PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad (18 June 2014)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensions are paid to British citizens resident overseas.
Asked by:
Sir Christopher Chope (Conservative)
Asked by:
Sir Christopher Chope (Conservative)
Answer
Figures for the pension caseload are published on the DWP Tabulation tool here:
http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/sp/ccgor/ccsex/a_carate_r_ccgor_c_ccsex_nov13.html
No information is available on the nationality or citizenship of State Pensions recipients. However, in November 2013 there were approximately 1.21 million State Pensions paid outside of Great Britain. Not all of these will necessarily be to British citizens but may be to anyone who has built up an entitlement to a State Pension, regardless of nationality.
Answered by:
Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat)
23 June 2014
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