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State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

Asked by Chris HinchliffLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 16 June 2025UIN 58449

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many overseas voters from North East Hertfordshire constituency are impacted by frozen British Pensions; and whether she is taking steps to help tackle this.

Answered by Torsten Bell

There are no plans to change the policy on frozen State Pension.

UK State Pensions are payable worldwide, without regard to nationality, and are only up-rated abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so, for example in countries with which we have a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating.

The policy on up-rating UK State Pension paid overseas is a longstanding one and has been in place for over 70 years.

The Department does not hold information on voter identification and is not able to reliably identify voters from a specific constituency among those whose State Pension has not been up-rated

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