PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Migrant Workers and National Insurance Contributions (31 October 2016)

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what estimate his Department has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on (a) the number of EU and EEA nationals working in the UK and (b) the level of national insurance contribution receipts; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by:
Dr Rupa Huq (Labour)

We are still considering carefully all of the options open to us for our new arrangements with the EU. What happens after the UK exits the EU is for negotiation. We are clear that we need to understand the impacts on the different sectors of the economy and the labour market from any changes that we make to the UK’s immigration system but we will not be giving a running commentary on our work as we approach the negotiations.

Answered by:
Mr David Jones (Conservative)
3 November 2016