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1142751

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	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Carers and Parents: Flexible Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to implement the European Council directive on work-life balance for parents and carers.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	284329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to maintaining and enhancing workers’ rights as we leave the EU. We will not be bound by EU law but will be able to raise employment standards where it is right for the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) are already working on measures designed to increase take-up of family-related leave and flexible working arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to consulting on high-level options for how we can better balance the gender division of the parental leave and pay system, the department is considering the question of dedicated employment rights for carers alongside existing employment rights (such as the right to request flexible working and the right to time off for family and dependents).</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 05/09/2019 14:18:25 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1142753

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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	Social Security Benefits: EEA Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proof of settled status is required for an EEA national who has been granted settled status and is applying for benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	284336
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Eligibility for income-related (means-tested) benefits, such as Universal Credit, depends on a person’s immigration status in the UK.</p><p>EEA nationals who are habitually resident in the UK and have been granted settled status are eligible to access income-related benefits.</p><p>Mechanisms are in place between DWP and the Home Office to verify settled status through the Habitual Residence Test Process.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/09/2019 11:00:05 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy