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	answer has question	wW1tLQyO
	answer has answering person	Grant Shapps
	answer text	<p>The government sympathise with the plight of those former public servants who are entitled to a Zimbabwe government pension. For years there have been problems with late payment or non-payment of pensions, and the benefits have been severely eroded. Officials from the FCO, and the British Embassy in Harare last raised Pensions with the Zimbabwean government in September.</p><p>As acknowledged by the OSPA, the responsibility for payment of these pensions rests squarely with the Zimbabwean government. The UK does not have any legal obligation or responsibility for the pensions of Zimbabwe former public service workers. This is because since 1923, the former Southern Rhodesia’s civil and public servants have been appointed on local terms.</p><p>Zimbabwe public service pensioners do not qualify for the payment of overseas pensions.</p>
	answer given date	2015-11-02
	answer has answering body	Department for International Development
	written answer has answering body	Department for International Development
Department for International Development	answering body has written answer	ru8PAdPl
Department for International Development	answering body has answer	ru8PAdPl
wW1tLQyO	question has answer	ru8PAdPl
Grant Shapps	answering person has answer	ru8PAdPl