Asked by: Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative - North East Somerset)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of how many EU-EEA citizens currently resident in the UK do not benefit from EU treaty rights or any other rights to residency.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
No estimate has been made of the number of EU citizens already resident in the UK who do not benefit from EU treaty rights or any other rights to residency.
Asked by: Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative - North East Somerset)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of her Department's ability to instate a registration scheme for EU-EEA citizens wishing to come to work in the UK after March 2019.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
We are considering the options for our future immigration very carefully and will outline our proposals in due course.
The Prime Minister was clear in her speech on 22 September of the need for an implementation period to ensure that people and businesses – both in the UK and in the EU – have time to adjust to the new arrangements in a smooth and orderly way. During the implementation period, people will continue to be able to come and live and work in the UK; but there will be a registration system – an essential preparation for the new regime.
Asked by: Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative - North East Somerset)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of her Department's preparations for the UK leaving the EU with (a) an agreement on future partnership and (b) no agreement with the EU; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Following the referendum in June 2016, the Home Office continues to make rigorous preparations for a range of possible outcomes from the UK's negotiations with the EU, as set out in the Home Secretary’s evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee on 17 October. http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/home-affairs-committee/the-work-of-the-home-secretary/oral/71645.html).
Asked by: Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative - North East Somerset)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of her Department's preparations for the UK leaving the EU with (a) an agreement on future partnership and (b) no agreement with the EU; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Alistair Burt
Following the referendum in June 2016, the Department for International Development continues to make rigorous preparations for a range of possible outcomes from the UK's negotiations with the EU.
Asked by: Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative - North East Somerset)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's preparations for the UK leaving the EU with (a) an agreement on future partnership and (b) no agreement with the EU; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by John Hayes
Following the referendum in June 2016, the Department for Transport continues to make rigorous preparations for a range of possible outcomes from the UK's negotiations with the EU.
Asked by: Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative - North East Somerset)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's preparations for the UK leaving the EU with (a) an agreement on future partnership and (b) no agreement with the EU; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Margot James
The Government is fully committed to negotiating a deep and special partnership with the European Union. The Department is preparing for future trade negotiations by building capability and resource, and is developing positions for a range of negotiating scenarios in order to minimise disruption for UK businesses and avoid the introduction of new regulatory barriers.
Asked by: Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative - North East Somerset)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what provisions have been made to replace the role of the European Securities and Markets Authority, the European Banking Authority and the European Insurance Occupational Pension Authority in the UK.
Answered by Steve Barclay - Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill will convert all directly applicable European Union financial services legislation into British law. The powers under that Bill will be used to transfer functions currently undertaken by EU institutions to an appropriate UK body.
The future of our relationship with the European Supervisory Authorities is subject to the outcome of the withdrawal negotiations. The UK and the EU will start from the unique position of regulatory alignment. We will look to create a new framework that allows for continued trust in one another’s institutions and a close partnership.
Asked by: Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative - North East Somerset)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's preparations for the UK leaving the EU with (a) an agreement on future partnership and (b) no agreement with the EU; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Philip Dunne
The Government is committed to ensuring leaving the European Union is a success for the health and social care sector as well as the United Kingdom as a whole.
All relevant policy teams within the Department are involved with this work in relation to the health and social sector, including assessing the implications of the UK leaving the EU on their area, to help ensure the best outcome for the sector.
Every Government department, including the Department of Health, will be proceeding in the only responsible way possible: planning to deliver a smooth exit under any scenario. This includes preparing the UK for the future economic partnership we hope to negotiate with the EU as well as the very unlikely scenario in which no mutually satisfactory agreement can be reached and the UK exits without a deal.
Asked by: Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative - North East Somerset)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many EU-EEA citizens are currently recorded within HM Revenue and Customs' tax and tax credit system.
Answered by Mel Stride - Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The number of EU and EEA citizens that interact with HMRC through payment of Income Tax or National Insurance Contributions, or receipt of tax credits or Child Benefit, is available in the publication “Income Tax, NICs, Tax Credits and Child Benefit Statistics for EEA Nationals, 2014 to 2015”. The statistics are available on gov.uk at the following location:
Table B1 (page 10) provides information on Income Tax, National Insurance Contributions, tax credits and Child Benefit with a breakdown by EU country, and aggregates for EEA and EU. Table D1 (page 14) shows the total number of non-UK EEA nationals with a tax record.
These tables show that in 2014-15, 580,000 EEA nationals were claiming tax credits and there were 2,870,000 EEA nationals with an Income Tax record.
Asked by: Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative - North East Somerset)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to allow visitors from Australia to use e-passport gates as a matter of routine; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Citizens of Australia who regularly travel to the UK or hold a UK visa already have the option of becoming a member of the Registered Traveller Service, the benefits of which include use of the ePassport gates.
A complete overview of the service and the eligibility requirements can be found at: www.gov.uk/registered-traveller.