I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 19 December 2012, which sets out the UK's exposure to existing financial assistance packages to euro area member states.

For information on the UK's involvement in financial assistance to Cyprus, I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 18 April 2013.

Ministry of Defence expenditure on military naval collaboration projects for each of the five years prior to 2011 is shown in the following table. The expenditure covers post initial gate expenditure only and excludes weapons for naval platforms and naval aviation projects.

The one project that involves collaboration within EU also involves collaboration with non-EU countries.

Ministry of Defence expenditure on military aviation collaboration projects for each of the five years prior to 2011 is shown in the following table, rounded to the nearest million pounds. The expenditure includes airframes, engines and other systems intrinsic to the aircraft. It does not include airborne weapons fitted to aircraft.

The information for financial years 2005-06 and 2006-07 is incomplete owing to the impracticality of retrieving and disaggregating financial data from legacy systems which could be completed only at disproportionate cost.

The information provided for financial year 2011-12 has changed compared to that previously provided, owing to accounting treatment decisions and variations in exchange rates.

The UK is not engaged in any military aviation collaborative projects with only non-EU countries and excluding the USA. One project includes a collaboration of EU, non-EU countries and the US. This explains the cost in the 'non-EU’ category above.

I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

The Planning Inspectorate, on behalf of the Secretary of State, concluded that the proposed development is not likely to have a significant impact on the environment of another European state¹. Notwithstanding this, any interested state had the opportunity to make representations on the application for development consent. The Austrian Government chose to do so.¹ Available at:

http://infrastructure.planningportal.gov.uk/wp-content/ipc/uploads/projects/EN010001/2.%20Post-Submission/EIA/Regulation%2024/120522_EN010001_%20 Hinkley_Transboundary% 20Screening.doc.pdf

The number of EU nationals is measured only at a UK level and information is not captured on EU nationals intended location of stay nor reason for entry.

The Home Office publishes data on an annual basis on the total number of EU nationals admitted to the UK, broken down by year. This information can be found in table ad.01 of the admissions tables of the immigration Statistics October to December 2012, available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Science website at:

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/immigration-asylum-research/immigration-q4-2012/

Payments made to each European Union member state for healthcare provided to pensioners who are United Kingdom citizens and payments made by each EU member state to the UK for the healthcare costs of non-UK EU citizen pensioners resident in the UK are shown in the following table:

The methodology for calculating average costs is set down by the European Commission, which is required to scrutinise and approve average costs produced. Each country is responsible for how it interprets the rules laid down by the Commission.

The methodology for calculating average costs is set down by the European Commission, which is required to scrutinise and approve average costs produced. Each country is responsible for how it interprets the rules laid down by the Commission.

The method of cost recovery, by country, is shown in the following table (countries not listed hold waiver agreements with the United Kingdom):

The number of registered UK state pensioners, living in other European Economic Area countries and for whom the UK is responsible for health costs, is shown in the following table:

[holding answer 22 March 2013]: The Home Office has not made such an assessment. UK population projections, published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS):

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171778_235886.pdf

assume net migration up to 2035. However, it is not possible to identify separately how much of the migration may be due to non-EU nationals who have acquired citizenship of an EU member state.

In my answer of 8 January 2013, Official Report, column 207W, I made it clear that the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency had used their regulatory powers to suspend the use in Great Britain of 10 vehicles used by transporters authorised in another member state that had been approved and certified in another member state and that their use in Great Britain would remain suspended until such a time as the identified faults have been rectified.

For the reasons set out in my written answer of 26 February 2013, Official Report, column 394W, it would not be proper to publish this information.

Policy on the acquisition of citizenship is a matter for individual member states to determine. Once an individual acquires the nationality of a member state they are subject to the same entitlement conditions for access to benefits as any other national of that European Union member state.

Under the mutual assistance recovery directive, EU member states provide each other with assistance in the recovery of tax debts and duties. There is no definitive list of these taxes; the directive requires the

UK to collect unpaid taxes and duties of any kind levied by or on behalf of a member state or its territorial or administrative subdivision, including local taxes, or customs duties on behalf of the Union.

In his written ministerial statement of 14 February 2013, Official Report, column 60WS, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the right hon. Member for North Shropshire (Mr Paterson), updated the House on discussions held on 13 February with agriculture Ministers from a number of other member states together with the Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner in Brussels. In this statement he reported that we reached agreement on a number of key issues in order to ensure that the current unacceptable situation with horsemeat cannot happen again.

In a further statement of 27 February 2013, Official Report, column 27WS, the Secretary of State updated the House on further discussions at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council. At this meeting member states endorsed EU-wide action to address the issue through the testing programme and the rapid sharing of information on any illegal activity.

While child benefit and child tax credit are designed to help families living in the UK only, the EC social security co-ordinating regulations, EC Regulation 883/2004 and 987/2009, treat both child benefit and the child tax credit as “family benefits”. Under these rules, such benefits are therefore payable to nationals of the European Economic Area (EEA) in respect of members of their family resident in another member state.

The EC regulations are directly applicable to all member states in equal measure. Nationals of other EEA member states who are working in the UK and paying compulsory UK national insurance contributions are entitled to claim UK family benefits in respect of children living in another member state. Similarly, UK nationals working and paying social security contributions in another member state are entitled to that member state’s family benefits in respect of their children resident in the UK.

The Government are not aware of any instance of other EEA member states not applying these rules. All claims for child benefit and child tax credit made under the EU social security co-ordinating regulations are subject to a wide range of checks on entitlement and an annual review. These checks include confirmation that a claimant is paying national insurance contributions. If national insurance contributions are not being paid, the claim will fall for disallowance.

I have made 17 trips to member states of the European Union in an official capacity since 2010.

The following table provides the total number of enforced removals and those who were initially refused entry to the United Kingdom for nationals of the EU, in each year from 2009 to 2012.

Deportations are included in published enforced removals statistics which are either following a criminal conviction (foreign national offenders) or when it is judged that a person's removal from the UK is conducive to the public good; the deportation order prohibits the person returning to the UK until such time as it may be revoked. It is not possible to separately identify deportations from enforced removals.

The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on the number of persons removed or departed voluntarily from the UK and on persons refused entry to the United Kingdom within Immigration Statistics. The data on removals and voluntary departures by type are available in the latest release, Immigration Statistics: October-December 2012, tables rv.03 and rv.03.q, and data on those who were refused at entry are available in tables be.08 to be.08q from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Science, research and statistics web pages at:

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/science-research/research-statistics/migration/migration-statistics1/

Statistics on the nationality (or citizenship) of state pension recipients is not available. The award of UK state pension is normally made on the basis of contributions that have been paid by or credited to the individual.

Statistics on the nationality (or citizenship) of state pension recipients is not available. The award of UK state pension is normally made on the basis of contributions that have been paid by or credited to the individual.