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1343068

registered interest
date	01/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 2 November 2020 to Question 106891 on Windrush Lessons Learned Review, with reference to the review of how immigration status and no recourse to public funds interact with free school meals and other educational entitlements, which was planned to conclude by the end of 2020, what (a) recent steps she has taken to progress that review, (b) reason that review did not conclude in accordance with that timeframe, and (c) her revised timetable is for completing that review; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	25712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2021 answer text <p>The Department for Education is finalising its review of access to free school meals and other educational entitlements for families with no recourse to public funds. Home Office officials are supporting that work and I understand you met my Rt hon Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, earlier this year to discuss progress on the review. In the meantime, the temporary extension of eligibility to free school meals will continue until a long-term policy position has been agreed.</p><p>Current guidance regarding the extension to free school meals can be viewed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-free-school-meals-guidance/guidance-for-the-temporary-extension-of-free-school-meals-eligibility-to-nrpf-groups" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-free-school-meals-guidance/guidance-for-the-temporary-extension-of-free-school-meals-eligibility-to-nrpf-groups(opens in a new tab)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 06/07/2021 15:55:45 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1305073

registered interest
date	23/03/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on reviewing the health stream of the compliant environment.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	174000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>An independent evaluation on right to rent is currently being carried out with the final report due this summer.</p><p>Progress is being made to examine all of the individual measures that comprise the compliant environment as part of the response to recommendation 7. Healthcare is being assessed concurrently with all the other measures. As discussed in the Comprehensive Improvement Plan initial findings will be available in Autumn 2021.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 174001 question first answered 13/04/2021 09:17:37 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1305074

registered interest
date	23/03/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Generation: Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what external consultation has been conducted for the review of Right to Rent as detailed in the Windrush Lessons Learned Comprehensive Improvement Plan.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	174001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>An independent evaluation on right to rent is currently being carried out with the final report due this summer.</p><p>Progress is being made to examine all of the individual measures that comprise the compliant environment as part of the response to recommendation 7. Healthcare is being assessed concurrently with all the other measures. As discussed in the Comprehensive Improvement Plan initial findings will be available in Autumn 2021.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 174000 question first answered 13/04/2021 09:17:37 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1253237

registered interest
date	18/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Lessons Learned Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2020 to Question 106891 on Windrush Lessons Learned Review, what plans she has to update Parliament after receiving the regular progress reports on the review and evaluation of the compliant environment.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	117165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2020 answer text <p>The review and evaluation of the compliant environment will look at all the measures individually and then cumulatively, building on existing work.</p><p>There are six primary streams to the compliant environment – some of which only apply to England and Wales – which will be covered in our response to this recommendation. These are:</p><ul><li>Work – to prevent those who are ineligible from working;</li><li>Housing – to prevent those without lawful status from accessing the private rental sector.</li><li>Public Funds – to prevent those who are ineligible from accessing mainstream support and benefits;</li><li>Health – to charge upfront for non-urgent health care and recover costs for emergency treatment where payment upfront was not possible;</li><li>Financial Services – to prevent people deemed as disqualified due to lack of lawful status from accessing current accounts;</li><li>Driving – to prevent those without lawful status from holding licences while in the UK.</li></ul><p>Wendy Williams will return in September 2021 to review our progress. In line with the wording of recommendation 7, we will publish the outcomes of the review in a timely way. This may include updates to Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 10/12/2020 16:34:25 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1253238

registered interest
date	18/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Lessons Learned Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2020 to Question 106891 on Windrush Lessons Learned Review, what data on ethnicity she plans to collect to inform the review and evaluation of the public funds stream to the compliant environment.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	117166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2020 answer text <p>I accepted the Windrush Lessons Learned Review’s important findings, including those relating to measures designed to regulate access to work, benefits and services, including access to public funds</p><p>We are currently in the discovery phase of the review. We are scoping what data is available on the cohort that may not have recourse to public funds. This scoping phase will include what demographic data is available for analysis.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 25/11/2020 17:13:46 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1252898

registered interest
date	17/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Lessons Learned Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to The Response to the Windrush Lessons Learned Review: A comprehensive improvement plan, published in September 2020, CP293, what the scope is of the review and evaluation being undertaken of the public funds stream to the compliant environment; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	116378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>The comprehensive improvement plan set out the aim to review all the compliant measures and cumulatively. We are currently in the discovery and scoping phase of the review.</p><p>There are six primary streams to the compliant environment – some of which only apply to England and Wales – which will be covered in our response to this recommendation. These are:</p><ul><li>Work – to prevent those who are ineligible from working;</li><li>Housing – to prevent those without lawful status from accessing the private rental sector.</li><li>Public Funds – to prevent those who are ineligible from accessing mainstream support and benefits;</li><li>Health – to charge upfront for non-urgent health care and recover costs for emergency treatment where payment upfront was not possible;</li><li>Financial Services – to prevent people deemed as disqualified due to lack of lawful status from accessing current accounts;</li><li>Driving – to prevent those without lawful status from holding licences while in the UK.</li></ul><p>A full evaluation of the Right to Rent scheme is already underway. The evaluation includes a call for evidence to tenants, landlords and letting agents; a large mystery shopping exercise; and surveys of landlords. Members of the right to rent consultative panel provided input into the design of the evaluation. COVID-19 has impacted the field work and delivery of the final implementation report is now scheduled for spring 2021.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/11/2020 17:09:34 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1245524

registered interest
date	21/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to The Response to the Windrush Lessons Learned Review: A comprehensive improvement plan, published in September 2020, CP293, what her planned timescale is for reviewing the public funds stream to the compliant environment; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	106891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>The review and evaluation of the compliant environment is taking a phased approach and will report regularly to Ministers<em>.</em> As a first step on public funds, the Home Office is working with the Department for Education (DfE) on how immigration status and no recourse to public funds (NRPF), interact with free school meals and other educational entitlements, which are administered by DfE. This review will be completed by the end of the year.</p><p>Transparency and engagement will remain at the heart of our approach to the evaluation of the compliant environment.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 02/11/2020 10:55:12 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

525069

registered interest
date	14/06/2016
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	Employment Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people who may be eligible for support through Access to Work are informed of this when they enter the Work Programme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	40635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>Work Programme providers are expected to take whatever steps are necessary to support participants into work. This may include referral to Access to Work where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 27/06/2016 10:38:20 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

521349

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Universal Credit: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data Universal Credit recipients and claims in their area his Department will regularly release to local authorities.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	38417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>Work is underway to enable DWP to share data with Local Authorities for a range of specific purposes relating to welfare services and council tax. For example, to facilitate efficient and accurate administration of Local Council Tax Reduction Schemes or Universal Support.</p><p> </p><p>In implementing any data sharing scheme DWP adheres to the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Human Rights Act 1998 and undertake a privacy impact assessment to establish, precisely what data the Local Authority requires; why they require it; and what they intend to do with it.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 06/06/2016 11:23:32 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

519361

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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	Employment Schemes
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 the Answer of 9 May 2016 to Question 36333, on employment schemes, how much was spent on each of the programmes referred to in that Answer in the most recent financial year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	37112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2016 answer text <p>The most recent actual spend data available is for the financial year 2014-15, a breakdown of spend on the Employment Programmes listed in the answer to Question 36333 can be found in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/05/2016 14:06:23 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel attachment 1 file name 37112 Table.docx title CEP Employment Programme Spend previous answer version 237 answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms