HC Deb 01 March 1957 vol 565 cc219-20W
Mr. F. Noel-Baker

asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance whether he will make arrangements for persons who are abroad for health reasons at the time that they become eligible for retirement pensions to draw those

IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM IRON AND STEEL, SCRAP AND WASTE, FIT ONLY FOR THE RECOVERY OF METAL
Country of consignment 1954 1955 1956
Tons £ Tons £ Tons £
Canada … 162,832 2,306,002 133,467 2,350,605 53,424 1,227,778
Western Germany … 174,005 2,915,770 13,112 194,438 14,964 232,236
Netherlands … 30,643 380,251 12,646 198,594 46,018 1,030,150
Belgium … 83,828 1,067,176 16,493 325,692 50,019 1,175,857
Morocco … 17,537 231,143 17,310 290,176 48,611 1,152,324
United States of America … 106,991 1,367,557 909,138 15,626,735 554,335 12,674,678
All other countires … 183,796 2,670,770 169,554 2,814,233 214,859 4,607,614
Total … 759,632 10,938,669 1,271,720 21,800,473 982,230 22,100,637

pensions by proxy until such time as they return to the United Kingdom, or to have their pensions paid into a deposit account.

Miss Pitt

An insured person who is abroad can qualify for a retirement pension in the same way as one who is in this country. He can have his pension paid to a bank or other agent or he can allow it to accumulate until he comes back to this country. If he is living abroad permanently, his pension can be sent to him there.