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Written Question
State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
Friday 9th February 2018

Asked by: George Howarth (Labour - Knowsley)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 124527, whether people living in the UK who are not of pensionable age who then move to an EU country will have their pension uprated.

Answered by Guy Opperman

A UK national resident in the UK on the specified date who then seeks to move to an EU27 MS after the specified date is in scope of the Withdrawal Agreement for the purpose of state pension uprating if they have been subject to the legislation of an EU27 MS prior to the specified date.

We will want to discuss in future talks state pension uprating for individuals who are not covered by the Withdrawal Agreement.

Written Question
State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
Monday 29th January 2018

Asked by: George Howarth (Labour - Knowsley)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether UK state pensions will be uprated after the UK leaves the EU for (a) UK citizens of pension age who currently live in an EU country other than the UK, (b) UK citizens of less than pension age who reside in an EU country other than the UK and who intend to retire there and (c) UK citizens who reside in the UK and who intend to retire to an EU country other than the UK in the future.

Answered by Guy Opperman

The UK State Pension will remain payable worldwide under domestic legislation following our departure from the EU. We have now reached agreement with the EU to maintain State pension up-rating for those covered by the Withdrawal Agreement. This includes UK nationals living in the EU27 on the specified date or UK nationals who have been subject to the legislation of an EU27 member state prior to the specified date once they reach state pension age even if they are living in the UK on the specified date.

For UK nationals living in the EU on the specified date this includes people who are already receiving their UK State Pension as well as future UK State Pensioners who have not yet reached State Pension age. We will want to discuss in future talks State Pension up-rating for individuals who are not covered by the Withdrawal Agreement.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Dec 2017
Pension Equality for Women

"My hon. Friend is doing a good job in making his case, but may I put to him the words of a retired teacher from Knowsley who was born in July 1954? She says:

“The boy I sat next to in school was born in November 1953. We left school …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Dec 2017
Pension Equality for Women

"My hon. Friend is being very generous in giving way. To support that point, I shall quote a woman from Knowsley who was born in June 1955:

“My elderly mother had a stroke and I subsequently became her full-time carer. The last 10 years of her life were particularly difficult …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 13 Dec 2017
Work Capability Assessments

"The hon. Gentleman is making a fluent and powerful case. Does he agree that if there is a review of the process, two things need to happen? First, in clear, medically proven cases of mental illness, the medical evidence should be accepted without face-to-face examination. Secondly, the assessors and decision …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Oct 2017
Supported Housing

"Will my right hon. Friend give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Oct 2017
Supported Housing

"Good timing on my part! I suggest to my right hon. Friend that a fifth test might be in order: would any new Government scheme enable more supported housing to be built, thereby releasing family housing for those in housing need, while also saving money on care home costs further …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Oct 2017
Universal Credit Roll-out

"rose—..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Oct 2017
Universal Credit Roll-out

"Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. You have been admirably clear about the obligation that rests with the Government to address the situation they now find themselves in. Even if that is not cutting a Minister’s salary for not responding, should there not be in our Standing Orders …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 05 Jul 2017
State Pension Age for Women

"Will the Minister give way?..."
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