Speeches

Craig Mackinlay – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Craig Mackinlay on 2015-11-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners who were living in countries where their pensions were frozen have moved back to the UK in each year since 2009.

Justin Tomlinson

The requested information is within the table below. This shows the numbers of pensioners who had been overseas and receiving a non-uprated pension who have returned to the UK during the year and were no longer having their pension non-uprated:

Year Numbers previously overseas resident with non-uprated pension who lived in the UK one year later
2009 2,000
2010 3,000
2011 3,000
2012 3,000
2013 2,000
2014 2,000

Source:
DWP 100% WPLS

Notes:
1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 1,000.
2. The period referenced in the table is from 1st March to the following last day in February.