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Deposited Papers
Department for Work and Pensions

Oct. 22 2024

Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance 2024 [update of previous guidance deposited April 2024, DEP2024-0442]. 207 docs. II. Letter dated 16/10/2024 from Stephen Timms MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex D. 8p.
Document: 183_Ukraine_V6.0.pdf (PDF)

Found: Ukraine: Guidance Contents Background Checking Habitual Residence Test requirements Ukraine


Welsh Government Publication (Guidance)

Dec. 20 2024

Source Page: Allocation of accommodation and homelessness: guidance for local authorities
Document: Addendum: people arriving in the UK from Israel, or the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem, the Golan Heights or Lebanon (webpage)

Found: theGolanHeightsorLebanoninconnectionwiththeHamasterroristattackinIsraelon7October2023ortheviolencewhichrapidlyescalatedintheregionfollowingtheattack.The amending regulations ensure the habitual


Welsh Government Publication (Guidance)

Dec. 20 2024

Source Page: Allocation of accommodation and homelessness: guidance for local authorities
Document: Addendum: people arriving in the UK from Sudan (webpage)

Found: The amending regulations ensured that the habitual residence test was disapplied for: However, a person


Written Question
Social Security Benefits
Monday 4th November 2024

Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2024 to Question 11035 on Social Security Benefits, if her Department will resume its annual publication entitled Nationality at point of National Insurance number registration of DWP working age benefit recipients.

Answered by Andrew Western - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

Decisions regarding the development and publication of Official Statistics are the responsibility of the Chief Statistician. There are no plans to resume publication of ‘Nationality at point of National Insurance number (NINo) registration of DWP working age benefit recipients’ statistics.

DWP policy responsibility lies in establishing the eligibility of non-UK / Irish claimants to claim benefits. An individual’s specific nationality, either at the time of NINo registration or at the time of benefit claim, does not play a role in this. Eligibility differs by benefit but is usually determined by an individual’s immigration status, alongside their ability to meet the requirements of the Habitual Residence Test (for income-related benefits), the Past Presence Test (for disability benefits), and / or having the necessary National Insurance contributions (for contributions-based benefits).


Deposited Papers
Department for Work and Pensions

Oct. 22 2024

Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance 2024 [update of previous guidance deposited April 2024, DEP2024-0442]. 207 docs. II. Letter dated 16/10/2024 from Stephen Timms MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex D. 8p.
Document: 142_Refugees_and_Asylum_Seekers_V14.0.pdf (PDF)

Found: The residence permit is valid for up to five years .


Deposited Papers
Ministry of Justice

Jan. 22 2009

Source Page: Rome I - should the UK opt in? Response to consultation, 85 p.
Document: DEP2009-0185.pdf (PDF)

Found: residence, provided that the tenant is a natural person and has his habitual residence in the same


Deposited Papers
Department for Work and Pensions

Oct. 22 2024

Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance 2024 [update of previous guidance deposited April 2024, DEP2024-0442]. 207 docs. II. Letter dated 16/10/2024 from Stephen Timms MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex D. 8p.
Document: 065_Fail_to_attend_V24.0.pdf (PDF)

Found: Evidence Interview Failure to attend the Personal Security Number Appointment Failure to attend the Habitual


Written Question
Social Security Benefits
Monday 4th November 2024

Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2024 to Question 11035, on Social Security Benefits, for which benefit lines the Department holds data on the nationality of claimants at the point of National Insurance number registration.

Answered by Andrew Western - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

Information on the nationality of claimants at the point of National Insurance number (NINo) registration is not used for benefit purposes so is not held on any benefit lines. As detailed in the background information and methodology, the administrative data generated from the Adult NINo Allocation and Registration service is analysed to produce the quarterly statistical publication on ‘National Insurance number allocations to adult overseas nationals entering the UK’. The administrative data which underpins this publication is the Migrant Workers Scan (MWS) and it is sourced from the HMRC National Insurance and PAYE Service (NPS) which is not used for benefit purposes.

DWP policy responsibility lies in establishing the eligibility of non-UK / Irish claimants to claim benefits. An individual’s specific nationality, either at the time of NINo registration or at the time of benefit claim, does not play a role in this. Eligibility differs by benefit but is usually determined by an individual’s immigration status, alongside their ability to meet the requirements of the Habitual Residence Test (for income-related benefits), the Past Presence Test (for disability benefits), and / or having the necessary National Insurance contributions (for contributions-based benefits).


Written Question
Social Security Benefits
Monday 16th September 2024

Asked by: Nick Timothy (Conservative - West Suffolk)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the total number of claimants broken down by nationality for all benefits.

Answered by Andrew Western - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

The Department does not hold data on the current nationality of those claiming benefits. As such there are no plans to publish the total number of customers broken down by nationality for all benefits. Decisions regarding the development and publication of Official Statistics are the responsibility of the Chief Statistician.

DWP policy responsibility lies in establishing the eligibility of non-UK / Irish claimants to claim benefits. An individual’s specific nationality does not play a role in this. Eligibility differs by benefit but is usually determined by an individual’s immigration status, alongside their ability to meet the requirements of the Habitual Residence Test (for income-related benefits), the Past Presence Test (for disability benefits), and / or having the necessary National Insurance contributions (for contributions-based benefits).


Deposited Papers
Department for Work and Pensions

Oct. 22 2024

Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance 2024 [update of previous guidance deposited April 2024, DEP2024-0442]. 207 docs. II. Letter dated 16/10/2024 from Stephen Timms MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex D. 8p.
Document: 032_Claim_closure_V32.0.pdf (PDF)

Found: Claims not to be closed Claimant fails to accept the Claimant Commitment Claimant fails the Habitual