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date	12/10/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-UK EU citizens are in receipt of each of his Department's benefit to which they are entitled.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	107582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>The nationality and immigration status of claimants is not currently recorded on benefit payment systems. However the Department for Work and Pensions has published statistics on working age benefit recipients by nationality at point of National Insurance Number (NINo) registration. This is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/nationality-at-point-of-nino-registration-of-dwp-working-age-benefit-recipients-data-to-feb-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/nationality-at-point-of-nino-registration-of-dwp-working-age-benefit-recipients-data-to-feb-2017</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/analysis-of-migrants-access-to-income-related-benefits" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/analysis-of-migrants-access-to-income-related-benefits</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 19/10/2017 12:38:31 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

733100

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people from other EU countries were in receipt of (a) unemployment benefit and (b) in-work benefits in the most recent period for which figures are available; and what the cost to the public purse was of such payments in that period.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	1418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The nationality and immigration status of claimants is not currently recorded on benefit payment systems. However the Department for Work and Pensions has published some general statistics on working age benefit recipients claiming within 6 months of National Insurance Number (NINO) registration. The information requested can be found in the following report:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/nationality-at-point-of-nino-registration-of-dwp-working-age-benefit-recipients-data-to-feb-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/nationality-at-point-of-nino-registration-of-dwp-working-age-benefit-recipients-data-to-feb-2016</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on expenditure on DWP and HMRC benefits received by EEA nationals can be found in the following reports:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/502129/benefit-expenditure-eea-nationals-ad-hoc-stats.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/502129/benefit-expenditure-eea-nationals-ad-hoc-stats.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/548156/HMRC_-_Ad_Hoc_Stats_Release_-further_TC_statistics_on_EEA_Nationals_JULY_-_FINAL_23rd_August_2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/548156/HMRC_-_Ad_Hoc_Stats_Release_-further_TC_statistics_on_EEA_Nationals_JULY_-_FINAL_23rd_August_2016.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 04/07/2017 12:00:48 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

705723

registered interest
date	27/02/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the potential cost savings arising from the cessation of benefit payments to EU nationals after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	65601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>We're currently preparing for a smooth and orderly exit from the EU and by working together with our European neighbours we are confident we will be able to secure a deal that works in the mutual interests of both the UK and the rest of the European Union. We are considering various policy options and it would be wrong to set out further positions at this stage.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 02/03/2017 11:46:21 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

705724

registered interest
date	27/02/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total amount of benefits paid to non-UK citizens living in the UK was in 2016 by benefit type.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	65597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>DWP’s social security benefit system does not contain information on the nationality of the claimant.</p><p> </p><p>However, we have published an ad-hoc report on DWP benefit expenditure on EEA national-led claims in 2013/14, by benefit type. This information was published in February 2016 and is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/502129/benefit-expenditure-eea-nationals-ad-hoc-stats.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/502129/benefit-expenditure-eea-nationals-ad-hoc-stats.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Additionally, in August 2016, HMRC published information on Tax Credits and Child Benefit expenditure for EEA nationals in 2013/14. This information is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/548156/HMRC_-_Ad_Hoc_Stats_Release_-further_TC_statistics_on_EEA_Nationals_JULY_-_FINAL_23rd_August_2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/548156/HMRC_-_Ad_Hoc_Stats_Release_-further_TC_statistics_on_EEA_Nationals_JULY_-_FINAL_23rd_August_2016.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>For non-EEA nationals, the numbers in receipt of benefit is available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/nationality-at-point-of-nino-registration-of-dwp-working-age-benefit-recipients-data-to-feb-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/nationality-at-point-of-nino-registration-of-dwp-working-age-benefit-recipients-data-to-feb-2015</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 06/03/2017 15:21:19 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz