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Written Question
State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
Tuesday 8th July 2025

Asked by: Paul Holmes (Conservative - Hamble Valley)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with her Australian counterpart on negotiating a new reciprocal social security agreement for the uprating of UK State Pensions for UK pensioners residing in Australia.

Answered by Torsten Bell - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)

The Department has not engaged with their Australian counterparts on negotiating a new reciprocal social security agreement.

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