Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 59106

State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

Tabled: 11 June 2025
Answered: 18 June 2025

Question

Munira Wilson

Liberal DemocratTwickenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many overseas voters from Twickenham constituency are impacted by frozen British Pensions; and what steps she is taking to support those overseas voters.

Answer

Torsten Bell
UK State Pensions are payable worldwide, without regard to nationality, and are only up-rated abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so, for example in countries with which we have a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating. The policy on...

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