Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 120501

State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

Tabled: 12 March 2026

Answered: 17 March 2026

Question

Alex Brewer

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing MPs with formal opportunity to scrutinise the annual changes to pension thresholds for eligible pensions that live overseas.

Answer

Torsten Bell

The Social Security Benefits up-rating Regulations 2026 are consequential on the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2026. The regulations are subject to the negative procedure. They were laid on 6 March 2026 and will come into force on the same date...

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