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1052386

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
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, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 7 January (HL12466), with which non-EU countries the UK have entered negotiations to introduce reciprocal arrangements regarding annual increases in the state pension.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL13331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK is not currently in negotiations with any non-EU country concerning new arrangements to introduce annual increases in State Pension.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 12/02/2019 15:26:25 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1047827

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
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, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 7 January (HL12466), with which EU countries the UK currently has reciprocal arrangements covering the annual uprating of State Pensions in the EU to which they will revert if the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL13105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK has seventeen reciprocal social security agreements with EU Member States which are in use between some or all of the Crown Dependencies and the relevant EU country which provide for reciprocal uprating of state pension. The EU countries are: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. In the event the UK leaves without a withdrawal agreement, the UK will keep the role of pre-existing Reciprocal Agreements with individual Member States under review. Whether these come back into force will be subject to discussion and agreement between the UK and the relevant EU Member State.</p><p> </p><p>There are ten EU countries where there is no reciprocal social security agreement in place. Those countries are: Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.</p><p> </p><p>The UK government has taken the necessary steps to protect the rights of citizens through legislation and set out the measures it will take in a no deal scenario. The measures are based on the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement in the policy paper: “Citizens’ Rights - EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU” dated 6 December 2018. For social security arrangements, the UK will have retained EU law allowing the UK to apply the current social security coordination rules to protect those in receipt or entitled to a UK State Pension or benefit, including where they live in the EU. This will apply equally to citizens from all EU Member States. In a no deal scenario, we will uprate the UK State Pension for those living in the EU in 2019-20, with a view to securing continued reciprocal social security arrangements in future.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL13106 question first answered 31/01/2019 13:15:14 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1047828

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
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, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 7 January (HL12466), with which EU countries the UK does not have reciprocal arrangements covering the annual uprating of State Pensions in the EU to which they will revert if the UK leaves the EU; and with which of those countries they have entered negotiations for post-Brexit arrangements to replace the European Union Pensions Directive.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL13106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK has seventeen reciprocal social security agreements with EU Member States which are in use between some or all of the Crown Dependencies and the relevant EU country which provide for reciprocal uprating of state pension. The EU countries are: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. In the event the UK leaves without a withdrawal agreement, the UK will keep the role of pre-existing Reciprocal Agreements with individual Member States under review. Whether these come back into force will be subject to discussion and agreement between the UK and the relevant EU Member State.</p><p> </p><p>There are ten EU countries where there is no reciprocal social security agreement in place. Those countries are: Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.</p><p> </p><p>The UK government has taken the necessary steps to protect the rights of citizens through legislation and set out the measures it will take in a no deal scenario. The measures are based on the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement in the policy paper: “Citizens’ Rights - EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU” dated 6 December 2018. For social security arrangements, the UK will have retained EU law allowing the UK to apply the current social security coordination rules to protect those in receipt or entitled to a UK State Pension or benefit, including where they live in the EU. This will apply equally to citizens from all EU Member States. In a no deal scenario, we will uprate the UK State Pension for those living in the EU in 2019-20, with a view to securing continued reciprocal social security arrangements in future.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL13105 question first answered 31/01/2019 13:15:15 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

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

484840

registered interest
date	23/03/2016
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, for those countries and territories in which those in receipt of the UK state pension are subject to the frozen pensions regulations, what is the process necessary to negotiate reciprocal agreements for pensions to be uprated annually.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL7347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2016 answer text <p>There are a number of considerations around whether to initiate the negotiation of reciprocal agreements for pensions and other social security benefits. These include reciprocity between the social security systems in the respective countries, the movement of people between the two countries, and the affordability of concluding and administering an agreement.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 06/04/2016 12:27:01 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham