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State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

2026-05-18 · Department for Work and Pensions · 3038 · Official question

Rachel Gilmour

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of frozen state pensions on UK state pensioners residing overseas.

Answer

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. This a...