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State Retirement Pensions: Migrants

Asked by Richard TiceReform UKDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 15 July 2025UIN 65637

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid in State Pension to people not born in the United Kingdom in (a) the most recent year for which data is available and (b) in each of the previous five years.

Answered by Torsten Bell

The Department does not hold information on the country of birth of individuals in receipt of the State Pension. State Pension eligibility is determined by an individual’s National Insurance record.

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