Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of UK Armed Forces veterans who are living overseas and in receipt of a frozen UK state pension; and what plans they have to ensure those veterans benefit from uplifts to their state pension from now on.

No such estimate has been made as the relevant information is not available.

Society is grateful to those who have served in the forces to defend our country. As well as a State Pension, many overseas veterans will receive an occupational pension which is up-rated in line with the consumer price index.

The UK's policy on the up-rating of the UK State Pension for recipients living overseas is a longstanding one. The UK state pension is payable worldwide without regard to nationality and is uprated abroad where we have a legal requirement to do so.