Question follow-through · 26379
Pensions: EU Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to amend rules on competent states for UK citizens residing in the UK who are (a) subject to EU Regulation E883/2004 and (b) receiving a small pension from another country.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 24 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 30 Jan 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to amend rules on competent states for UK citizens residing in the UK who are (a) subject to EU Regulation E883/2004 and (b) receiving a small pension from another country.
30 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jan 2025
Answer published
There are no plans to review the rules relating to competent states. The EU Regulation 883/2004 only applies to those in scope of the Withdrawal Agreement. The role of these regulations is to coordinate the differing EU social security systems. The UK is ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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