Curb On Pensions Claimed Through UK Spouses

Ministers have signalled a curb on people living abroad who are able to claim UK state pensions through their British spouses.

Pensions Minister Steve Webb said there are 220,000 people living outside the UK who receive some form of state pension based solely on their spouse's British work history - at a cost of £410m a year.

He said the Pensions Bill, which will be announced in the Queen's Speech on Wednesday, would stop new claims of this kind, but existing pensioners would be unaffected.

He told The Daily Telegraph: "Most people would think, you pay national insurance, you get a pension.

"But folk who have never been here - but happen to be married to someone who has - are getting pensions.

"Women married to British men, we are getting more of them claiming a pension based on his record.

"In some cases, they have never set foot in Britain at all."

The maximum each person can claim in a year is £3,500.

A decade ago, the number of overseas residents receiving such payments was 190,000.

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