State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
(asked on 7th February 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress has been made on securing reciprocal agreements with countries outside of the EU to facilitate the uprating of state pension to UK citizens living abroad.
This question was answered on 10th February 2022
The UK State Pension is payable worldwide to all who satisfy the qualifying conditions.
The policy on the up-rating of UK State Pensions paid overseas is longstanding and has been supported by successive post-war governments for over 70 years.
The Government has no plans to change this policy.