State Retirement Pensions: Uprating
Commons · Question 17828 · Tabled 10 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Steve Darling
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration has he given to broadening the scope of countries where the UK state pension receives an annual increase.
Answer
Answered by Torsten Bell, 16 Jul 2026
UK State Pensions are payable worldwide, without regard to nationality and are only uprated abroad where we have a legal requirement to do so, for example in countries with which we have a reciprocal agreement that provides for uprating. This approach has...