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State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

Commons · Question 12875 · Tabled 5 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 12 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Ayoub Khan

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of uprating the state pension for British pensioners residing overseas.

Answer

Answered by Emma Reynolds, 12 Nov 2024

No assessment has been made. The UK's policy on the up-rating of the UK State Pension for recipients living overseas is a longstanding one. The UK state pension is payable worldwide without regard to nationality and is uprated abroad where we have a legal...