§ Mr. WyattTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether former Soviet citizens resident in this country qualify for the UK state pension; and if he will make a statement. [148718]
§ Malcolm WicksThe UK State Pension is payable generally to people who have paid or who are deemed to have paid sufficient National Insurance contributions while working and residing in this country.
Therefore, former Soviet citizens can only start to acquire entitlement to a UK State Pension from the time they become resident in the UK.