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1016483

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2018
	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: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 54 of the Political Declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom, how many non-UK EU nationals (a) currently living in the UK and (b) expected to be living in the UK over the next 15 years will qualify for social security support from the public purse; what benefits those people will be eligible for; and what estimate he has made of the cost of providing those benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	196900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Office of National Statistics (ONS) provide data on the population of the UK by country of birth and nationality. In addition, overall population projections for the UK (though not split by nationality) are made. These can be accessed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/datasets/populationoftheunitedkingdombycountryofbirthandnationality" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/datasets/populationoftheunitedkingdombycountryofbirthandnationality</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationprojections/bulletins/nationalpopulationprojections/2016basedstatisticalbulletin" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationprojections/bulletins/nationalpopulationprojections/2016basedstatisticalbulletin</a></p><p> </p><p>The ONS estimate that there around 3.7m EU nationals living in the UK as of 2017/18. However, they do not have figures on the number of EU nationals expected to be resident in the UK in 15 years’ time.</p><p> </p><p>In the Political Declaration we have agreed to consider addressing social security coordination in the light of future movement of persons.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/12/2018 10:49:18 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Alok Sharma previous answer version 89712 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1019493

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	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: 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 EU nationals have claimed each type of benefit in each year since 2000.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	198252
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The nationality and immigration status of claimants is not currently recorded on benefit payment systems.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Department has published statistics relating to access to income-related benefits for EEA and non-EEA migrants in the ad hoc publication “Analysis of migrants’ access to income-related benefits”, published last year and available at:</p><p> </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><p> </p><p>The Department has also published statistics on working age benefit recipients by nationality at point of National Insurance Number (NINO) registration. This information is included in the “Statistical Bulletin on Nationality at point of National Insurance Number registration of DWP working age benefit recipients: data to November 2017”, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/nationality-at-point-of-national-insurance-number-registration-of-dwp-working-age-benefit-recipients-data-to-november-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/nationality-at-point-of-national-insurance-number-registration-of-dwp-working-age-benefit-recipients-data-to-november-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/12/2018 17:59:13 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1019902

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	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: 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 assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of widening the entitlement to UK welfare payments for EU citizens fleeing domestic violence in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	198882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to tackling violence against all people, including domestic abuse which shatters the lives of victims and families.</p><p> </p><p>EU citizens are permitted to claim income-related benefits if they are legally and habitually resident in the UK and satisfy the eligibility conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s consultation, ‘Transforming the Response to Domestic Abuse’, which ended in May 2018, sought views on protection and support for victims of domestic abuse, including those with no recourse to public funds. The Home Office is currently analysing the consultation responses and will publish the Government’s response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 10/12/2018 13:47:41 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1039006

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	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 discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on ensuring that EU citizens in the process of seeking settled status in the UK will continue to be able to access social security benefits while awaiting the outcome of their application.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	207294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government has reached an agreement with the EU guaranteeing the rights of EU citizens living in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has already made public its plans for protecting the rights of EU citizens. This will be done through the EU settlement scheme, published on 21 June 2018 and available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/718237/EU_Settlement_Scheme_SOI_June_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/718237/EU_Settlement_Scheme_SOI_June_2018.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 15/01/2019 17:13:00 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1043122

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2019
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2019 to Question 207294 on Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals, what discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on how EU Nationals' access to social security will be maintained for those awaiting the outcome of their application to the EU settlement scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	209877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government has reached an agreement with the EU guaranteeing the rights of EU citizens living in the UK.</p><p>The Government has already made public its plans for protecting the rights of EU citizens. This will be done through the EU settlement scheme, published on 21 June 2018 and available at:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/718237/EU_Settlement_Scheme_SOI_June_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/718237/EU_Settlement</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 22/01/2019 17:44:59 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1077727

