Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department has provided to the European Commission on whether criteria for triggering the proposed emergency brake on EEA welfare payments have been met.

This question was answered on 9th February 2016
The Government has had detailed technical talks with the European Institutions, during which information was shared across a range of issues including the nature of the United Kingdom's welfare system.