Pensions: Reciprocal Arrangements

(asked on 3rd February 2020) - View Source

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.


Answered by
Guy Opperman Portrait
Guy Opperman
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 11th February 2020

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.

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