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1124160

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/05/2019
	date	01/05/2019
	date tabled	01/05/2019
	ddp created	01/05/2019 18:10:16
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	01/05/2019 18:26:15 13/05/2019 13:57:02
	hansard heading	Housing
	house id	1
	identifier	249857
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	13/05/2019 13:25:11
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities are without a five year housing land supply as a result of the decision to apply the new method of calculating housing need while awaiting the adoption of local plans.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Alistair Burt
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 249857
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	249857
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>We are committed to a plan-led system that delivers the homes this country needs, while protecting our precious environment. Up-to-date plans provide a sound basis for assessing land supply, and it is only where plans have become out-of-date that our standard method for assessing housing need is used instead. What this means in practice will depend on the amount of land with permission in each area, the protections that apply and the stage an emerging plan has reached, and so there is no national estimate of the impact. The National Planning Policy Framework protects emerging plans in certain circumstances, even in the absence of a five-year land supply, where a development would significantly undermine the plan.</p><p> </p> question first answered 13/05/2019 13:25:11
	creator	1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt

1124186

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/05/2019
	date	01/05/2019
	date tabled	01/05/2019
	ddp created	01/05/2019 18:11:18
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	01/05/2019 18:27:16 13/05/2019 13:53:05
	hansard heading	Housing: Disability
	house id	1
	identifier	249945
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	13/05/2019 13:21:33
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking under the Public Sector Equality Duty to ensure that disabled people are not negatively affected by the Government's housing policies.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
	tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 249945
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	249945
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Ensuring that our policies take into account the different needs of the population and ensure equality of experience, access and opportunity is not just the law, but it helps ensure that our interventions are effective and therefore worthwhile.</p><p>The department, like the rest of Government, takes the Public Sector Equality Duty very seriously, ensuring policy development and implementation appropriately takes into account the needs of people with disabilities.</p> question first answered 13/05/2019 13:21:33
	creator	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

1124229

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/05/2019
	date	01/05/2019
	date tabled	01/05/2019
	ddp created	01/05/2019 18:13:03
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	01/05/2019 18:28:55 13/05/2019 17:15:08
	hansard heading	Women's Centres: Wales
	house id	1
	identifier	249968
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	13/05/2019 16:43:59
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on expanding the provision of women's centres in Wales.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 249968
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	249968
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>As part of the Female Offender Strategy, we are committed to working with local and national partners to develop a ‘Residential Women’s Centre’ pilot in at least five sites across England and Wales. We have recently concluded our first phase of consultation with stakeholders, partners and providers. This has included close working with colleagues across Welsh government on any Wales-specific implications and requirements, as well as engagement with providers of women’s services in Wales. The Welsh Government also has representation on our Advisory Board for Female Offenders, which scrutinises the work of the Female Offender programme and the implementation of the Female Offender Strategy.</p><p>Whilst no decisions regarding the locations of the Residential Women’s Centre pilot have been made, we appreciate the need to ensure adequate provision of women’s support services in Wales. I have discussed this issue with Jane Hutt AM, Deputy Minister and Chief Whip, and look forward to continuing discussions with our Welsh partners on how best to achieve this.</p><p>HMPPS in Wales have also been working with colleagues in Welsh Government to develop a draft blueprint for justice services for women that reflects the landscape in Wales. This will outline a vision to enable devolved and non-devolved services to work together to deliver efficient and effective services that will deliver positive outcomes for individuals and the community and considers alternatives to custody for women in Wales, including women’s centres.</p><p>The blueprint development work has been discussed with the All Wales Criminal Justice Board, which includes Welsh Local Government Association representation.</p> question first answered 13/05/2019 16:43:59
	creator	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1124201

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/05/2019
	date	01/05/2019
	date tabled	01/05/2019
	ddp created	01/05/2019 18:11:55
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	ddp modified	01/05/2019 18:27:52 13/05/2019 09:34:02
	hansard heading	Counter-terrorism: Pakistan
	house id	1
	identifier	249948
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	13/05/2019 09:02:53
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Government’s Counter-Terrorism Associated Prosecutorial Reforms Initiative in Pakistan on the number of people who have been sentenced to death in those courts.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 249948
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	249948
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) takes its responsibility to do no harm very seriously. All CSSF programmes comply with the UK’s domestic and international human rights obligations and have robust measures in place to protect the human rights of beneficiaries.</p><p> </p><p>In order for programme teams to be able to assess the risks of UK activity that could affect human rights, all security and justice assistance is subject to Overseas Security and Justice Assistance (OSJAs). The OSJA is a risk management system used across Government to assess risk and consider what mitigation might be appropriate. The OSJA Guidance specifies at what point Ministerial approval is required.</p><p> </p><p>In order to determine the effectiveness of project activity, all CSSF programmes are subject to Annual Reviews, which score how effectively programmes have delivered their outputs and outcomes. In making an assessment the Annual Review considers how programme teams manage commercial partnerships, risk and budgets, adapt to changing contexts, , as well as assessing value for money. The Joint Funds Unit (JFU) plans to publish the Rule of Law 2017/18 Annual Review summary before the end of this Parliamentary session.</p><p> </p><p>Minister Field, the FCO Minister responsible for South Asia, receives regular updates on the risks associated with the Rule of Law programme’s activities. In addition, I reviewed all the relevant programme documentation, ahead of it being shared with the Joint Committee on National Security Strategy, who have taken an interest in this programme and requested further, sensitive documents on it.</p><p> </p><p>The OSJA covering the Counter-Terrorism Associated Prosecutorial Reforms Initiative was fully reviewed in December 2018. Completed OSJA checklists are sensitive internal documents providing an assessment of the human rights situation in a country at a given time and are regularly updated. These are not published. The Information Commissioner has previously reviewed and agreed with a Government decision not to disclose an OSJA on Pakistan.</p><p> </p><p>Last year the JFU commissioned an independent OSJA audit, in order to get a better understanding of how they are used across the CSSF. The audit itself contains a number of sensitive in-depth samples of OSJAs and therefore there are no plans to publish the audit.</p> question first answered 13/05/2019 09:02:53
	creator	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1124204

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/05/2019
	date	01/05/2019
	date tabled	01/05/2019
	ddp created	01/05/2019 18:12:02
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	ddp modified	01/05/2019 18:27:58 13/05/2019 09:35:03
	hansard heading	Counter-terrorism: Pakistan
	house id	1
	identifier	249951
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	13/05/2019 09:03:06
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Counter-Terrorism Associated Prosecutorial Reforms Initiative in Pakistan on conviction rates in the Pakistani anti-terror courts in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 249951
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	249951
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) takes its responsibility to do no harm very seriously. All CSSF programmes comply with the UK’s domestic and international human rights obligations and have robust measures in place to protect the human rights of beneficiaries.</p><p> </p><p>In order for programme teams to be able to assess the risks of UK activity that could affect human rights, all security and justice assistance is subject to Overseas Security and Justice Assistance (OSJAs). The OSJA is a risk management system used across Government to assess risk and consider what mitigation might be appropriate. The OSJA Guidance specifies at what point Ministerial approval is required.</p><p> </p><p>In order to determine the effectiveness of project activity, all CSSF programmes are subject to Annual Reviews, which score how effectively programmes have delivered their outputs and outcomes. In making an assessment the Annual Review considers how programme teams manage commercial partnerships, risk and budgets, adapt to changing contexts, , as well as assessing value for money. The Joint Funds Unit (JFU) plans to publish the Rule of Law 2017/18 Annual Review summary before the end of this Parliamentary session.</p><p> </p><p>Minister Field, the FCO Minister responsible for South Asia, receives regular updates on the risks associated with the Rule of Law programme’s activities. In addition, I reviewed all the relevant programme documentation, ahead of it being shared with the Joint Committee on National Security Strategy, who have taken an interest in this programme and requested further, sensitive documents on it.</p><p> </p><p>The OSJA covering the Counter-Terrorism Associated Prosecutorial Reforms Initiative was fully reviewed in December 2018. Completed OSJA checklists are sensitive internal documents providing an assessment of the human rights situation in a country at a given time and are regularly updated. These are not published. The Information Commissioner has previously reviewed and agreed with a Government decision not to disclose an OSJA on Pakistan.</p><p> </p><p>Last year the JFU commissioned an independent OSJA audit, in order to get a better understanding of how they are used across the CSSF. The audit itself contains a number of sensitive in-depth samples of OSJAs and therefore there are no plans to publish the audit.</p> question first answered 13/05/2019 09:03:06
	creator	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1124205

