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944063

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will pause the imposition of NHS benefit eligibility check (BECs) prescription penalty charge notices on disabled and unwell people who have been mistakenly awarded contribution-based employment and support allowance instead of income-based employment and support allowance.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	165570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>Eligibility checks are carried out on claims received by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA) for exemption from dental patient charges and National Health Service prescription charges. The checks are carried out through separate services within the NHS BSA, for dental patient charges the process is Benefit Eligibility Checking Service and for prescriptions it is the Prescription Eligibility Checking Service.</p><p> </p><p>For both dental charges and prescriptions, where a patient claims exemption but the NHS BSA checks do not show entitlement, the NHS BSA will issue a penalty notice. However, if the patient or the Department of Work and Pensions later provide evidence that the Department of Work and Pensions made an incorrect assessment and the individual was in fact entitled to a qualifying benefit then the NHS BSA will remove all charges.</p><p> </p><p>There are no current plans to change this approach in regard to the current issue the Department of Work and Pensions have identified but NHS BSA will keep the situation under review.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 25/07/2018 15:49:44 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

944064

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	Employment and Support Allowance
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 2.15 of the National Audit Office report, Investigation into Errors in Employment and Support Allowance, HC 837, published on 19 March 2018, if she will extend the scope of the exercise to review the benefit entitlements of people who were mistakenly awarded contribution-based employment and support allowance instead of income-based employment and support allowance to include lost entitlement to free school meals and NHS prescription charges.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	165571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>Eligibility for passported benefits such as free NHS prescriptions and school meals is determined by the relevant Department.</p><p> </p><p>People can also qualify for help in other ways, for example by applying for the NHS Low Income Scheme, which covers prescription, dental and eye care costs, wigs, fabric supports and assistance with healthcare-related travel costs. The Low Income Scheme assessment takes into account council tax and housing costs, so people could get help with health costs even if their income is too high to qualify for a means-tested benefit.</p><p> </p><p>At no point have we actually stopped individuals from making a claim to income-related benefits. When we transitioned people from Incapacity Benefit to Employment and Support Allowance, we protected the amount of Incapacity Benefit they were being paid. We sent out letters and attempted to call people at the time to advise them that they could also be entitled to income-related benefit and to contact the Department if they believed they were eligible.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 26/07/2018 14:15:01 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

944065

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	Employment and Support Allowance
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 Written Statement of 15 March 2018, HCWS549 on employment and support allowance, how many claimants have been sent an ESA3 change of circumstances form; how many claimants have returned that form; how many claimants have had their claim reassessed; and how many claimants have received backdated payments.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	165572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The figures presented are based on DWP management information and are reported with only high level verification. The figures provided have been rounded to the nearest thousand.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number of claimants who have been sent an ESA3 change of circumstances form</p></td><td><p>15,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ESA3s returned by post</p></td><td><p>7,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ESA3s completed by telephone, plus a small number completed by visit</p></td><td><p>6,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Claimants who have had their claim reassessed</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Claimants who have received back-dated payments</p></td><td><p>8,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 25/07/2018 15:39:03 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

938519

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Windrush Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the 63 Windrush generation members that were wrongly removed from the UK first came to the attention of her Department as a result of the outsourcing company Capita’s trawl of past applications.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	163105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office held a contract with Capita from October 2012 to October 2016, to establish contact with individuals who were in the Migration Refusal Pool, which is a pool of records of those who have applied to remain in the UK but had not obtained any leave.</p><p>Those individuals who had been refused leave to remain in the UK, had their existing leave curtailed or had an application or representations rejected, were contacted by Capita to discuss the options open to them. The data for the individuals to be contacted was supplied to Capita by the Home Office.</p><p>More information about review of historical removals and detentions dating back to 2002 who might have been part of the Windrush generation, is set out in the second monthly update provided by the Home Secretary to the Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP on 21 August 2018. A copy of that letter has been deposited in the House Library.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 05/09/2018 14:36:23 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

938521

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
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 oral contribution of the Minister for Immigration, of 4 June 2018, Official Report, column 22 on students wrongly accused of cheating in the Test of English for International Communication, what proportion of students who remain in the UK will be covered by the review.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	163106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to reviewing the position for those who remain in the UK who have live litigation. As a result of the Immigration Act 2014 there is now only a right of appeal where claims raising asylum, humanitarian protection or human rights claims are refused.</p><p>Similar provisions are set out in the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016<em>. </em>Some of those refused as a result of an allegation of ETS fraud have made a Human Rights claim and will have an in country right of appeal if refused (unless the claim is clearly unfounded).</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/07/2018 15:29:20 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

