Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 13082

State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

Tabled: 6 November 2024
Answered: 12 November 2024

Question

Tracy Gilbert

LabourEdinburgh North and Leith

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to uprate the state pension for British pensioners residing overseas.

Answer

Emma Reynolds
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 and is only uprated abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so, for example in countries with ...

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