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746193

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he will seek additional resources for Scotland under the Barnett Formula principle as a result of the agreement reached between the Government and the Democratic Unionist Party on confidence and supply.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	1606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave on 5 July 2017 (UIN 1595).</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 06/07/2017 11:08:22 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

713532

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides to universities and colleges on the requirement for comprehensive sickness insurance for EU citizens from outside the UK.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	68896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>Guidance on which groups of EU nationals require comprehensive sickness insurance as well as the types of documents accepted to meet this condition has always been publicly available to all parties. This can currently be found from page 30 onwards of the guidance on ‘qualified persons’ available on the GOV.UK website via the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-economic-area-nationals-qualified-persons" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-economic-area-nationals-qualified-persons</a></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 68897 question first answered 30/03/2017 14:18:04 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

713533

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides for insurance providers and non-UK EU citizens who plan to be resident in the UK on what qualifies as comprehensive sickness insurance.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	68897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>Guidance on which groups of EU nationals require comprehensive sickness insurance as well as the types of documents accepted to meet this condition has always been publicly available to all parties. This can currently be found from page 30 onwards of the guidance on ‘qualified persons’ available on the GOV.UK website via the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-economic-area-nationals-qualified-persons" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-economic-area-nationals-qualified-persons</a></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 68896 question first answered 30/03/2017 14:18:04 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

713577

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken under Access to Work for disabled people to receive the support packages they require; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	68818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>In 2014 Access to Work transformed its operational delivery, providing greater consistency and increased speed of customer service. Consequently, Access to Work delivery is now performing above its Key Performance Indicators, which are internal measures of performance. However, we are constantly considering ways to improve the customer journey and expedite the provision of support. For example:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Last year we re-launched Access to Work as a digital service, allowing customers to apply online at a time of their choosing and taking an average of 20 minutes to do so. We are currently exploring what further online functionality could be offered.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We have recently specified in new contracts to be awarded shortly that 90% of independent workplace assessments are to be delivered within 8 days rather than the current 10 days.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>We are also considering whether customers could have a longer window to apply in advance of receiving an employment start date from an employer, in order to ensure support is in place for the first day at work. We are currently working with employer and customer stakeholders to establish whether there is an optimum period.</li></ul><p> </p><p>As a highly personalised grant scheme, Access to Work is reliant on correct information being received from customers and employers within set timeframes in order to calculate awards or make payments timeously. It is important to note that Access to Work provides grants on receipt of invoices to pay for items or services that are commissioned by employers or disabled employees and which may therefore be delivered to timeframes over which Access to Work has no control.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 29/03/2017 15:50:46 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

712993

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information the Government has provided to citizens from other EU countries residing in the UK as self-sufficient persons or students of the requirement to have comprehensive sickness insurance.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	68794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>Guidance on the conditions for exercising Treaty rights as a self sufficient person or student has always been publicly available to EU nationals. This can currently be found from page 21 onwards of the guidance on ‘qualified persons’ available on the GOV.UK website via the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-economic-area-nationals-qualified-persons" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/european-economic-area-nationals-qualified-persons</a></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 28/03/2017 15:00:41 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

713007

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many nationals from other EU countries residing in the UK have been (a) self-sufficient and (b) students for a period during that residence.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	68727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 28/03/2017 12:30:27 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ68727 v0.4 (2).pdf title UKSA Response to PQ68727
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

713008

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for permanent residency from nationals from other EU countries who have been in the UK for a continuous period of five years have been rejected due to the applicant being (a) self-sufficient or (b) a student for a period during that residency without a comprehensive sickness insurance policy in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	68728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated on centrally held statistical databases and could only be produced at disproportionate cost by examination of individual case files.</p><p> </p><p>Applications for documentation certifying permanent residence are refused where they do not meet the requirements set out in EU law in the Free Movement Directive. The Free Movement Directive is clear that those who wish to rely on periods of residence as a student or self-sufficient person must have held comprehensive sickness insurance in order for their residence to count towards permanent residence status.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 28/03/2017 14:59:47 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

711044

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of parents who have sent their children to the UK as unaccompanied asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	67781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>Data on the number of parents who have sent their children to the UK as unaccompanied asylum seekers is not recorded centrally. The UNICEF report “Neither Safe Nor Sound” provides accounts of interviews with children in northern France whose decision to migrate is described as part of a family strategy, or a result of a decision by their parents.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 21/03/2017 15:07:54 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

711045

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to match-fund the costs to local authorities of refugees and asylum seekers with central government funding.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	67787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has committed £129 million to assist with local authority costs over years two-five of the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement scheme. This is in addition to the first 12 months of a refugee's resettlement costs, which are funded by central government using the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_Development_Assistance" target="_blank">Official Development Assistance</a> budget. The grant to local authorities is not ring fenced, and can be used for example towards support for costs such as counselling, social care and other needs. Funding payments (per individual refugee) can be pooled and managed across all the refugees a local authority takes in.</p><p> </p><p>For unaccompanied asylum seeking children, local authorities receive a daily rate towards the costs of care. Last year the Government significantly increased the funding it provides to local authorities caring for unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) by 28% for those aged 16 and 17 and by 20% for those aged under 16. These rates are based on the information provided to the Home Office by local authorities about their actual expenditure in looking after UASC. We will be conducting a review of these rates in the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>Refugees and asylum seekers also have access to health and education services, which are funded through the normal per capita funding routes. In addition, local authorities are also able to apply to the £140m Controlling Migration Fund which was announced by the Home Secretary in October 2016. This fund is intended to cover a broad range of costs associated with migration and local authorities have been encouraged to consider whether the fund could help with any short-term pressures as a result of recent arrivals of UASC.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 21/03/2017 15:57:06 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

711105

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
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	Disability: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on disability employment of reductions to the work-related activity group component of employment and support allowance; and whether the Government will reconsider that measure if the disability employment gap widens as a result.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	67886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government published its assessment of the impacts of the change to the work-related activity component on 20 July 2015. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006B.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006B.pdf</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government remains committed to halving the disability employment gap as set out in the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper published on 31st October 2016 and we have seen nearly 600,000 more working age disabled people in employment over the past three years.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 22/03/2017 12:48:54 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock