Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 113617

State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Overseas

Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 25 February 2026

Question

Kate Osamor

Labour (Co-op)Edmonton and Winchmore Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there have been any further considerations over the uprating of frozen pensions for UK citizens abroad.

Answer

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

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