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1606133

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what stage they have reached in negotiations with (1) the government of Canada, (2) the government of Australia, and (3) the government of New Zealand, on the annual uprating and payment of the UK state pension to beneficiaries resident in those countries.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Southwark
uin	HL6701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The government does not have a policy to increase the number of countries with which the UK has reciprocal agreements on state pensions. The government has no plans to change its social security relationship with these countries on state pensions.</p><p> </p><p>Requests for social security agreements may be raised in formal and informal meetings and in correspondence at both ministerial and official level. The Department for Work and Pensions does not, as a matter of routine, maintain full records of such requests. The department can, however, confirm that a response was provided to the government of Canada in August 2022 on its request to conclude a reciprocal agreement to include state pension uprating, where the department outlined its longstanding position as stated above.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL6705 question first answered 30/03/2023 11:49:02 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark

1606137

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have received from, or on behalf of the governments of (1) Canada, (2) Australia, and (3) New Zealand, in the past 12 months on the subject of UK state pensions paid to individuals resident in their territories, and their annual uprating in line with those paid in the United Kingdom; and what representations have they received from non-governmental groups on the same subject.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Southwark
uin	HL6705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The government does not have a policy to increase the number of countries with which the UK has reciprocal agreements on state pensions. The government has no plans to change its social security relationship with these countries on state pensions.</p><p> </p><p>Requests for social security agreements may be raised in formal and informal meetings and in correspondence at both ministerial and official level. The Department for Work and Pensions does not, as a matter of routine, maintain full records of such requests. The department can, however, confirm that a response was provided to the government of Canada in August 2022 on its request to conclude a reciprocal agreement to include state pension uprating, where the department outlined its longstanding position as stated above.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL6701 question first answered 30/03/2023 11:49:02 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark

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

1605689

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 had their pensions stopped incorrectly in 2022 broken down by nation.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	169389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>Where payments are stopped and then reinstated, this is due to late return or non-return of a life certificate rather than from anything incorrect on the part of DWP. The number of payments stopped as a result of late return or non-return are:</p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Albania</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Andorra</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anguilla</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Antigua</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Antilles (Netherlands)</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Armenia</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bahamas</p></td><td><p>211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladesh</p></td><td><p>429</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barbados</p></td><td><p>796</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Benin</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bermuda</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brazil</p></td><td><p>737</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>348</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burkina Faso</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>19,061</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cayman Islands</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central African Republic</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Costa Rica</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>1,831</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>126</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>525</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Djibouti</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dominican Republic</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Falkland Islands</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fiji</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>1,690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gambia</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Georgia</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grenada</p></td><td><p>217</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guam</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guyana</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hong Kong</p></td><td><p>527</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>1,934</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indonesia</p></td><td><p>246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Israel</p></td><td><p>426</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jamaica</p></td><td><p>2,847</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jordan</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya</p></td><td><p>234</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuwait</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kyrgyzstan</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liberia</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malawi</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malaysia</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maldive Islands</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mexico</p></td><td><p>454</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monaco</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montserrat</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morocco</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Korea</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Panama</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Philippines</p></td><td><p>1,564</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Puerto Rico</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of the Congo</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russia</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Saudi Arabia</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serbia &amp; Montenegro</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Seychelles</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Singapore</p></td><td><p>191</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sri Lanka</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Lucia</p></td><td><p>457</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Vincent/Grenadines</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudan</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swaziland</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Syria</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taiwan</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tanzania</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trinidad &amp; Tobago</p></td><td><p>264</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turks &amp; Caicos Islands</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uganda</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Arab Emirates</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uruguay</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vietnam</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Virgin Islands (British)</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Virgin Islands (USA)</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zimbabwe</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr></tbody></table><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 treat with caution.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 23/03/2023 12:56:16 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1604914

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
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 people in receipt of a UK pension live in countries without a reciprocal social security agreement with the UK by (a) the country they live in and (b) their gender.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	167143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>This information is published on Stat-Xplore <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a> and currently extends to November 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people in receipt of a UK State Pension living in countries without a reciprocal social security agreement with the UK is 298,294.</p><p> </p><p>The breakdown by country and gender are shown in the tables below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country of State Pension receipt</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Antigua</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>166</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Albania</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Algeria</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Andorra</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anguilla</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Antilles (Netherlands)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Argentina</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aruba</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ascension Island</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Australia</p></td><td><p>100,047</p></td><td><p>122,289</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bahamas</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bahrain</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladesh</p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>795</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belize</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolivia</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Botswana</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brazil</p></td><td><p>485</p></td><td><p>284</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brunei</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burkina Faso</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burma (Myanmar)</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cameroon</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cape Verde Islands</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cayman Islands</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chile</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>141</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>China People's Republic</p></td><td><p>249</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colombia</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>127</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cook Islands</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Costa Rica</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dom Commonwealth (Dominica)</p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p>244</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dominican Republic</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country of State Pension receipt</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ecuador</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>116</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>El Salvador</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Equatorial Guinea</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethiopia</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Falkland Islands &amp; Dep</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faroe Islands</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fiji</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>French Polynesia</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gambia</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ghana</p></td><td><p>451</p></td><td><p>388</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenland</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grenada</p></td><td><p>402</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guatemala</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guyana</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honduras</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hong Kong</p></td><td><p>1,510</p></td><td><p>904</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>2,145</p></td><td><p>2,113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indonesia</p></td><td><p>314</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iran</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iraq</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Japan</p></td><td><p>4,644</p></td><td><p>2,158</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jordan</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kampuchea</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya</p></td><td><p>345</p></td><td><p>305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuwait</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Laos</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lebanon</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lesotho</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Macau</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country of State Pension receipt</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malagasy Republic</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malawi</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malaysia</p></td><td><p>1,072</p></td><td><p>1,159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mexico</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>228</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monaco</p></td><td><p>246</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montserrat</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morocco</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mozambique</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Namibia</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nepal</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nevis, St Kitts-Nevis</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Caledonia</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nicaragua</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nigeria</p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td><td><p>804</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk Island</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oman</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>1,103</p></td><td><p>1,579</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Panama</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Papua New Guinea</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paraguay</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peru</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Qatar</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Azerbaijan</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Belarus</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Georgia</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Kazakhstan</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Kyrgyzstan</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Moldova</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Yemen</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>501</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russian Federation</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>San Marino</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Saudi Arabia</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senegal</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Seychelles</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sierra Leone</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Singapore</p></td><td><p>514</p></td><td><p>359</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country of State Pension receipt</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solomon Islands</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somalia</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Africa</p></td><td><p>12,932</p></td><td><p>17,411</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Korea</p></td><td><p>288</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sri Lanka</p></td><td><p>557</p></td><td><p>572</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helena &amp; Deps</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Lucia</p></td><td><p>376</p></td><td><p>454</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Vincents &amp; Grenadines</p></td><td><p>221</p></td><td><p>229</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudan</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surinam</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swaziland</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Syria</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tahiti</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taiwan</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tanzania</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thailand</p></td><td><p>4,777</p></td><td><p>586</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Togo</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tonga</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trinidad &amp; Tobago</p></td><td><p>456</p></td><td><p>843</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tunisia</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turks &amp; Caicos Islands</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uganda</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ukraine</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Arab Emirates</p></td><td><p>431</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United States Minor Outlying Islands</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uruguay</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vanuatu</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Venezuela</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vietnam</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Virgin Islands (British)</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Western Samoa</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zambia</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zimbabwe</p></td><td><p>311</p></td><td><p>546</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Please note:</p><p>1. The &quot;..&quot; denotes a nil or negligible number of claimants or award amount based on a nil or negligible number of claimants.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 23/03/2023 12:46:37 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1605007

