Pensions: Steve Webb defends reforms for new spouse claimants

From 2016, entitlement to a state pension will depend on an individual's own contributions, rather than the employment record of their spouse.

Mr Webb said some 200,000 overseas residents receive this payment at a cost of £410m a year.

But the change will equally affect spouses in the UK. 

via www.bbc.co.uk

There is no explanation of what happens to overseas wife/husband of a UK worker who dies soon after getting their pension. Who benefits from the money they paid into the system.