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date	16/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit: Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether child benefit is paid for children who are UK citizens but whose parents have no recourse to public funds; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>Access to Child Benefit follows the long-standing Government policy that those who have not established their right to remain permanently in the UK should not have welfare provision on the same basis as those whose citizenship or status here gives them an entitlement to benefits. All those admitted to the UK for a temporary purpose are required, under the immigration rules, to be able to maintain and accommodate themselves without recourse to public funds.</p><p> </p><p>For this reason, apart from specified exceptions – set out in the Social Security (Immigration and Asylum Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2000 – persons subject to immigration control are not eligible for Child Benefit.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 21/10/2019 15:46:38 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

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date	14/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Food: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for a hardship fund to assist people in greatest difficulty in the event that food prices rise following the UK exiting the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	26
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury routinely monitors economic conditions and risks, and the Government has a range of mechanisms available to support vulnerable people from price rises in food. We stand ready to take appropriate action in the event the UK exits the EU without a deal.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, officials estimate the direct impact of spending decisions on household living standards, and would continue to do so in any no deal response. This is a central consideration when allocating public funds.</p><p> </p><p>The temporary tariff regime, as confirmed on 8 October, took into account, amongst other things, the need to help mitigate any price rises that could affect UK consumers and supply chains. This was a key consideration when setting tariffs on all goods, including food.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 17/10/2019 15:43:07 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms