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454385

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to review the regulations relating to frozen state pensions.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL6343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government has a clear position, which has remained consistent for around 70 years: UK state pensions are payable worldwide and uprated abroad where we have a legal requirement to do so for example in the European Economic Area or countries where we have a reciprocal agreement that allows for uprating. There are no plans to change this.</p><p>Details of the numbers of people in receipt of the state pension, and whether they live in countries where the state pension is frozen or uprated, is included at Annex A. Countries where the UK state pension is up-rated are identified by an asterisk by the name of the country.</p><p>The Government’s view is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off in a reformed EU. Of course there is uncertainty about how a vote to leave the EU could impact on access to pensioner benefits for UK pensioners living in other parts of Europe. These questions would need to be answered as part of the process of negotiating the UK’s exit if there is a vote to leave. We could only consider the detail of access to pensions and benefits for people in receipt of UK state pensions who are resident in Europe as part of the process for leaving the EU.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann grouped question UIN HL6344 HL6345 HL6346 HL6347 question first answered 03/03/2016 15:52:43 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann attachment 1 file name Annex A Countries where people are in receipt of state pension.PDF title Annex A
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

454386

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	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 people living in each of the Overseas Territories are in receipt of a UK state pension which is (1) frozen, or (2) uprated annually.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL6344
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government has a clear position, which has remained consistent for around 70 years: UK state pensions are payable worldwide and uprated abroad where we have a legal requirement to do so for example in the European Economic Area or countries where we have a reciprocal agreement that allows for uprating. There are no plans to change this.</p><p>Details of the numbers of people in receipt of the state pension, and whether they live in countries where the state pension is frozen or uprated, is included at Annex A. Countries where the UK state pension is up-rated are identified by an asterisk by the name of the country.</p><p>The Government’s view is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off in a reformed EU. Of course there is uncertainty about how a vote to leave the EU could impact on access to pensioner benefits for UK pensioners living in other parts of Europe. These questions would need to be answered as part of the process of negotiating the UK’s exit if there is a vote to leave. We could only consider the detail of access to pensions and benefits for people in receipt of UK state pensions who are resident in Europe as part of the process for leaving the EU.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann grouped question UIN HL6343 HL6345 HL6346 HL6347 question first answered 03/03/2016 15:52:43 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann attachment 1 file name Annex A Countries where people are in receipt of state pension.PDF title Annex A
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

454387

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	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 people living in each of the countries of the Commonwealth are in receipt of a UK state pension which is (1) frozen, or (2) uprated annually.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL6345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government has a clear position, which has remained consistent for around 70 years: UK state pensions are payable worldwide and uprated abroad where we have a legal requirement to do so for example in the European Economic Area or countries where we have a reciprocal agreement that allows for uprating. There are no plans to change this.</p><p>Details of the numbers of people in receipt of the state pension, and whether they live in countries where the state pension is frozen or uprated, is included at Annex A. Countries where the UK state pension is up-rated are identified by an asterisk by the name of the country.</p><p>The Government’s view is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off in a reformed EU. Of course there is uncertainty about how a vote to leave the EU could impact on access to pensioner benefits for UK pensioners living in other parts of Europe. These questions would need to be answered as part of the process of negotiating the UK’s exit if there is a vote to leave. We could only consider the detail of access to pensions and benefits for people in receipt of UK state pensions who are resident in Europe as part of the process for leaving the EU.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann grouped question UIN HL6343 HL6344 HL6346 HL6347 question first answered 03/03/2016 15:52:43 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann attachment 1 file name Annex A Countries where people are in receipt of state pension.PDF title Annex A
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

454388

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	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 people living in each country of the EU are in receipt of the UK state pension which is currently uprated annually under EU regulations and reciprocal agreements, and what assessment they have made of what will happen to those pensions if the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL6346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government has a clear position, which has remained consistent for around 70 years: UK state pensions are payable worldwide and uprated abroad where we have a legal requirement to do so for example in the European Economic Area or countries where we have a reciprocal agreement that allows for uprating. There are no plans to change this.</p><p>Details of the numbers of people in receipt of the state pension, and whether they live in countries where the state pension is frozen or uprated, is included at Annex A. Countries where the UK state pension is up-rated are identified by an asterisk by the name of the country.</p><p>The Government’s view is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off in a reformed EU. Of course there is uncertainty about how a vote to leave the EU could impact on access to pensioner benefits for UK pensioners living in other parts of Europe. These questions would need to be answered as part of the process of negotiating the UK’s exit if there is a vote to leave. We could only consider the detail of access to pensions and benefits for people in receipt of UK state pensions who are resident in Europe as part of the process for leaving the EU.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann grouped question UIN HL6343 HL6344 HL6345 HL6347 question first answered 03/03/2016 15:52:43 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann attachment 1 file name Annex A Countries where people are in receipt of state pension.PDF title Annex A
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

454389

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	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 in which countries, excluding the Commonwealth, EU, or Overseas Territories, do people in receipt of the UK state pension receive annual uprating of their pension.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL6347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government has a clear position, which has remained consistent for around 70 years: UK state pensions are payable worldwide and uprated abroad where we have a legal requirement to do so for example in the European Economic Area or countries where we have a reciprocal agreement that allows for uprating. There are no plans to change this.</p><p>Details of the numbers of people in receipt of the state pension, and whether they live in countries where the state pension is frozen or uprated, is included at Annex A. Countries where the UK state pension is up-rated are identified by an asterisk by the name of the country.</p><p>The Government’s view is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off in a reformed EU. Of course there is uncertainty about how a vote to leave the EU could impact on access to pensioner benefits for UK pensioners living in other parts of Europe. These questions would need to be answered as part of the process of negotiating the UK’s exit if there is a vote to leave. We could only consider the detail of access to pensions and benefits for people in receipt of UK state pensions who are resident in Europe as part of the process for leaving the EU.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann grouped question UIN HL6343 HL6344 HL6345 HL6346 question first answered 03/03/2016 15:52:43 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann attachment 1 file name Annex A Countries where people are in receipt of state pension.PDF title Annex A
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham