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	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government plans to maintain annual increases to pensions of UK citizens residing in the Republic of Ireland in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
	uin	245661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The UK and Ireland have signed a reciprocal agreement which will protect the social security rights of UK and Irish nationals living and/or working in each other’s state when the UK leaves the EU. The agreement, at the link below, allows for the payment of uprated state pensions to recipients living in Ireland.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/622/pdfs/uksi_20190622_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/622/pdfs/uksi_20190622_en.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 30/04/2019 12:42:55 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1122429

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2019
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) when and (b) with which countries her Department last signed reciprocal agreements on the uprating of pensions of UK residents overseas.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
	uin	246456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The UK last signed a reciprocal social security agreement with Ireland on 1 February 2019 to preserve the rights established through the Common Travel Area arrangements and currently facilitated by EU law. The agreement includes the uprating of pensions for UK and Irish nationals living and/or working in each other’s state once the UK leaves the EU.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 01/05/2019 10:34:49 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1122433

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2019
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department last held discussions with officials in the Government of (a) Australia, (b) Canada and (c) New Zealand on the establishment of reciprocal agreements in relation to the uprating of pensions of UK residents in those countries; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
	uin	246457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to hold discussions on uprating pensions with officials from the governments of Australia, Canada or New Zealand and no recent discussions have occurred.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 01/05/2019 10:42:45 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth