Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 121763

State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

Tabled: 18 March 2026

Answered: 24 March 2026

Question

Wera Hobhouse

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will set out what criteria is used to determine whether provisions relating to the frozen overseas state pensions policy are laid under the Negative rather than Affirmative procedure.

Answer

Torsten Bell

The provisions in the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 2026 cannot be included in the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2026 because the powers on which the Up-rating Order relies are insufficiently wide to include these provisions. T...

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