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State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

Commons · Question 21570 · Tabled 3 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 9 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has taken steps to notify British pensioners retiring abroad that their pension may be frozen.

Answer

Answered by Emma Reynolds, 9 Jan 2025

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 requirement to do so. Up-rat...