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1462364

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Passport Office is creating additional appointment slots for Fast Track passport applications in response to increased demand.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	1201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>HMPO are looking at a range of interventions to increase our capacity for providing additional urgent service appointments as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 23/05/2022 10:29:08 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 1733 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1462365

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assistance her Department provides to people seeking a fast track passport appointment but who are unable to book a slot.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	1202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>Appointments for urgent services are released three weeks in advance. While this means new appointments are released on a daily basis at each of the seven public counters, in busy periods these will be booked quickly.</p><p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office therefore continues to explore options to increase appointment capacity to further support its customers with urgent travel needs.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/05/2022 15:46:55 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1462390

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of appointments available for people applying for a passport using the (a) online premium service and (b) one week fast track service; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	1078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>HMPO are looking at a range of interventions to increase our capacity for providing urgent service appointments as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 23/05/2022 10:45:49 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 1731 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1462391

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications processed by her Department missed the 10-week processing target since 1 January 2022; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	1079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2022 answer text <p>Since April 2021, people have been advised to allow up to ten weeks when applying for their British passport as more than 5 million people delayed applying due to the pandemic. The vast majority of all passport applications continue to be dealt with well within 10 weeks</p><p><br> HM Passport Office has increased its staffing numbers by 650 since April 2021 and is in the process of recruiting a further 550. This has helped to ensure that passport applications continue to be processed in higher numbers than ever before, with the processing of almost two million applications being completed across March and April 2022.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 01/06/2022 16:05:14 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 1730 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1462406

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
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, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on residents of using town centre buildings to house asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	1347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>When procuring accommodation, our accommodation providers will consult on each new property to be procured, this provides Local Authorities with an opportunity to set out concerns about the impact on local services, regeneration schemes and anti-social behaviour.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/05/2022 16:32:05 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1462417

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
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, if she will assist with obtaining a response from the Director General for UKVI to a letter dated 17 March 2022 from the hon Member for West Lancashire reference ZA59210 regarding an asylum claim.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	1129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office responded to the correspondence on 13 May 2022.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/05/2022 15:51:52 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1462418

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
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, if she will assist with obtaining a response from the Director General for UKVI to a letter dated 25 March 2022 from the hon Member for West Lancashire reference ZA59295 regarding an asylum claim.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	1130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office responded to the correspondence on 13 May 2022.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 23/05/2022 10:47:31 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 1721 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1462493

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure travel permission permits for Ukraine citizens are issued prior to the issuing of visas.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	1116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>The process for issuing visas and permission to travel letters is different and distinct.</p><p> </p><p>A visa is issued after the applicant has applied online and gone to their local visa application centre to submit their biometrics.</p><p> </p><p>Permission to travel letters are issued for applicants who have a valid Ukrainian passport who can apply online to come to the UK from wherever they are and they then give their biometrics once in Britain.</p><p> </p><p>Both visas and permissions to travel letter cannot be issued until after a decision has been made on a customer's application.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/05/2022 16:35:34 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1462494

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure applications for Ukrainian citizens under the Homes for Ukraine scheme are grouped effectively to allow family members to enter the UK together.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	1117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>Where we have applications from family groups we would look to group these decisions together so families receive decisions wherever possible at the same time.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/05/2022 15:22:12 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1462495

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time is for telephone calls made from 1 May 2022 to the dedicated advice line for hon. Members for UK Visas & Immigration.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	1118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2022 answer text <p>We recognise that during peak periods waiting times can be considerably longer than that. This is due to an increase in call demand since the beginning of the Ukraine crisis.</p><p>As a result of the increased demand the Department has more than doubled the number of staff operating the helpline. MPs can also contact the Home Office via the MPs Urgent Enquiries inbox or in person at the Portcullis House walk-in hub.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/05/2022 16:37:44 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones