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Mr. Waterson
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list those countries where (a) British pensioners are not in receipt of annual increments and (b) British pensioners are in receipt of annual increments, giving in each case the number of such pensioners thought to be currently resident in each country.
Miss Widdecombe
The tables show the numbers of pensioners in overseas countries where United Kingdom retirement and widow's pensions were paid at 31 December 1991. Table (A) lists the countries where annual pension upratings are not paid, and table (B) lists the countries where they are.
| Table (A): Number of retirement pensioners and widows benefit beneficiaries in overseas countries where annual pension increases are not paid | |
| Number | |
| Albania | 6 |
| Algeria | 5 |
| Andorra | 165 |
| Angola | 1 |
| Anguilla | 83 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 208 |
| Number | |
| Argentina | 198 |
| Ascencion Island | 3 |
| Australia | 144,381 |
| Bahamas | 148 |
| Bahrain | 27 |
| Bangladesh | 3,856 |
| Belize | 29 |
| Benin | 2 |
| Bolivia | 8 |
| Botswana | 73 |
| Brazil | 276 |
| Brunei | 17 |
| Bulgaria | 8 |
| Burma | 3 |
| C.I.S. | 748 |
| Cameroon | 3 |
| Canada | 108,385 |
| Cayman Islands | 50 |
| Central African Republic | 3 |
| Chile | 75 |
| China | 18 |
| Colombia | 24 |
| Cook Islands | 3 |
| Costa Rica | 16 |
| Cote D'Ivoire | 1 |
| Cuba | 1 |
| Czechoslovakia | 59 |
| Djibouti | 82 |
| Dominica, Commonwealth of | 552 |
| Dominican Republic | 157 |
| Ecquador | 12 |
| Egypt | 60 |
| El Salvador | 2 |
| Ethiopia | 33 |
| Falkland Islands and Dependencies | 14 |
| Faroe Islands | 6 |
| Fiji | 41 |
| Gambia | 30 |
| Ghana | 99 |
| Grenada | 659 |
| Guatemala | 7 |
| Guinea | 2 |
| Guyana | 198 |
| Haiti | 1 |
| Honduras | 6 |
| Hong Kong | 616 |
| Hungary | 209 |
| India | 3,637 |
| Indonesia | 27 |
| Iran | 3 |
| Iraq | 1 |
| Japan | 68 |
| Jordan | 11 |
| Kampuchea | 1 |
| Kenya | 504 |
| Kiribati | 5 |
| Kuwait | 5 |
| Lebanon | 17 |
| Lesotho | 9 |
| Liberia | 2 |
| Libya | 4 |
| Liechtenstein | 2 |
| Macau | 2 |
| Madagascar | 2 |
| Malawi | 78 |
| Malaysia | 101 |
| Maldive Islands | 2 |
| Mali | 1 |
| Mauritania | 2 |
| Mexico | 102 |
| Monaco | 220 |
| Mongolia | 1 |
| Montserrat | 296 |
| Morocco | 51 |
| Mozambique | 3 |
| Namibia | 23 |
| Mauru | 1 |
| Nepal | 14 |
| Number | |
| Netherlands Antilles | 6 |
| New Caledonia | 1 |
| New Zealand | 31,308 |
| Nicaragua | 2 |
| Nigeria | 206 |
| Norfolk Island | 14 |
| Oman | 25 |
| Pakistan | 6,975 |
| Panama | 6 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 |
| Paraguay | 4 |
| Peru | 51 |
| Poland | 2,312 |
| Qatar | 8 |
| Romania | 15 |
| Rwanda | 1 |
| St. Helena and Dependencies | 50 |
| St. Kitts-Nevis | 405 |
| St. Lucia | 746 |
| St. Vincent | 436 |
| San Marina | 2 |
| Saudi Arabia | 63 |
| Senegal | 10 |
| Seychelles | 43 |
| Sierra Leone | 57 |
| Singapore | 103 |
| Solomon Islands | 8 |
| Somalia | 61 |
| South Africa | 32,491 |
| South Korea | 4 |
| Sri Lanka | 182 |
| Sudan | 6 |
| Swaziland | 80 |
| Syria | 5 |
| Taiwan | 8 |
| Tanzania | 26 |
| Thailand | 128 |
| Togo | 4 |
| Tonga | 3 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 419 |
| Tunisia | 13 |
| Turks & Caicos Islands | 9 |
| Tuvalu | 2 |
| Uganda | 16 |
| United Arab Emirates | 90 |
| Uruguay | 17 |
| Vanuatu (New Hebrides) | 3 |
| Vatican City | 1 |
| Venezula | 43 |
| Virgin Islands, British | 31 |
| Western Samoa | 13 |
| Yemen Arab Republic | 1,692 |
| Zaire | 4 |
| Zambia | 185 |
| Zimbabwe | 5,069 |
| Table B: Number of retirement pensioners and widows benefit beneficiaries in overseas countries where annual pension increases are paid | |
| Number | |
| Alderney | 457 |
| Austria | 3,311 |
| Barbados1 | 1,585 |
| Belgium | 4,298 |
| Bermuda | 373 |
| Cyprus | 4,103 |
| Denmark | 488 |
| Finland | 100 |
| France (including Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Reunion Island) | 9,081 |
| Germany | 17,693 |
| Gibraltar | 461 |
| Greece | 1,262 |
| Guernsey | 5,134 |
| Iceland | 33 |
| Irish Republic | 66,196 |
| Number | |
| Israel | 2,772 |
| Italy | 15,263 |
| Jamaica | 16,388 |
| Jersey | 7,137 |
| Luxembourg | 94 |
| Malta | 1,988 |
| Mauritius | 187 |
| Netherlands | 3,778 |
| Norway | 297 |
| Philippines | 129 |
| Portugal (including Madeira) | 2,581 |
| Sark | 85 |
| Spain (including the Balearic and Canary Islands) | 23,979 |
| Sweden | 276 |
| Switzerland | 2,253 |
| Turkey | 355 |
| United States of America | 67,630 |
| Yugoslavia | 927 |
| 1 Increases will be paid from April 1992. | |