Question follow-through · 108263
State Retirement Pensions: Foreign Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-UK nationals have received the State Pension for the following financial years a) 2024/25 b) 2025/2026, and what was the total value of State Pension paid to those non-UK nationals in each
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 26 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 3 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-UK nationals have received the State Pension for the following financial years a) 2024/25 b) 2025/2026, and what was the total value of State Pension paid to those non-UK nationals in each
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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3 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Department does not hold data on the nationality of individuals in receipt of the State Pension, as nationality is not recorded as part of the State Pension claim process, as was the case under the last Conservative Government. Eligibility for the Sta...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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