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
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 stopped in 2022 because of life certificate forms and postal issues, broken down by country.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	167237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>DWP allows 16 weeks for the completed Life Certificate to be returned under normal circumstances. In 2022, DWP was notified of the postal issues effecting deliveries in Canada. In light of this, we reinstated the State Pension of those effected and extended the normal 16-week time limit by another 48 weeks for the completed Life Certificates to be returned.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>DWP does not maintain data regarding the temporary suspension of International State Pensions owing to postal issues, as this is not something the Department is able to determine. However, DWP does hold data for the temporary suspensions due to the non/late return of a Life Certificate in 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The number of UK State Pension customers whose payments were temporarily suspended due to the non/late return of Life Certificates issued in 2022 was 37,517; this is broken down by country as follows: -</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Albania</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Andorra</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anguilla</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Antigua</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Antilles (Netherlands)</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Armenia</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bahamas</p></td><td><p>211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladesh</p></td><td><p>429</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barbados</p></td><td><p>796</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Benin</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bermuda</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brazil</p></td><td><p>737</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>348</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burkina Faso</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>19,061</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cayman Islands</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central African Republic</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Costa Rica</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>1,831</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>126</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>525</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Djibouti</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dominican Republic</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Egypt</p></td><td><p>224</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Falkland Islands</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fiji</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>1,690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gambia</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Georgia</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenland</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grenada</p></td><td><p>217</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guam</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guyana</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hong Kong</p></td><td><p>527</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>1,934</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Indonesia</p></td><td><p>246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Israel</p></td><td><p>426</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jamaica</p></td><td><p>2,847</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jordan</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya</p></td><td><p>234</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuwait</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kyrgyzstan</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liberia</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malawi</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malaysia</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maldive Islands</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mexico</p></td><td><p>454</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monaco</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montserrat</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morocco</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Korea</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Panama</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Philippines</p></td><td><p>1,564</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Puerto Rico</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of the Congo</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russia</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Saudi Arabia</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serbia &amp; Montenegro</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Seychelles</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Singapore</p></td><td><p>191</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sri Lanka</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Lucia</p></td><td><p>457</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Vincent/Grenadines</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sudan</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swaziland</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Syria</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taiwan</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tanzania</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trinidad &amp; Tobago</p></td><td><p>264</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turks &amp; Caicos Islands</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uganda</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Arab Emirates</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uruguay</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vietnam</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Virgin Islands (British)</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Virgin Islands (USA)</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zimbabwe</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr></tbody></table><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 treat with caution.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 23/03/2023 12:51:08 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1602892

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
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 pensioners in (a) Canada and (b) elsewhere have been impacted by his Department's administrative errors relating to the processing of Proof of Life letters, which have led to the suspension of UK state pension payments.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	162298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>The issues which occurred in 2022, relating to the temporary suspension of the State Pension of some customers living in Canada, was not caused by DWP and was due to reasons outside the Department’s control.</p><p> </p><p>In 2022, there were 120,479 Life Certificates issued to State Pension customers living in Canada. DWP’s international postal provider confirmed there were postal issues in Canada due to air capacity. This resulted in the temporary suspension of 12,858 customers State Pension after 16 weeks of the issue of the Life Certificate, which was due to a completed Life Certificate not being returned within the prescribed time limit. At this point, corrective action was taken by DWP to reinstate the State Pension of all customers effected and allowed a further 48 weeks for customers to return their completed Life Certificate.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 16/03/2023 11:19:19 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1602893

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
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 steps he (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to rectify the administrative error with Proof of Life forms which led to some overseas pensioners having their State Pensions suspended.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	162299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>The issues which occurred in 2022, relating to the temporary suspension of the State Pension of some customers living in Canada, was not caused by DWP and was due to reasons outside the Department’s control.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>DWP is closely monitoring international postage issues with our service provider and we use this information to determine any necessary changes to the Life Certificates process. DWP is also monitoring the return of completed Life Certificates and, if we identify any particular postal issues within countries, we are allowing customers an additional 16 weeks to return their documents before any potential temporary payment suspensions may be required.</p><p> </p><p>The Life Certificate (CFN698) is a form which DWP routinely issues to customers in receipt of State Pension who permanently reside in certain countries outside the UK. The form is used to verify that the customer is still eligible to receive their State Pension and it is an integral part of DWP’s strategy to ensure that all overseas State Pensions are being paid correctly.</p><p> </p><p>Life Certificates are an integral part of protecting the public purse and are issued in accordance with The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 16/03/2023 11:22:07 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain