§ Baroness Greengrossasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many United Kingdom state pensioners in receipt of the United Kingdom state pension live in the Philippines; and how many Filipino state pensioners live in the United Kingdom; and [HL4659]
How many United Kingdom state pensioners living in the Philippines receive a frozen state pension; how many receive an annually uprated state pension; and whether they can estimate the annual cost of paying their state pensions; and [HL4660]
184WAWhen the social security reciprocal agreement with the Philippines providing for the annual uprating of the state pension was signed; and when it was implemented. [HL4661]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Baroness Hollis of Heigham)As at 4 January 2003, there were 680 people in receipt of UK state pension living in the Philippines. We do not have any information on the number of people in receipt of pensions from the Philippines living in the UK as there is no formal exchange of pension recipient information betweeen the UK and the Philippines.
Since 1 December 1989, all UK pensioners living in the Philippines benefit from the annual uprating of state pensions. We are unable to estimate the cost of paying these state pensions because the department now accounts for its administration and benefit expenditure by strategic objective, as set out in its public service agreements, and by individual requests for resources, as set out in the departmental estimates and accounts.
The social security reciprocal agreement between the UK and the Philippines was signed on 27 February 1985, but the agreement did not come into force until 1 December 1989.