PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
State Retirement Pensions: Canada (8 July 2021)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to remove the freeze and uprate on pensions of British-expats living in Canada.

Asked by:
Charlotte Nichols (Labour)

Answer

The Government has no plans to change this policy.

The policy on the up-rating of UK State Pensions paid overseas is longstanding and has been supported by successive post-war governments for over 70 years.


Answered by:
Guy Opperman (Conservative)
13 July 2021

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