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1356802

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date	20/09/2021
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	NHS: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason working families without permanent residence in the UK, who pay income tax and National Insurance, are also required to pay NHS surcharges.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	51576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2021 answer text <p>The National Health Service is a residency-based healthcare system, meaning that people who do not live here on a lawful, settled basis must contribute to the cost of their care, regardless of individual tax status. All temporary migrants of more than six months are subject to the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) at the point of visa application. This allows them to access NHS services without further charge while they are here with some exceptions. The IHS ensures that individuals do not face unexpected treatment bills and reduces the administrative burden on frontline staff of identifying chargeable patients and recovering charges.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 24/09/2021 11:38:01 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 23476 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1356803

registered interest
date	20/09/2021
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	NHS: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the (a) contribution to the public purse of tax, National Insurance and NHS surcharges paid by families without permanent residence in the UK and (b) cost to the NHS of care provided by the NHS to those families.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	51905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>The Department does not collect data on tax or National Insurance payments that migrants and their family members make in the United Kingdom. Since 2015, the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) has raised almost £2 billion for the National Health Service. The Department estimates that the average cost to the NHS of care provided to an IHS payer is £646 per year.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 18/10/2021 14:17:13 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 23516 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1356805

registered interest
date	20/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2021 to Question 46925 on Afghanistan: Refugees, what steps the Government is taking to support (a) welfare provision and (b) onward travel to the UK for people who were called forward for evacuation from Afghanistan but were unable to reach Kabul Airport, and who have subsequently travelled to Pakistan.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	51577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2021 answer text <p>Individuals who were called forward for evacuation but were unable to board a flight during Operation PITTING, who have subsequently arrived in a third country such as Pakistan, will be assisted by the High Commission, including support from the Defence Attaché. We are doing all we can to look after these individuals and will facilitate onward travel to the UK as soon as necessary security checks are completed. We are working with partners across Government and countries in the region to facilitate safe passage out of Afghanistan and to the UK for all eligible individuals.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 23/09/2021 15:30:37 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1356806

registered interest
date	20/09/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes HMRC made to the process for registering occupational pension schemes in (a) 2006 and (b) 2014; and what the reasons were for those changes .
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	51578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2021 answer text <p>HMRC is responsible for registering pension schemes where they wish to benefit from the tax reliefs available to pensions.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of pension tax simplification, pension scheme registration was moved to a new online digital system in 2006.</p><p> </p><p>As part of a wider government response to concerns surrounding pension scams, in 2014 legislation was introduced to enable HMRC to refuse registration where the scheme administrators were not considered to be fit and proper.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/09/2021 13:44:10 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1356924

registered interest
date	20/09/2021
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	Food Poverty: Pupils
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of food insecurity amongst school children since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	51579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2021 answer text <p>We have not made an assessment of this kind. Issues of food insecurity amongst school children fall within the remit of the Department for Education so assessments such as this would be their responsibility.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 04/10/2021 08:11:43 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley previous answer version 23489 answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1356925

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date	20/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Food Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the impact of child hunger on levels of lost learning.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	51580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2021 answer text <p>We recognise that extended school and college restrictions have had a substantial impact on children and young people’s education and we are committed to helping pupils catch up as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p>The department commissioned Renaissance Learning to provide a baseline assessment of lost learning for pupils in schools in England and monitor progress over the course of the 2020/21 academic year. The latest interim findings from this research were published on 4 June: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupils-progress-in-the-2020-to-2021-academic-year-interim-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupils-progress-in-the-2020-to-2021-academic-year-interim-report</a>.</p><p>Since June 2020, we have announced more than £3 billion to support education recovery, including over £950 million flexible funding to schools and £1.5 billion for a national tutoring revolution. This will have a material impact in closing gaps that have emerged.</p><p>Recovery programmes have been designed to allow early years, school, and college leaders the flexibility to support those pupils most in need. This includes the most disadvantaged and will expand our reforms in two areas where the evidence is clear that our investment will have a significant impact for disadvantaged children - high quality tutoring and great teaching.</p><p>We have provided around £450 million worth of food vouchers to families whilst schools were largely closed. Now schools are open again, school food provision has returned to typical delivery arrangements, with meals being provided free of charge to eligible pupils at school. If pupils who are eligible for benefits-related free school meals are required to stay at home due to COVID-19, schools should continue to work with their school catering team or food provider to offer a good quality lunch parcel.</p><p>Throughout 2021 we are investing up to £220 million in our holiday activities and food programme. Taking place in schools and community venues across the country, delivery began at Easter, has run across the summer and will run in the Christmas holidays. It supports disadvantaged pupils and their families with enriching activities, providing them with healthy food, helping them to learn new things and supporting socialisation and well-being. We are also further investing with £24 million in the National Breakfast Club programme, providing breakfast clubs in schools in disadvantaged areas.</p><p>Beyond this, the Department for Work and Pension has provided £429 million through the Covid Local Support Grant. This is being run by local authorities in England to support the hardest hit families and individuals with food and essential utility costs.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 23/09/2021 16:20:23 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms