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State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

Commons · Question 12874 · Tabled 5 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 12 Nov 2024

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Asked by Ayoub Khan

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support British state pensioners residing overseas.

Answer

Answered by Emma Reynolds, 12 Nov 2024

UK State Pensions are payable worldwide, without regard to nationality, based on a person’s National Insurance record. People move abroad for many reasons and may have access to their host country’s benefit system or other sources of income such as an occ...