Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which nations the UK has reciprocal pensions agreements with; when those agreements were signed; and if she will make a statement.
The UK has reciprocal social security agreements covering pensions with the countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA) listed in the table below. Social security and pension rights for people who have moved between the UK and the EEA countries and Switzerland are regulated by the EU social security coordination regulations. These regulations will remain in force until the end of the transition period, and will continue to apply after that period for individuals in scope of the Withdrawal Agreement.
Country | Date of Signature |
Barbados | 7 January 1992 |
Bermuda | 13 October 1969 (London) 23 October 1969 (Hamilton) |
Ireland1 | 1 February 2019 |
Israel | 25 April 1957 |
Jamaica | 12 November 1996 |
Mauritius | 22 April 1981 |
New Zealand | 1 November 1983 |
The Philippines | 27 February 1985 |
Turkey | 9 September 1959 |
USA | 13 February 1984 |
Former Yugoslavia2 | 24 May 1958 |
1 The agreement with Ireland maintains the social security and pensions rights associated with the Common Travel Area after the UK’s exit from the EU.
2 The agreement with Yugoslavia continues to be applied bilaterally, and with their consent, to the now separate republics – Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia.