Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 121764

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, whether consideration was given to laying the provision maintaining the frozen pensions policy, currently within the Social Security Up-Rating Regulations 2026 laid on the 6 March, as a standalone instr

Answer

Torsten Bell

The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 2026 are in general consequential on the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2026 and can only be laid once the Up-rating Order has been approved by Parliament. The Up-rating Regulations were laid on...

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