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State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners have returned to the UK from countries where their state pension has been frozen in each of the last five years.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
3 Jan 2025
Target answer date
7 Jan 2025
Answer
9 Jan 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners have returned to the UK from countries where their state pension has been frozen in each of the last five years.

  2. 7 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The Department does not hold the information to be able to answer this question.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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