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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, if she will publish the guidance provided to her Department's decision makers on the management of benefit entitlements for EU nationals with settled or pre-settled status.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
	tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
	uin	226205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>EU citizens and their family members with settled status or pre-settled status will have the same access as they currently do to healthcare, pensions and other benefits in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance for decision makers can be found in the Decision Makers’ Guide (DMG) and Advice for Decision Making Guide (ADM) available online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/decision-makers-guide-staff-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/decision-makers-guide-staff-guide</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advice-for-decision-making-staff-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advice-for-decision-making-staff-guide</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Departmental guidance is supplemented with updates when legal and procedural changes are introduced.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/03/2019 17:36:03 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1125287

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	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 assessment she has made of the effect of the (a) Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, (b) Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 and (c) Social Security (Income-related Benefits) (Updating and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 on the right of people with pre-settled status to access public funds.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	252029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government has always been clear that EU, EEA and Swiss nationals and their family members granted status through the EU Settlement Scheme will be able to continue their lives in the UK much as before, with the same entitlements as now to access benefits, social housing and homelessness assistance services. Those granted pre-settled status under the scheme will not have any change in their entitlement to access benefits and services.</p><p> </p><p>A consultation has not been carried out as these regulations do not reflect a change in the existing rules or government policy and therefore will not have any adverse effects. These regulations provide legal clarity to claimants, applicants, decision makers and local authorities, delivering continuity and ensuring that the existing rules are applied fairly.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 252030 question first answered 13/05/2019 16:21:24 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

143434

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2014
	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: 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 of the people assessed under the minimum earnings threshold since its introduction have been found not to be in genuine and effective work.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	213901
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Since March 2014, the Minimum Earnings Threshold has helped Jobcentre Plus and HMRC determine whether an EEA national undertaking work activity can be treated as a ‘worker’ or ‘self-employed’ person for the purposes of certain means-tested benefits and tax credits (including Jobseekers Allowance, Housing Benefit, Child Tax Credit and Child Benefit). The Minimum Earnings Threshold helps determine whether an individual’s work is (or has been) ‘genuine and effective’. In general the claimant has to show that they have been earning £153 per week (point at which employed earners have to start paying National Insurance Contributions) for 3 consecutive months. Where this threshold has not been met then decision-makers will consider the specific details of the case.</p><p> </p><p>We do not collect specific information on the number of EEA national claimants who have been assessed against the Minimum Earnings Threshold, nor on the number of EEA nationals whose work has been found to not be ‘genuine and effective’ under that test.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 213902 question first answered 17/11/2014 12:30:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

156440

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	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: 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 (a) number and (b) proportion of nationals of each EU country who are in the UK and claiming benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	214938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not available as nationality and immigration status of claimants is not currently recorded on benefit payment systems. However the Department has published some general statistics on working age benefit recipients claiming within 6 months of National Insurance Number (NINO) registration. This information is known as “Nationality at point of National Insurance number registration of DWP benefit claimants” and is included in the “Statistical Bulletin on National Insurance Number Allocations to Adult Overseas Nationals Entering the UK – registrations to June 2014”, available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-insurance-number-allocations-to-adult-overseas-nationals-entering-the-uk-to-june-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-insurance-number-allocations-to-adult-overseas-nationals-entering-the-uk-to-june-2014</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Government is looking at ways to reform the current administrative system under Universal Credit so that it will systematically record nationality and immigration status of migrants who make a claim.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/11/2014 17:41:56 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Philip Davies

175167

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2015
	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: 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 steps the Government has taken to gain greater control over the type and amount of benefits paid to EU nationals who reside in the UK but are not in employment.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
	uin	221521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>Over the last year, the UK Government has introduced a number of restrictions to benefits which are designed to ensure that our welfare system focusses support towards those who have come to the UK and are contributing to our economy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since December 2013 EEA nationals have had to take a stronger, more robust Habitual Residence Test (HRT) if they want to claim income-related benefits. If they pass the HRT, EEA job seekers must have been living in the UK for three months before they can claim income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance. If they satisfy these requirements, they are only able to claim Jobseeker’s Allowance for three months.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>From 1 April 2014 new EEA job seekers have been unable to access Housing Benefit, even if they were in receipt of Jobseeker’s Allowance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 27/01/2015 13:45:18 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley