Asked by: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many nationals from other EU member states have received jobseeker's allowance in each of the last 10 years; and what the total cost of such expenditure was to the public purse.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
Published National Statistics estimates of Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants by nationality at the point of registration in February of each year, between 2010 and 2015 inclusive, are published at the following URL under the heading ‘Job Seeker’:
Consistent information over a 10 year period 2003 – 2013 was published as a response to a Freedom of Information query at the following URL:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-uk-nationals-nino-registrations-feb-03-to-feb-13
Information on Jobseeker’s Allowance expenditure, in 2013/14, on claims where the main claimant was recorded with a non-UK European Economic Activity country of origin at the point of National Insurance registration, was published in a February 2016 ad hoc statistics report at the following URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/502129/benefit-expenditure-eea-nationals-ad-hoc-stats.pdf. Information for other periods is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of EU migrants who will be eligible to receive benefits in each of the next five years and (b) cost of paying those benefits to the public purse.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
The information requested is not available.
Asked by: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many nationals from other EU member states have been in receipt of jobseeker's allowance for (a) less than one month, (b) more than one month, (c) between one and three months, (d) between three and six months, (e) between six and 12 months and (f) more than 12 months.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
The information requested is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people from other EU member states receive support through the Work Programme.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
The information requested, for those participating in the Work Programme by nationality, is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people from other EU member states were in receipt of housing benefit in each of the last 10 years; and what the total cost to the public purse was of those people claiming that benefit in each of those years.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The information requested is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people from other EU member states were in receipt of universal credit in the most recent period for which figures are available; and what the cost to the public purse was of those payments of that credit.
Answered by Priti Patel
The information requested is not currently available. During 2016 we will be publishing further statistics on Universal Credit which will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.
Asked by: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people from other EU member states have received each type (a) of working aged and (b) in-work benefit in each of the last 10 years; and what the total cost to the public purse was of those people claiming each of those benefits in each of those years.
Answered by Priti Patel
The information requested is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.