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Mr. Timms
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people were refused income support due to the habitual residence requirement in March; and how many of these were (a) British nationals, (b) European economic area nationals and (c) others. [32718]
Mr. Roger Evans
The information is in the table:
| British nationals | EEA nationals | Others | Total | |
| March 1995 | 492 | 802 | 730 | 2,024 |
Note:
"Others" include asylum seekers who had the habitual residence test applied to them but were paid benefit under other provisions.