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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

1149038

registered interest
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

1092728

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Council Tax Reduction Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether mixed-age couples will continue to be able to claim council tax support under the default scheme when changes to their entitlement to pension credit take effect from 15 May 2019; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	235231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>Whether mixed-aged couples can claim council tax support depends on a range of factors including the age of a claimant, the benefits they and/or their partner receive, and the design of local schemes. The changes to pension credit due to take effect from 15 May 2019 may mean some households are no longer eligible for the pensioner element of council tax support schemes, but may be eligible for local working-age schemes.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 26/03/2019 15:02:34 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1041573

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Telecommunications: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason the rating assessment for unbundled local copper loops included a concession that was not available to fibre telecommunications infrastructure constructed before April 2017.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	208740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government has provided a new 100 per cent business rates relief for new fibre infrastructure for a five year period from 1 April 2017 to support the roll out of new fibre broadband infrastructure and future 5G communications to homes and businesses. The relief is provided to support telecom companies as they invest in their fibre network and, therefore, is not available on existing fibre constructed before 1 April 2017.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 21/01/2019 14:12:53 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms