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1241730

registered interest
date	08/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 October 2020 to Question 94482 on Asylum: Housing, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to ensure that asylum seekers are informed of the address of where they will be accommodated if their application is successful.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	101041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>There are no current plans to bring forward legislation to inform an individual of where they will be accommodated if their application is successful.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 13/10/2020 16:00:22 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1241733

registered interest
date	08/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the EU Settlement Scheme Family Permit, whether a relevant person from Northern Ireland who has not been residing in the UK for the six months prior to making an application for that permit intends to return to Northern Ireland with their non-EEA family members is eligible for that permit.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	101070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>The relevant non-EEA national family members of a relevant person of Northern Ireland can apply for an EU Settlement Scheme Family Permit to accompany that person to, or join them in, the UK, where the relevant person of Northern Ireland holds status under the EU Settlement Scheme or (were they not a British citizen, where they are one) would be granted this status if they applied.</p><p>The potential eligibility for status under the scheme of the relevant person of Northern Ireland will require they have the requisite continuity of residence in the UK, which generally means they will not have been absent from the UK for more than six months.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/10/2020 11:45:26 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1241155

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Border Force: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on what mail is opened by Border Force.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	100529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>Border Force routinely carries out risk based inspections of post and parcels imported into the UK. The purpose of this is to both deter and prevent the entry of goods that would harm the national interest and the safety of its citizens.</p><p>Section 159 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 as amended by regulation 7 of the Postal Packets (Revenue and Customs) Regulations 2011 provides the power for designated Customs officials to inspect, and open, any postal packet for the purpose of examining anything that designated Customs officials suspect it may contain, for example, goods which may not have duty paid or are prohibited or restricted. The interception of postal communications for investigatory purposes is not undertaken by Border Force, and can only be authorised for a competent authority by a warrant under Part 2 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 16/10/2020 09:28:34 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1241194

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 September 2020 to Question 92763 on Asylum: Employment, if she will publish the evidence that granting asylum seekers the right to work could act as an incentive for asylum seekers to come to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	100339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>There is already published, independent evidence showing that good economic conditions and essential services can create an incentive for people to choose to go to a particular country illegally. This is because it is easier to work under such conditions – and we cannot ignore that access to the labour market is among the reasons that so many people choose to come to the UK illegally, rather than remain in any of the countries through which they transit.</p><p>That is why it is important to distinguish between those who need protection and those seeking to work here, who can apply for a work visa under the Immigration Rules. Our wider policy could be undermined if migrants bypassed work visa Rules by lodging unfounded asylum claims here.</p><p>Asylum seeker right to work is a complex issue. This is under review; it is crucial we take the time to get this right and we are listening carefully to the arguments and considering the evidence put forward on the issue. The Home Office will be happy to discuss the content of the review once it has been completed.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 100340 question first answered 13/10/2020 15:49:26 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1241195

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer of 29 September to Question 92763 on the right to work for asylum seekers, what is the evidential basis for the policy that granting asylum seekers the right to work would cause migrants to bypass work visa rules by lodging asylum claims.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	100340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>There is already published, independent evidence showing that good economic conditions and essential services can create an incentive for people to choose to go to a particular country illegally. This is because it is easier to work under such conditions – and we cannot ignore that access to the labour market is among the reasons that so many people choose to come to the UK illegally, rather than remain in any of the countries through which they transit.</p><p>That is why it is important to distinguish between those who need protection and those seeking to work here, who can apply for a work visa under the Immigration Rules. Our wider policy could be undermined if migrants bypassed work visa Rules by lodging unfounded asylum claims here.</p><p>Asylum seeker right to work is a complex issue. This is under review; it is crucial we take the time to get this right and we are listening carefully to the arguments and considering the evidence put forward on the issue. The Home Office will be happy to discuss the content of the review once it has been completed.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 100339 question first answered 13/10/2020 15:49:26 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1241197

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when UKVI plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Warley of 10 August 2020 regarding Mrs Isik.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	100284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>I apologise for the delay in responding to the Rt Hon. Member’s correspondence.</p><p>A response was sent on 14 October.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 16/10/2020 09:24:52 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1241250

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain, what proportion of the batch safety tests reported in table 7.1. under quality control were (a) abnormal toxicity tests for human biological products, (b) laboratory animal batch safety tests and (c) target animal batch safety tests for veterinary vaccines.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	100546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>With reference to the report entitled Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2019, published in July 2020, laboratory animal batch safety test data is not reported in a way that allows for the distinction between abnormal toxicity tests for human biological products and target animal batch safety tests for veterinary vaccines.</p><p>The proportion of batch safety tests performed on laboratory animals reported by establishments in Great Britain for medicinal products for:</p><ul><li>human use was 98.5% (18,470 of 18,757 tests); and</li></ul><p>veterinary use and their residues was 1.5% (287 of 18,757 tests).</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/11/2020 11:47:00 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1241254

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government’s review on the restrictions on asylum seekers’ right to work, initiated in December 2018, will provide an assessment of (a) the potential benefits to people’s wellbeing while they are in the asylum system and (b) their integration prospects upon receipt of a positive asylum decision.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	100398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>There is already published, independent evidence showing that good economic conditions and essential services can create an incentive for people to choose to go to a particular country illegally. This is because it is easier to work under such conditions – and we cannot ignore that access to the labour market is among the reasons that so many people choose to come to the UK illegally, rather than remain in any of the countries through which they transit.</p><p>That is why it is important to distinguish between those who need protection and those seeking to work here, who can apply for a work visa under the Immigration Rules. Our wider policy could be undermined if migrants bypassed work visa Rules by lodging unfounded asylum claims here.</p><p>Asylum seeker right to work is a complex issue. This is under review; it is crucial we take the time to get this right and we are listening carefully to the arguments and considering the evidence put forward on the issue. The Home Office will be happy to discuss the content of the review once it has been completed.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 12/10/2020 16:10:20 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1241255

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Retail Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2020 to Question 85969 on Knives, what steps the Government is taking to work with retailers to promote the responsible sales of knives.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	100312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government has agreed a set of voluntary commitments with major retailers to promote the responsible sale of knives and to prevent the sale of knives to under-18s, both in stores and online. The agreement commits retailers to having robust measures in place to ensure age verification and both appropriate display and access to knives in stores.</p><p>Retailers also act to ensure customers and staff are reminded that knives are age restricted products and that all staff receive regular training. Since March 2016, 19 major retailed have joined the agreement, with some stopping the sale of single knives in their stores altogether. We are continuing to work with retailers to strengthen the agreement further in relation to the display of knives.</p><p>The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 strengthens the law in relation to the preventing the online sale of knives to under 18s by requiring age verification and stopping knives being sent to residential addresses after they are bought online, unless the seller has arrangements in place with the delivery company to ensure that the product would not be delivered into the hands of a person under 18.</p><p>We have paused commencement of some of the Act’s provisions due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the social distancing measures that have been in place to avoid placing significant additional burdens on businesses and delivery companies to modify their sales and delivery systems and train staff over this period. We are keeping the position under review and we expect to be able to commence the provisions at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 14/10/2020 08:50:52 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1241261

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Care Homes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will include senior careworkers in the Shortage Occupation List.
tabling member constituency	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
tabling member printed	David Mundell
uin	100311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>The independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) published its report on the Shortage Occupation List (SOL) on 29 September.</p><p>This can be found here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/review-of-the-shortage-occupation-list-2020" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/review-of-the-shortage-occupation-list-2020</a>.</p><p>We are considering carefully its recommendations before commenting on whether specific occupations will be included in the SOL.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/10/2020 11:41:13 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1512 label Biography information for David Mundell