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Written Question
Social Services: EU Nationals
Thursday 17th January 2019

Asked by: David Drew (Labour (Co-op) - Stroud)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what discussions he has had with the (a) Secretary of state for Health and Social Care and (b) Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the effect of the UK leaving the EU on non-UK EU citizens whose social care packages are funded by local authorities.

Answered by Kwasi Kwarteng

We are working across Government to develop and implement our preparations to leave the EU. This includes discussions between my department and DHSC and MHCLG on the rights of EU citizens residing in the UK.

The agreement reached and set out in the Withdrawal Agreement text will provide non-UK EU citizens living in the UK with certainty about their rights going forward. It will allow EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU to continue living their lives broadly as they do now in the countries where they now live. It will enable families who have built their lives together in the EU and UK to stay together. It also gives people more certainty about residence, healthcare, pensions and other benefits.

In a ‘no deal’ scenario, EU citizens and their family members lawfully residing in the UK by 29 March 2019 will be able to continue to access in country benefits and services on broadly the same terms as now. This means that they will retain their entitlement to healthcare, education, benefits and social housing, including supported housing and homelessness assistance, on the same basis as now.

The Government has provided further detail on the rights of EU citizens in the UK following EU Exit in a published policy paper, which can be found at the following link: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/762222/Policy_paper_on_citizens__rights_in_the_event_of_a_no_deal_Brexit.pdf

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Dec 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs continues to say that there will be no deal with any country that does not share our high standards in animal welfare and environmental protection. Does the Department for Exiting the European Union share those views?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 19 Nov 2018
Leaving the European Union

"Historically in this country we have only ever had one question on the ballot paper. How easy will it be for such a referendum to include more than one question?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 19 Nov 2018
Leaving the European Union

"It is not either/or. The question is whether they will support a call for a general election. That is the obvious way to resolve this...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 19 Nov 2018
Leaving the European Union

"My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. I was in Northern Ireland a fortnight ago talking to Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs officials, who have to implement whatever they have to implement in March. The reality is that they have nothing to implement. They cannot put a …..."
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Written Question
Department for Exiting the European Union: Serco
Thursday 12th July 2018

Asked by: David Drew (Labour (Co-op) - Stroud)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many current contracts his Department has with Serco; and what the (a) value, (b) start date and (c) end date of each of those contracts is.

Answered by Robin Walker

The Department have no current contracts with Serco.

Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:

https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive

Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:

https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Jun 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does the Minister accept that animal welfare and environmental protection are extremely important to British agriculture? What guarantees will the Government put in place to make sure that there is no diminution in that regard? He need not take my word on this—he can take the word of the National …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 11 Jun 2018
Leaving the EU: Parliamentary Vote

"I am delighted to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Austin. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Blaydon (Liz Twist), who introduced this debate very fairly, walking on eggshells as she did. I congratulate the petitioners, because it is right and proper that Parliament has the opportunity to debate …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 11 Jun 2018
Leaving the EU: Parliamentary Vote

"That is a wonderful notion, but what will come out of the negotiations, if anything, will be a complicated settlement. We could end up with no deal. That would be a disaster, because I fear we would then move towards free trade deals with Lord knows who. We have got …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 11 Jun 2018
Leaving the EU: Parliamentary Vote

"We always argue whether it is “referenda” or “referendums”, but I will stick to “referendums”. The problem with what my hon. Friend suggests is that I envisage a very close result again, whichever way it goes...."
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