Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 81546
State Retirement Pensions: Undocumented Workers
Tabled: 13 October 2025
Answered: 22 October 2025
Question
Blake Stephenson
Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department withholds state pension payments to people convicted of illegal working.
Answer
Torsten BellAnyone convicted of a criminal offence and serving a custodial sentence in the UK is not eligible to receive State Pension payments during their imprisonment. People not in prison but convicted of illegal working, would not be making National Insurance co...
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