Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many citizens living in each EU member state, other than the UK, are in receipt of the UK state pension.

The UK State Pension is a contributory based pension payable worldwide regardless of nationality to those who meet the eligibility criteria. The table below shows the number of State Pension recipients resident in each EU country.

Recipients of the State Pension resident in EU countries, August 2016

Source: Department for Work and Pensions

1. Statistical disclosure control has been applied to this table to avoid the release of confidential data. Totals may not sum due to the disclosure control applied. August 2016 is the latest data available.
2. Note that the DWP does not administer State Pensions for Northern Ireland. The figures above relate solely to those that are administered by the DWP.