Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Fulford Review into National Security Vetting will be published.
Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)
A summary of the report, setting out Sir Adrian’s recommendations and findings, will be published in due course.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures have been put in place to mitigate any potential conflicts of interest regarding the Department of Healths' Permanent Secretary involvement in the management and oversight of the NHS Federated Data Platform contract.
Answered by Preet Kaur Gill
The NHS Federated Data Platform contract was procured and awarded by NHS England before the Permanent Secretary’s appointment to her current role.
Whilst there was and is no conflict of interest, to avoid any perception of a conflict, the Permanent Secretary has decided she will not be involved in any Departmental decisions relating specifically to the NHS Federated Data Platform contract.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discretion is available to (a) local housing authorities and (b) registered providers of social housing to waive rent charges accrued between the death of a sole tenant and the formal ending of the tenancy; and what assessment he has made of the consistency with which that discretion is exercised.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The government does not collect data on rent debt accrued against the estate of a deceased sole tenant.
When a sole tenant dies, where a tenancy is not legally ended immediately, rent continues to accrue until the tenancy is legally brought to an end. Any arrears or debt built up on a property are a liability of the deceased’s estate or guarantor, where one is in place and the agreement provides for this.
Once the Renters’ Rights Act is implemented for social housing assured tenants of private registered providers from October 2027, guarantors of these tenancies will only be responsible for any arrears accrued up to the date of the tenant’s death. We would expect landlords to act sensitively when seeking recovery of any charges accrued.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued to (a) local housing authorities and registered providers of social housing on the handling of tenancies following the death of a sole tenant, including the period during which rent continues to be chargeable to the deceased's estate.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The government does not collect data on rent debt accrued against the estate of a deceased sole tenant.
When a sole tenant dies, where a tenancy is not legally ended immediately, rent continues to accrue until the tenancy is legally brought to an end. Any arrears or debt built up on a property are a liability of the deceased’s estate or guarantor, where one is in place and the agreement provides for this.
Once the Renters’ Rights Act is implemented for social housing assured tenants of private registered providers from October 2027, guarantors of these tenancies will only be responsible for any arrears accrued up to the date of the tenant’s death. We would expect landlords to act sensitively when seeking recovery of any charges accrued.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the average rent debt accrued against the estate of a deceased sole social housing tenant between the date of death and the formal ending of the tenancy.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The government does not collect data on rent debt accrued against the estate of a deceased sole tenant.
When a sole tenant dies, where a tenancy is not legally ended immediately, rent continues to accrue until the tenancy is legally brought to an end. Any arrears or debt built up on a property are a liability of the deceased’s estate or guarantor, where one is in place and the agreement provides for this.
Once the Renters’ Rights Act is implemented for social housing assured tenants of private registered providers from October 2027, guarantors of these tenancies will only be responsible for any arrears accrued up to the date of the tenant’s death. We would expect landlords to act sensitively when seeking recovery of any charges accrued.
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to her statement of 5 March 2026 that extending the waiting period for Indefinite Leave to Remain for 350,000 low skilled workers from five to between fifteen and twenty years is necessary to avoid a £10 billion drain on public finances, what the fiscal impact is of this group on the current fiscal balance in the year five years after arrival, and what is the impact on the debt/GDP ratio (both as defined in the government’s Fiscal Rules).
Answered by Mike Tapp
The analysis undertaken by the Home Office to estimate the £10bn figure is set out at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-lifetime-net-fiscal-costs-for-care-workers-and-their-adult-dependants/estimated-lifetime-net-fiscal-costs-for-care-workers-and-their-adult-dependants
This analysis is based on work undertaken by the Migration Advisory Committee which includes further detail on the characteristics and time profile of fiscal impacts and is available at the following link: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6938108633c7ace9c4a41e42/The_Fiscal_Impact_of_Immigration_Final__1_.pdf
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to her statement of 5 March 2026 that extending the waiting period for Indefinite Leave to Remain for 350,000 low skilled workers from five to between fifteen and twenty years is necessary to avoid a £10 billion drain on public finances, in approximately which year after arrival does the Government's analysis show that main applicants and their dependents transition from making a net fiscal contribution to becoming a net fiscal cost.
Answered by Mike Tapp
The analysis undertaken by the Home Office to estimate the £10bn figure is set out at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-lifetime-net-fiscal-costs-for-care-workers-and-their-adult-dependants/estimated-lifetime-net-fiscal-costs-for-care-workers-and-their-adult-dependants
This analysis is based on work undertaken by the Migration Advisory Committee which includes further detail on the characteristics and time profile of fiscal impacts and is available at the following link: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6938108633c7ace9c4a41e42/The_Fiscal_Impact_of_Immigration_Final__1_.pdf
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to her statement of 5 March 2026 that extending the waiting period for Indefinite Leave to Remain for 350,000 low skilled workers from five to between fifteen and twenty years is necessary to avoid a £10 billion drain on public finances, in approximately which year after arrival does her Department's analysis show that main applicants and their dependents transition from making a net fiscal contribution to becoming a net fiscal cost.
Answered by Mike Tapp
The analysis undertaken by the Home Office to estimate the £10bn figure is set out at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-lifetime-net-fiscal-costs-for-care-workers-and-their-adult-dependants/estimated-lifetime-net-fiscal-costs-for-care-workers-and-their-adult-dependants
This analysis is based on work undertaken by the Migration Advisory Committee which includes further detail on the characteristics and time profile of fiscal impacts and is available at the following link: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6938108633c7ace9c4a41e42/The_Fiscal_Impact_of_Immigration_Final__1_.pdf
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to her statement of 5 March 2026 that extending the waiting period for Indefinite Leave to Remain for 350,000 low skilled workers from five to between fifteen and twenty years is necessary to avoid a £10 billion drain on public finances, how much of this lifetime fiscal £10 billion cost her Department estimates is saved by its policy of delaying the qualification for settlement by 10 years, and how much of the fiscal cost remains incurred in the scenario that this policy is not pursued.
Answered by Mike Tapp
The analysis undertaken by the Home Office to estimate the £10bn figure is set out at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-lifetime-net-fiscal-costs-for-care-workers-and-their-adult-dependants/estimated-lifetime-net-fiscal-costs-for-care-workers-and-their-adult-dependants
This analysis is based on work undertaken by the Migration Advisory Committee which includes further detail on the characteristics and time profile of fiscal impacts and is available at the following link: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6938108633c7ace9c4a41e42/The_Fiscal_Impact_of_Immigration_Final__1_.pdf
Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the use of zip cards as a form of voter ID for people aged 16 and 17.
Answered by Samantha Dixon
The Government has considered a range of documents for use at the polling station, including Oyster ZIP cards. We recognise that the current Voter ID rules are overly restrictive – however we must take into account that expanding the list of documents accepted at the polling station could make the policy more challenging to administer for polling station staff and could lead to confusion among electors as to what is and is not accepted.
We believe that our proposed change to allow the use of bank cards will significantly expand the proportion of legitimate electors easily able to meet the VID requirements and have no plans to make any further additions to the list of accepted documents.