Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether UK citizens who have paid the necessary national insurance and taxes in the UK and are resident in Spain are entitled to receive a full state pension; what other benefits and services they are entitled to; and if he will make a statement. [59421] Mr. Timms: Under EC law on the co-ordination of social security, UK citizens residing in Spain:
(a) receive their entitlements to UK State pension, including annual up-ratings, in full; (b) are eligible for winter fuel payments if aged 60 or over provided they became entitled before leaving the UK; (c) if entitled to bereavement benefits, receive them at the same rate as if they were living in the UK; (d) can receive incapacity benefit (payable to people under pension age who are incapable of work) if they became entitled before leaving the UK or, in certain circumstances, if the incapacity began after they have moved to Spain (e) can receive industrial injuries disablement benefit for an industrial accident or disease contracted in the UK; (f) are entitled to Spain's health care on the same basis as Spanish nationals, at the UK's expense, if they receive a state pension, bereavement benefit, incapacity benefit or industrial injuries disablement benefit only from the UK; (g) can receive child benefit and, depending on their income, child tax credit if they are receiving UK State pension, bereavement benefit, or incapacity benefit; (h) can, if under state pension age, receive contributory jobseeker's allowance on the basis of recent national insurance contributions for up to three months if they are looking for work in Spain; (i) can receive maternity allowance on the basis of recent earnings in the UK.
Depending on what provision Spain makes for its residents, UK citizens living there may receive some benefits or services from Spain. | 