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/05/2019
	date	01/05/2019
	date tabled	01/05/2019
	ddp created	01/05/2019 18:12:04
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	ddp modified	01/05/2019 18:28:00 13/05/2019 09:36:09
	hansard heading	Counter-terrorism: Pakistan
	house id	1
	identifier	249952
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	13/05/2019 09:04:25
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the human rights risk assessments undertaken for the Government’s Counter-Terrorism Associated Prosecutorial Reforms Initiative in Pakistan in relation to the Government’s policy on Overseas Security and Justice Assistance.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 249952
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	249952
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) takes its responsibility to do no harm very seriously. All CSSF programmes comply with the UK’s domestic and international human rights obligations and have robust measures in place to protect the human rights of beneficiaries.</p><p> </p><p>In order for programme teams to be able to assess the risks of UK activity that could affect human rights, all security and justice assistance is subject to Overseas Security and Justice Assistance (OSJAs). The OSJA is a risk management system used across Government to assess risk and consider what mitigation might be appropriate. The OSJA Guidance specifies at what point Ministerial approval is required.</p><p> </p><p>In order to determine the effectiveness of project activity, all CSSF programmes are subject to Annual Reviews, which score how effectively programmes have delivered their outputs and outcomes. In making an assessment the Annual Review considers how programme teams manage commercial partnerships, risk and budgets, adapt to changing contexts, , as well as assessing value for money. The Joint Funds Unit (JFU) plans to publish the Rule of Law 2017/18 Annual Review summary before the end of this Parliamentary session.</p><p> </p><p>Minister Field, the FCO Minister responsible for South Asia, receives regular updates on the risks associated with the Rule of Law programme’s activities. In addition, I reviewed all the relevant programme documentation ahead of it being shared with the Joint Committee on National Security Strategy, who have taken an interest in this programme and requested further, sensitive documents on it.</p><p> </p><p>The OSJA covering the Counter-Terrorism Associated Prosecutorial Reforms Initiative was fully reviewed in December 2018. Completed OSJA checklists are sensitive internal documents providing an assessment of the human rights situation in a country at a given time and are regularly updated. These are not published. The Information Commissioner has previously reviewed and agreed with a Government decision not to disclose an OSJA on Pakistan.</p><p> </p><p>Last year the JFU commissioned an independent OSJA audit, in order to get a better understanding of how they are used across the CSSF. The audit itself contains a number of sensitive in-depth samples of OSJAs and therefore there are no plans to publish the audit.</p> question first answered 13/05/2019 09:04:25
	creator	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1124207

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/05/2019
	date	01/05/2019
	date tabled	01/05/2019
	ddp created	01/05/2019 18:12:09
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	ddp modified	01/05/2019 18:28:05 13/05/2019 09:36:08
	hansard heading	Counter-terrorism: Pakistan
	house id	1
	identifier	249953
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	13/05/2019 09:04:39
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what dates Ministerial approval was (a) sought and (b) given for human rights risk assessments carried out for the UK’s Counter-Terrorism Associated Prosecutorial Reforms Initiative in Pakistan under the OSJA policy.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 249953
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	249953
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) takes its responsibility to do no harm very seriously. All CSSF programmes comply with the UK’s domestic and international human rights obligations and have robust measures in place to protect the human rights of beneficiaries.</p><p> </p><p>In order for programme teams to be able to assess the risks of UK activity that could affect human rights, all security and justice assistance is subject to Overseas Security and Justice Assistance (OSJAs). The OSJA is a risk management system used across Government to assess risk and consider what mitigation might be appropriate. The OSJA Guidance specifies at what point Ministerial approval is required.</p><p> </p><p>In order to determine the effectiveness of project activity, all CSSF programmes are subject to Annual Reviews, which score how effectively programmes have delivered their outputs and outcomes. In making an assessment the Annual Review considers how programme teams manage commercial partnerships, risk and budgets, adapt to changing contexts, , as well as assessing value for money. The Joint Funds Unit (JFU) plans to publish the Rule of Law 2017/18 Annual Review summary before the end of this Parliamentary session.</p><p> </p><p>Minister Field, the FCO Minister responsible for South Asia, receives regular updates on the risks associated with the Rule of Law programme’s activities. In addition, I reviewed all the relevant programme documentation ahead of it being shared with the Joint Committee on National Security Strategy, who have taken an interest in this programme and requested further, sensitive documents on it.</p><p> </p><p>The OSJA covering the Counter-Terrorism Associated Prosecutorial Reforms Initiative was fully reviewed in December 2018. Completed OSJA checklists are sensitive internal documents providing an assessment of the human rights situation in a country at a given time and are regularly updated. These are not published. The Information Commissioner has previously reviewed and agreed with a Government decision not to disclose an OSJA on Pakistan.</p><p> </p><p>Last year the JFU commissioned an independent OSJA audit, in order to get a better understanding of how they are used across the CSSF. The audit itself contains a number of sensitive in-depth samples of OSJAs and therefore there are no plans to publish the audit.</p> question first answered 13/05/2019 09:04:39
	creator	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1124208

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/05/2019
	date	01/05/2019
	date tabled	01/05/2019
	ddp created	01/05/2019 18:12:11
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	ddp modified	01/05/2019 18:28:07 13/05/2019 09:36:06
	hansard heading	Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
	house id	1
	identifier	249954
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	13/05/2019 09:04:52
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the findings of the independent Overseas Security and Justice Assistance audit into the Conflict Stability and Security Fund commissioned by the Joint Funds Unit.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 249954
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	249954
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) takes its responsibility to do no harm very seriously. All CSSF programmes comply with the UK’s domestic and international human rights obligations and have robust measures in place to protect the human rights of beneficiaries.</p><p> </p><p>In order for programme teams to be able to assess the risks of UK activity that could affect human rights, all security and justice assistance is subject to Overseas Security and Justice Assistance (OSJAs). The OSJA is a risk management system used across Government to assess risk and consider what mitigation might be appropriate. The OSJA Guidance specifies at what point Ministerial approval is required.</p><p> </p><p>In order to determine the effectiveness of project activity, all CSSF programmes are subject to Annual Reviews, which score how effectively programmes have delivered their outputs and outcomes. In making an assessment the Annual Review considers how programme teams manage commercial partnerships, risk and budgets, adapt to changing contexts, , as well as assessing value for money. The Joint Funds Unit (JFU) plans to publish the Rule of Law 2017/18 Annual Review summary before the end of this Parliamentary session.</p><p> </p><p>Minister Field, the FCO Minister responsible for South Asia, receives regular updates on the risks associated with the Rule of Law programme’s activities. In addition, I reviewed all the relevant programme documentation ahead of it being shared with the Joint Committee on National Security Strategy, who have taken an interest in this programme and requested further, sensitive documents on it.</p><p> </p><p>The OSJA covering the Counter-Terrorism Associated Prosecutorial Reforms Initiative was fully reviewed in December 2018. Completed OSJA checklists are sensitive internal documents providing an assessment of the human rights situation in a country at a given time and are regularly updated. These are not published. The Information Commissioner has previously reviewed and agreed with a Government decision not to disclose an OSJA on Pakistan.</p><p> </p><p>Last year the JFU commissioned an independent OSJA audit, in order to get a better understanding of how they are used across the CSSF. The audit itself contains a number of sensitive in-depth samples of OSJAs and therefore there are no plans to publish the audit.</p> question first answered 13/05/2019 09:04:52
	creator	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1124222

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/05/2019
	date	01/05/2019
	date tabled	01/05/2019
	ddp created	01/05/2019 18:12:46
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	01/05/2019 18:28:40 14/05/2019 14:24:04
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Reciprocal Arrangements
	house id	1
	identifier	249961
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/05/2019 13:52:36
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what effect the UK leaving the EU without a deal would have on reciprocal pension agreements with EU member states.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 249961
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	249961
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government has consistently put citizens’ rights first in our negotiations with the EU. The best way to guarantee those rights, which include social security, both for UK nationals in the EU and EU citizens in the UK, is the deal that the Government has secured. The Government supported the amendment put forward by Alberto Costa MP which requires the Government to seek a joint UK/EU commitment to preserve the citizens’ rights section of the Withdrawal Agreement whatever the outcome of negotiations. The letter to the European Commission setting out the Government’s position and the Commission’s reply is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/costa-amendment-letter-to-the-eu-institutions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/costa-amendment-letter-to-the-eu-institutions</a></p><p> </p><p>The current EU arrangements providing for reciprocity in social security would no longer apply if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.</p> question first answered 14/05/2019 13:52:36
	creator	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1124223

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/05/2019
	date	01/05/2019
	date tabled	01/05/2019
	ddp created	01/05/2019 18:12:49
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	01/05/2019 18:28:42 14/05/2019 14:24:02
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Reciprocal Arrangements
	house id	1
	identifier	249962
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/05/2019 13:52:36
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions the Government have held with (a) the EU and (b) individual EU member states on reciprocal pension agreements after the UK leaves the EU.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 249962
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	249962
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government has consistently put citizens’ rights first in our negotiations with the EU. The best way to guarantee those rights, which include social security, both for UK nationals in the EU and EU citizens in the UK, is the deal that the Government has secured. The Government supported the amendment put forward by Alberto Costa MP which requires the Government to seek a joint UK/EU commitment to preserve the citizens’ rights section of the Withdrawal Agreement whatever the outcome of negotiations. The letter to the European Commission setting out the Government’s position and the Commission’s reply is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/costa-amendment-letter-to-the-eu-institutions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/costa-amendment-letter-to-the-eu-institutions</a></p><p> </p><p>The current EU arrangements providing for reciprocity in social security would no longer apply if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.</p> question first answered 14/05/2019 13:52:36
	creator	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell