Written question asked by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 16 February 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 22 February 2000. It was answered by Lord Rooker (Labour) on Tuesday, 22 February 2000 on behalf of the Department of Social Security.

Dept of Social Security

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the cost of up-rating in line with inflation the basic state pension of those pensioners living abroad on frozen pensions, for each of the next 10 years. - Including figures and fact that the precise information requested is not available.

Answer: Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what estimate he has made of the cost of up-rating in line with inflation the basic state pension of those pensioners living abroad on frozen pensions, for each of the next 10 years. [111108] Mr. Rooker: The precise information requested is not available. The cost of paying the 1990-2000 uprating of the State Retirement Pension to pensioners in frozen rate countries is estimated to be £25 million. The cost of increasing all of these pensions to the rate paid to pensioners resident in the UK is currently estimated to be £300 million.

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