938522

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Mortgages: Repossession Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will establish a hardship fund to help prevent home repossessions of people unable to switch to mortgages with lower rates.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	163107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government has already taken a number of measures aimed at helping people avoid repossession, including the Support for Mortgage Interest loan, which is available to help vulnerable homeowners meet their mortgage interest costs; and protection in the courts through the Pre-Action Protocol, which makes it clear that repossession must always be the last resort for lenders.</p><p> </p><p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) also has rules in place to protect existing borrowers who find themselves unable to remortgage. The rules prevent lenders from taking advantage of the customer’s situation, or treating them less favourably than other similar customers, including by offering less favourable interest rates or other terms.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the FCA has put in place exemptions, which allow lenders to waive affordability requirements for existing customers that are remortgaging but not increasing the size of their debt. This means that all borrowers should be able to access remortgage products at competitive rates from their existing lender.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/07/2018 16:53:34 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

926895

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the oral evidence of the Permanent Secretary of HMRC of 23 May and 5 June 2018 to the Treasury Committee, which Government departments had seen prior to the publication of the estimated figures of £17 billion to £20 billion for the cost of the maximum facilitation model in a letter to that Committee, dated 5 June 2018, (a) submissions and (b) briefing papers on those figures.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	155291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government is considering two approaches to a future customs relationship with the EU: a ‘new customs partnership’ and a ‘highly streamlined customs arrangement’. Ongoing analysis continues to support the development of both models.</p><p> </p><p>The analysis to support the estimated £17-20 billion figure was published in a letter by the Chief Executive of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs to the Treasury Select Committee on 5 June, 2018.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 25/06/2018 14:52:10 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

924072

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral evidence of the Permanent Secretary of HMRC of 23 May and 5 June 2018 to the Treasury Committee, whether he had seen prior to the publication of the estimated figures of £17 billion to £20 billion for the cost of the maximum facilitation model in a letter to that Committee on 5 June 2018 (a) submissions and (b) briefing papers on those figures; and what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of those estimates.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	153825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>The analysis to support the estimated £17-20 billion figure was published in a letter by the Chief Executive of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs to the Treasury Select Committee on 5 June, 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The government is considering two approaches to a future customs relationship with the EU: a ‘new customs partnership’ and a ‘highly streamlined customs arrangement’. Ongoing analysis continues to support the development of both models.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 19/06/2018 15:46:30 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

924073

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the oral evidence of the Permanent Secretary of HMRC of 23 May and 5 June 2018 to the Treasury Committee, whether he had seen prior to the publication of the estimated figures of £17 billion to £20 billion for the cost of the maximum facilitation model in a letter to that Committee on 5 June 2018 (a) submissions and (b) briefing papers on those figures; and what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of those estimates.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	153826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government is undertaking a wide range of cross-Whitehall analysis in support of all aspects of our EU exit negotiations and preparations.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In assessing the options for the UK's future customs relationship, the Government will be guided by what delivers the greatest advantage to the UK and by our strategic objectives:</p><ul><li><p>Keeping trade with the EU as frictionless as possible;</p></li><li><p>Avoiding a ‘hard border’ between Northern Ireland and Ireland;</p></li><li><p>Establishing an independent international trade policy.<br><br></p></li></ul><p>We have been clear the Government will not provide an ongoing commentary on internal analytical work that is being carried out within Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 19/06/2018 10:54:30 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

924075

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the oral evidence of the Permanent Secretary of HMRC of 23 May and 5 June 2018 to the Treasury Committee, whether he had seen prior to the publication of the estimated figures of £17 billion to £20 billion for the cost of the maximum facilitation model in a letter to that Committee on 5 June 2018 (a) submissions and (b) briefing papers on those figures; and what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of those estimates.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	153827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>The analysis to support the estimated £17-20 billion figure was published in a letter by the Chief Executive of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs to the Treasury Select Committee on 5 June, 2018.</p><p>The Government is considering two approaches to a future customs relationship with the EU: a 'new customs partnership' and a 'highly streamlined customs arrangement'. Ongoing analysis continues to support the development of both models.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 19/06/2018 16:28:10 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali