Question follow-through · 50943

State Retirement Pensions: National Insurance Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in receipt of the State Pension live outside the UK have less than (a) 35, (b) 20, (c) 10 and (d) 5 years of National Insurance contributions.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
8 May 2025
Target answer date
13 May 2025
Answer
13 May 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in receipt of the State Pension live outside the UK have less than (a) 35, (b) 20, (c) 10 and (d) 5 years of National Insurance contributions.

  2. 13 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 May 2025

    Answer published

    The information on the years of National Insurance contributions for State Pension recipients living outside the UK is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. The Department publishes the volumes of State Pension recipie...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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