Asked by: Andrew Bingham (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of extending the triple lock guarantee to all British pensioners resident abroad; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Steve Webb
The triple lock guarantee is intended to reflect the circumstances of pensioners living in the UK. It means that for this Parliament the basic State Pension will increase by the highest of the growth in average earnings or price increases or 2.5 per cent, for pensioners in the UK and for those who live overseas and currently receive an up-rated basic State Pension.
There are no plans to change the up-rating arrangements for UK State Pension paid to pensioners overseas.
Asked by: Andrew Bingham (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of British pensioners resident abroad whose pensions have been frozen.
Answered by Steve Webb
The information as requested by nationality of State Pension recipient is not available.
However statistics on State Pensioners residing abroad by frozen and non frozen rate countries are available on the Department's website at:-
http://83.244.183.180/100pc/sp/tabtool_sp.html