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State Retirement Pensions: Foreign Nationals

Asked by Shaun DaviesLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 30 April 2025UIN 48197

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many foreign nationals who currently live outside of the UK are paid the state pension.

Answered by Torsten Bell

The Department does not hold data on the number of foreign nationals residing outside of the UK and in receipt of the UK State Pension. However, the Department does hold data on the number of individuals in receipt of the UK State Pension residing outside of the UK. As of August 2024, this was 1.1 million.

Source: DWP Stat-Xplore.

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