HC Deb 03 November 1999 vol 337 cc243-6W
Mr. Viggers

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list(a) the countries in which UK retirement and other pensions are increased in line with inflation for residents therein and (b) those countries where they are not. [96329]

Mr. Rooker

The information is as follows.

Countries where UK state pensions are uprated

  • Austria
  • Barbados
  • Belgium
  • Bermuda
  • Channel Islands
  • Cyprus
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Gibraltar
  • Greece
  • Iceland
  • Italy
  • Israel
  • Jamaica
  • Liechtenstein
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Mauritius
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Philippines
  • Portugal
  • Republic of Ireland
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Turkey
  • United Kingdom
  • United States of America
  • Yugoslavia (including former members)

Countries where UK state pensions are not uprated

  • Albania
  • Algeria
  • Andorra
  • Angola
  • Anguilla
  • Antigua
  • Antilles (Netherlands)
  • Arab Emirates (United)
  • Argentina
  • Ascension Island
  • Australia
  • Bahamas
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Barbuda
  • Belize
  • Benin
  • Bhutan
  • Bissau (Guinea)
  • Bolivia
  • Botswana
  • Brazil
  • Brunei
  • Bulgaria
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burma
  • Cameroon
  • Canada
  • Cape Verde Islands
  • Cayman Islands
  • Chile
  • China Peoples Republic
  • Colombia
  • Congo
  • Cook Islands
  • Costa Rica
  • Cote D'Ivoire
  • Cuba
  • Djibouti
  • Dominican Commonwealth
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Ethiopia
  • Falkland Islands and Dependants
  • Faroe Islands
  • Fiji
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Grenada
  • Guam
  • Guatemala
  • Guinea
  • Guyana
  • Honduras
  • Hong Kong
  • Hungary
  • 245
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Japan
  • Jordan
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Kuwait
  • Lebanon
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Libya
  • Macau
  • Malagasy Republic
  • Malawi
  • Malaysia
  • Maldive Islands Mexico
  • Monaco
  • Mongolia
  • Montserrat
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Nepal
  • Nevis St Kitts - Nevis
  • New Caledonia
  • New Zealand
  • Nicaragua
  • Nigeria
  • Norfolk Island
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Panama
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Poland
  • Qatar
  • Republic of Belarus
  • Republic of Estonia
  • Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Republic of Latvia
  • Republic of Lithuania
  • Republic of Uzbekistan
  • Republic of Yemen
  • Rumania
  • Rwanda
  • Sabah
  • Samoa
  • San Marino
  • Sarawak
  • Saudia Arabia
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Solomon Islands
  • Somalia
  • South Africa
  • 246
  • South Korea
  • Sri Lanka
  • St Helena and Dependants
  • St Lucia
  • St Martins
  • St Vincent and Grenadines
  • Sudan
  • Surinam
  • Swaziland
  • Syria
  • Taiwan
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • The Czech Republic
  • The Russian Federation
  • The Slovak Republic
  • Togo
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tunisia
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Tuvalu
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • Uruguay
  • Vanuatu
  • Vatican City State
  • Venezuela
  • Vietnam
  • Virgin Islands (British)
  • Zaire
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe.

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