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State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

Commons · Question 13082 · Tabled 6 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 12 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Tracy Gilbert

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to uprate the state pension for British pensioners residing overseas.

Answer

Answered by Emma Reynolds, 12 Nov 2024

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 and is only uprated abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so, for example in countries with ...