HC Deb 25 June 1992 vol 210 cc308-11W
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.