Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 12518

State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

Tabled: 4 November 2024

Answered: 11 November 2024

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing state pensions on British citizens living overseas.

Answer

Emma Reynolds

No assessment has been made. The UK's policy on the up-rating of the UK State Pension for recipients living overseas is a longstanding one. The UK state pension is payable worldwide without regard to nationality and is uprated abroad where we have a legal...

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