrawal Agreement. 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.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 20/12/2017 11:55:18 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	3789 label Biography information for Lord Teverson

717800

registered interest
date	04/04/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with pensioner organisations regarding the impact of the reduction in the exchange rate of the pound sterling on the incomes of citizens in receipt of the UK state pension who live outside the UK in (1) the EU, (2) the Overseas Territories, and (3) elsewhere in the world.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL6609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>The DWP does not hold information on pensioner incomes overseas. The exchange rate is always subject to fluctuation and as a result State Pension payments in other currencies will change depending on the exchange rate at the time.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 20/04/2017 09:35:26 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

717802

registered interest
date	04/04/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many citizens living in each EU member state, other than the UK, are in receipt of the UK state pension.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL6611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p><strong></strong>The UK State Pension is a contributory based pension payable worldwide regardless of nationality to those who meet the eligibility criteria. The table below shows the number of State Pension recipients resident in each EU country.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Recipients of the State Pension resident in EU countries, August 2016</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Caseload</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>134,950</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>108,442</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>66,556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>42,862</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>37,135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>18,768</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>13,008</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>10,675</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>6,491</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>5,998</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>5,726</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>5,407</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>5,255</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>3,414</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>2,853</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>1,559</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>1,182</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>905</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>655</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>587</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>485</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>302</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>259</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Department for Work and Pensions</p><p> </p><ol><li>Statistical disclosure control has been applied to this table to avoid the release of confidential data. Totals may not sum due to the disclosure control applied. August 2016 is the latest data available.</li><li>Note that the DWP does not administer State Pensions for Northern Ireland. The figures above relate solely to those that are administered by the DWP.</li></ol><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 20/04/2017 10:19:02 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

717803

registered interest
date	04/04/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which EU member states have individual reciprocal agreements with the UK regarding annual increases in the state pension.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL6612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>The United Kingdom’s reciprocal social security agreements with EU Member States as well as Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland are generally superseded by EU law. The reciprocal agreements with Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland all made provision regarding annual increases in the state pension.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 20/04/2017 10:19:19 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

678214

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what reciprocal arrangements will be put in place to guarantee, after the UK leaves the EU, the annual increase of the basic state pension for UK citizens who have retired to countries in the European Union which do not currently have reciprocal arrangements with the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL4943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>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 and the Government has not yet begun these negotiations.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley grouped question UIN HL4944 question first answered 30/01/2017 16:52:36 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

678215

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the annual increase of the basic state pension for UK citizens who have retired to Spain will continue after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL4944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>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 and the Government has not yet begun these negotiations.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley grouped question UIN HL4943 question first answered 30/01/2017 16:52:36 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

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