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star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2016-02-01more like thismore than 2016-02-01
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star this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals remove filter
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star this property pref label House of Lords more like this
star this property question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of all (1) in-work, and (2) out-of-work, benefits paid in the UK as at March 2013 was received by recent EU migrants. more like this
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Lord Kinnock more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2016-02-15more like thismore than 2016-02-15
star this property answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the answer given by my Rt. Hon. Friend the Minister for Employment (Ms. Esther McVey) in the House of Commons on 20 November 2014 to Question number 211618 as below:</p><p>While the Government checks the immigration status of benefit claimants to ensure the benefit is paid properly and to prevent fraud, traditionally that information has not been collected as part of the payment administrative systems.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, 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> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has made a radical series of changes over the last year to restrict the access by non-UK citizens from the European Economic Area to UK benefits and tax credits. This is in order to protect the UK’s benefit system and discourage people who have no established connection with the UK from moving here, unless they have a job or a genuine prospect of work, or have savings to support themselves until they do.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
unstar this property answering member printed Lord Freud more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Freud more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Lord Kinnock more like this