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State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

Commons · Question 119180 · Tabled 9 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 17 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by James McMurdock

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will hold discussions with Governments in a) Australia and b) Canada on the potential for negotiating updated reciprocal social security agreements in relation to the uprating of the UK State Pens

Answer

Answered by Torsten Bell, 17 Mar 2026

There are no plans to hold discussions with any country on Reciprocal Agreements that include uprating of the State Pension.