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<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>
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