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St Helena: State Retirement Pensions

Commons · Question 83281 · Tabled 20 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 29 Oct 2025

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Asked by Sir Andrew Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 20 October 2025 to Questions (a) 81257 on Chagos Islands: Sovereignty and (b) 81258 on St Helena: British Nationals Abroad, what steps she is takin

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Answered by Stephen Doughty, 29 Oct 2025

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is working together with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to address the complex considerations concerning the unfreezing of pensions for St Helena. I have recently met ministerial collea...