State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

(asked on 20th March 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many UK pensioners living overseas had their pensions stopped incorrectly in 2022 broken down by nation.


Answered by
Laura Trott Portrait
Laura Trott
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
This question was answered on 23rd March 2023

Where payments are stopped and then reinstated, this is due to late return or non-return of a life certificate rather than from anything incorrect on the part of DWP. The number of payments stopped as a result of late return or non-return are:

Albania

7

Andorra

51

Anguilla

74

Antigua

88

Antilles (Netherlands)

8

Armenia

1

Bahamas

211

Bangladesh

429

Barbados

796

Benin

2

Bermuda

90

Brazil

737

Bulgaria

348

Burkina Faso

1

Canada

19,061

Cayman Islands

42

Central African Republic

1

Costa Rica

55

Croatia

105

Cyprus

1,831

Czech Republic

126

Denmark

525

Djibouti

1

Dominican Republic

38

Egypt

224

Estonia

18

Falkland Islands

11

Fiji

60

France

1,690

Gambia

50

Georgia

12

Greenland

0

Grenada

217

Guam

0

Guyana

86

Hong Kong

527

Hungary

146

India

1,934

Indonesia

246

Israel

426

Jamaica

2,847

Jordan

67

Kenya

234

Kuwait

17

Kyrgyzstan

5

Liberia

2

Luxembourg

85

Malawi

33

Malaysia

74

Maldive Islands

0

Mexico

454

Monaco

92

Montserrat

27

Morocco

7

North Korea

0

Panama

28

Philippines

1,564

Puerto Rico

4

Republic of the Congo

2

Russia

5

Saudi Arabia

3

Serbia & Montenegro

77

Seychelles

2

Singapore

191

Slovakia

8

Sri Lanka

30

St Lucia

457

St Vincent/Grenadines

190

Sudan

5

Swaziland

2

Switzerland

105

Syria

6

Taiwan

17

Tanzania

34

Trinidad & Tobago

264

Turks & Caicos Islands

4

Uganda

49

United Arab Emirates

50

Uruguay

22

Vietnam

88

Virgin Islands (British)

29

Virgin Islands (USA)

15

Zimbabwe

47

The Management Information used has been taken from the same operational source data systems as our published administrative data. However, as this Management Information is not a recognised National or Official Statistic, it has not been subjected to the same level of Quality Assurance. As a result, these figures should be treat with caution.

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