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385336

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	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: Migrants
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 24 June (HL540), whether they plan to make such assessments in future; and if not, why not.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL819
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Although data regarding claimant nationality is not currently recorded on benefit payment systems, Universal Credit will record such data, when EEA nationals are able to claim. The Department has no plans to make specific assessments regarding Polish nationals when such data becomes available. However, we will continue to monitor EEA nationals’ access to benefits more generally.</p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister has made clear that further steps are needed to reform welfare to reduce the incentives which have led to mass immigration from the EU.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 06/07/2015 11:59:13 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

381624

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	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: Migrants
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether Polish citizens of working age settled in the United Kingdom are more or less likely to claim benefits than the national average.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL540
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Specific assessments of the number of Polish benefit claimants as a proportion of the working age population are not available.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 24/06/2015 14:50:25 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

381627

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	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: Migrants
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many victims of trafficking with positive conclusive grounds decisions under the National Referral Mechanism have had applications for (1) Jobseeker's Allowance, and (2) Housing Benefit, refused since 1 January 2014.
	tabling member printed	Lord McColl of Dulwich
	uin	HL543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This information is not collected by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 23/06/2015 14:54:43 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	1892 label Biography information for Lord McColl of Dulwich

171847

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	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: Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on amendments required to EU law to limit the access of migrants to national welfare systems.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
	uin	906838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Ministers and officials are in regular dialogue with the European Commission and other Member States about the coordination of social security in the European Union. DWP Ministers and officials have met with a number of their European counterparts in recent months to discuss mutual matters of interest where reforms to the social security coordination system have been discussed.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 06/01/2015 13:15:31 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

349811

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2015
	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: Migrants
	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 who had previously been deported from the UK received benefit payments in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	1892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Departmental records show that no person deported from the UK received benefit payments in the years: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/06/2015 12:50:30 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

416786

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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: Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that migrants entering the UK do not receive instant access to welfare benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
	tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
	uin	9020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We have strict measures in place to ensure benefits are only paid to those people who have a legal right to live and work in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, people coming to the UK, or returning here, must demonstrate that they are habitually resident to be eligible for income-related benefits. Since 1 January 2014, most migrant jobseekers must also have been living in the UK for three months before any consideration can be given to whether they are habitually resident to be eligible to receive income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/09/2015 15:51:42 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

846180

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	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: Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department’s policy is on benefit entitlement for people who have lived in the UK for 10 or more years with indefinite leave to remain but do not have a biometric residency permit and cannot afford the fee.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	128868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>Access to income-related benefits is conditional upon satisfying a Habitual Residence Test (HRT) where claimants must provide proof of their nationality and immigration status; their employment (where appropriate) and habitual residence in the UK. Non-UK nationals who are granted leave to remain in the UK with the right to claim public funds must also satisfy the eligibility conditions of the benefit they are seeking to claim. Procedures are in place for DWP to seek verification from the Home Office if claimants are unable to provide proof of their nationality and immigration status.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 26/02/2018 12:57:23 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

982762

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	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: Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of benefits claims made by migrants with the right to work in the UK but not in possession of a Biometric Residence Permit in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	176460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>DWP procedures require non-UK nationals to provide proof of their UK immigration status upon application for an income related benefit. This may be in the form of a Home Office Biometric Residence Permit or a valid passport or visa stamped by the Home Office granting leave to remain and recourse to public funds. Claimants who provide proof of UK immigration status with recourse to claim public funds are eligible to claim DWP income-related benefits on the same basis as UK citizens.</p><p> </p><p>Biometric Residency Permits were introduced by the Home Office in December 2012. As of 31 May 2015 new regulations require non-EEA nationals, seeking permission from overseas to enter the UK for more than six months to apply for a Biometric Residence Permit from the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not centrally collect statistical information categorised by the type of immigration status document provided and the information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 22/10/2018 10:45:08 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

349812

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2015
	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: Migrants
	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 value was of benefit payments made to people who had previously been deported from the UK in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	1893
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>The Departmental records show that no benefit was paid to any person deported from the UK in the years: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/06/2015 12:41:17 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

604959

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2016
	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: Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that people who have been subject to a deportation order are not eligible to claim benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	49143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>We receive regular returns from data-matching. These identify cases where benefit is in payment in respect of an individual that Home Office data suggests no longer has legal basis to remain in the UK.</p><p>When we receive this information we review the case to establish the up-to-date position. Where the claimant appears to have no legitimate call on public funds we suspend benefit and write to the claimant telling them we will close their case unless they provide further information that establishes entitlement. If no such information is provided, we end their benefit claim.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/10/2016 10:36:36 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies