Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 8684

State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

Tabled: 11 October 2024

Answered: 16 October 2024

Question

Claire Hanna

Social Democratic & Labour Party — Belfast South and Mid Down

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will review the Government's policy on uprating the State Pension for people living overseas.

Answer

Emma Reynolds

There are no plans to review the policy on up-rating the UK State Pensions Overseas. UK State Pensions are payable worldwide, without regard to nationality, and are only uprated abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so, for example in countries ...

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