State Retirement Pensions: Australia and Canada
(asked on 1st March 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons she has not had discussions with the Governments of (a) Canada and (b) Australia on up-rating UK state pensions overseas.
This question was answered on 9th March 2021
The policy on up-rating UK State Pensions overseas is longstanding and has been supported by successive Governments for over 70 years. Annual index-linked increases are paid to UK State Pension recipients where there is a legal requirement to do so, for example where recipients are living in countries where there is a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating.