Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the policy under which UK State Pensions are not uprated for pensioners resident in certain overseas countries; and whether she has plans to extend annual State Pension uprating to UK pensioners.

There are no plans to review the policy on uprating State Pensions for recipients resident overseas.

This approach has been supported by successive governments over many years including the Liberal Democrats and Conservative coalition government, with priority given to those living in the UK when drawing up expenditure plans for additional pensioner benefits.