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Pensioners Overseas

Volume 455: debated on Wednesday 24 January 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in receipt of (a) a public sector pension and (b) a state pension live abroad, broken down by country of habitation. (114358)

Information about people in receipt of public service pensions who live abroad is not available. The information about state pension paid to people living outside of Great Britain is in the following table.

Recipients of state pension living abroad, broken down by country of habitation

Country

Number of pensioners in receipt of state pension

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Andorra

Anguilla

Antigua

Antilles (Netherlands)

Arab Emirates

Argentina

Ascension Island

Australia

245,000

Austria

5,000

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

3,000

Barbados

5,000

Belgium

5,000

Belize

Bermuda

Bolivia

Botswana

Brazil

Bulgaria

Canada

153,000

Cayman Islands

Chile

China Peoples Republic

Columbia

Costa Rica

Cyprus

11,000

Denmark

2,000

Djibouti

Dominica Commonwealth

1,000

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Fiji

Finland

France

35,000

Gambia

Germany

34,000

Ghana

Gibraltar

Greece

3,000

Grenada

1,000

Guam

Guinea

Guyana

Hong Kong

1,000

Hungary

Iceland

India

5,000

Indonesia

Iraq

Isle of Man

Israel

4,000

Italy

33,000

Jamaica

22,000

Japan

Kampuchea

Kenya

Kuwait

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Malagasy Republic

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldive Islands

Malta

4,000

Mauritius

Mexico

Monaco

Montserrat

Morocco

Namibia

Netherlands

8,000

Nevis St. Kitts Nevis

New Caledonia

New Zealand

47,000

Nigeria

3,000

Norway

1,000

Oman

Pakistan

6,000

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

1,000

Poland

2,000

Portugal

6,000

Qatar

Republic of Belarus

Republic of Bosnia Herzegovina

Republic of Croatia

Republic of Ireland

104,000

Republic of Kyrgyzstan

Republic of Latvia

Republic of Lithuania

Republic of Slovenia

Republic of Turkmenistan

Republic of Uzbekistan

Republic of Yemen

3,000

Rumania

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Singapore

South Africa

38,000

South Korea

Spain

76,000

Sri Lanka

St. Helena and Dependencies

St. Lucia

1,000

St. Vincent and Grenadines

Swaziland

Sweden

2,000

Switzerland

5,000

Syria

Taiwan

Tanzania

Thailand

1,000

The Czech Republic

The Russian Federation

The Slovak Republic

Tours

Trinidad and Tobago

1,000

Tunisia

Turkey

Turks and Caicos Islands

Uganda

Ukraine

Uruguay

USA

127,000

USSR

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Vietnam

Virgin Islands (British)

Virgin Islands (USA)

Yugoslavia

Zambia

Zimbabwe

3,000

Total

1,027,000

Note:

Figures rounded to the nearest 1,000. Case loads less than 1,000 are denoted by ‘—’.

Source:

March 2006 DWP Retirement Pension administrative data.