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Manufacturing Industries: Yemen

Asked by Sarah CoombesLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 21 January 2026UIN 106360

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people she estimates have been impacted by the cessation of pension payments to Yemeni steelworkers who worked in Britani.

Answered by Torsten Bell

We are unable to identify which State Pension claimants are ex-steelworkers and therefore unable to provide any estimate of the number of people whose payment has stopped. As of May 2025, there are 832 State Pension recipients in the Yemen.

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