Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 13364

State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

Tabled: 8 November 2024
Answered: 12 November 2024

Question

Mr Angus MacDonald

Liberal DemocratInverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential financial impact of uprating the pensions of British pensioners overseas whose state pensions are currently frozen.

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 and is uprated abroad where we have a legal requirement to do so, for exa...

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