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State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

Commons · Question 121764 · Tabled 18 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 24 Mar 2026

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Asked by Wera Hobhouse

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether consideration was given to laying the provision maintaining the frozen pensions policy, currently within the Social Security Up-Rating Regulations 2026 laid on the 6 March, as a standalone instr

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Answered by Torsten Bell, 24 Mar 2026

The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations 2026 are in general consequential on the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2026 and can only be laid once the Up-rating Order has been approved by Parliament. The Up-rating Regulations were laid on...