§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what would be the annual cost of giving non-resident pensioners the same pensions uprating as for resident pensioners. [22778]
§ Mr. HealdThe estimated cost of paying fully indexed benefits to all state retirement and widow pensioners living abroad whose benefits are not uprated is £235 million a year-latest available figure based on April 1994 rates of benefit. The estimated cost of paying just the April 1994 uprating to these pensioners is estimated to be £16 million.