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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/982762/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>DWP procedures require non-UK nationals to provide proof of their UK immigration status upon application for an income related benefit. This may be in the form of a Home Office Biometric Residence Permit or a valid passport or visa stamped by the Home Office granting leave to remain and recourse to public funds. Claimants who provide proof of UK immigration status with recourse to claim public funds are eligible to claim DWP income-related benefits on the same basis as UK citizens.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Biometric Residency Permits were introduced by the Home Office in December 2012. As of 31 May 2015 new regulations require non-EEA nationals, seeking permission from overseas to enter the UK for more than six months to apply for a Biometric Residence Permit from the Home Office.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Department does not centrally collect statistical information categorised by the type of immigration status document provided and the information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of benefits claims made by migrants with the right to work in the UK but not in possession of a Biometric Residence Permit in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/846180/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Access to income-related benefits is conditional upon satisfying a Habitual Residence Test (HRT) where claimants must provide proof of their nationality and immigration status; their employment (where appropriate) and habitual residence in the UK. Non-UK nationals who are granted leave to remain in the UK with the right to claim public funds must also satisfy the eligibility conditions of the benefit they are seeking to claim. Procedures are in place for DWP to seek verification from the Home Office if claimants are unable to provide proof of their nationality and immigration status.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department\u2019s policy is on benefit entitlement for people who have lived in the UK for 10 or more years with indefinite leave to remain but do not have a biometric residency permit and cannot afford the fee.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that people who have been subject to a deportation order are not eligible to claim benefits.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/416786/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " <p /> <p>We have strict measures in place to ensure benefits are only paid to those people who have a legal right to live and work in the UK.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Additionally, people coming to the UK, or returning here, must demonstrate that they are habitually resident to be eligible for income-related benefits. Since 1 January 2014, most migrant jobseekers must also have been living in the UK for three months before any consideration can be given to whether they are habitually resident to be eligible to receive income-based Jobseeker\u2019s Allowance.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4066", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Priti Patel"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that migrants entering the UK do not receive instant access to welfare benefits.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4050", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gordon Henderson"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/385336", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/385336/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " <p /> <p>Although data regarding claimant nationality is not currently recorded on benefit payment systems, Universal Credit will record such data, when EEA nationals are able to claim. The Department has no plans to make specific assessments regarding Polish nationals when such data becomes available. However, we will continue to monitor EEA nationals\u2019 access to benefits more generally.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Prime Minister has made clear that further steps are needed to reform welfare to reduce the incentives which have led to mass immigration from the EU.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 24 June (HL540), whether they plan to make such assessments in future; and if not, why not.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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