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1565823

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Compensation Scheme: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce a closing date for applications to the Windrush Compensation Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	120896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to introduce a closing date for the Windrush Compensation Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/01/2023 14:54:46 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1565853

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) relevant stakeholders on the appointment of a migrants commissioner; and what is the timeline for their appointment.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	120991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>A range of options have been considered for delivering the Windrush recommendations, including discussions with external stakeholders. The Home Office is taking steps to be more transparent to ensure that the department is as open as possible to all types of scrutiny, both internal and external. <del class="ministerial">This requires a fundamental cultural shift in our attitude to people with different views on policy and those who make a complaint when something goes wrong.</del></p><p>We will keep the Home Affairs Select Committee updated on the progress of all the Wendy Williams recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/01/2023 18:01:29 question first ministerially corrected 20/01/2023 10:11:56 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 48638 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1565893

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
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, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the time taken to respond to (a) written parliamentary questions and (b) correspondence from Members of Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	120901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office is working to improve our performance in answering written parliamentary questions. For details on this continuous improvement I refer the Hon Member to the letter sent from Home Office to the Procedure Committee dated 21 June 2022 https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/23223/documents/169558/default/.</p><p>The Department works to a target of responding to 95% of Hon. Member’s written correspondence within 20 working days.</p><p>Performance against target has been impacted by an unprecedented increase in MPs queries prompted by successive global cases and a surge in HM Passport Office applications following the pandemic.</p><p>The Home Office has since implemented a correspondence recovery plan and as a result, the Home Office is due to return to its 20-day service standard in the week commencing 16 January 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/01/2023 15:30:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1565984

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
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 she plans to respond to correspondence of (a) 10 November and (b) 12 December from the Hon. member for Weston-super-Mare on behalf of my constituent Mark Kippax.
tabling member constituency	Weston-super-Mare
tabling member printed	John Penrose
uin	120930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>MPAM/0474236/22 – The Home Office responded to the hon. Member’s correspondence on 12 January 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/01/2023 14:00:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1584 label Biography information for John Penrose

1566001

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Industrial Disputes
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 has taken (a) to conduct an audit of positive results from the Warnings Index and Border Crossings systems during industrial action taken by members of the PCS Union in December 2022 and (b) to ascertain how many positive results were deemed to be a breach of the Border Force operating mandate during this same period; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	120940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office’s priority is to deliver a safe and secure border and we will never compromise on this including during any period of Industrial Action. Border Force maintain 100% of the checks for all scheduled arriving passengers into the UK during periods of industrial action and this will be continued during any future periods of strike action.</p><p>Border Force’s robust contingency plans keep our citizens safe and our borders secure. Non-striking Border Force staff, with the full range of appropriate powers, are continuing to complete their vital roles, including stopping and detaining passengers where appropriate, supported by military personnel and civil servant volunteers.</p><p>Border Force has a national assurance framework that is designed to ensure adherence to policy and guidance and identify any inconsistency in practice or process across all operational areas.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/01/2023 17:42:27 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1566015

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
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 and what proportion of passport applications were not processed within 10 weeks in each calendar month of 2022.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	121112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>Since April 2021, His Majesty’s Passport Office has advised people to allow up to 10 weeks when applying for their passport using the standard service in the UK.</p><p>Of the standard UK applications resulting in a printed passport in the week ending 15 January 2023, 99.2% had been processed within ten weeks. HM Passport Office processed over one million more applications in 2022 than in any previous year.</p><p>Published processing times for overseas applications vary, starting from 11 weeks.</p><p>The total volume of printed passports for each calendar month in 2022 where the application was not processed within ten weeks, is shown in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Printed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total printed within 10 weeks</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume over 10 weeks*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% Over 10 weeks</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan-22</strong></p></td><td><p>387,869</p></td><td><p>378,639</p></td><td><p>9,230</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Feb-22</strong></p></td><td><p>639,388</p></td><td><p>632,044</p></td><td><p>7,344</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar-22</strong></p></td><td><p>858,037</p></td><td><p>851,133</p></td><td><p>6,904</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-22</strong></p></td><td><p>904,634</p></td><td><p>890,190</p></td><td><p>14,444</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May-22</strong></p></td><td><p>975,367</p></td><td><p>944,307</p></td><td><p>31,060</p></td><td><p>3.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun-22</strong></p></td><td><p>862,946</p></td><td><p>798,531</p></td><td><p>64,415</p></td><td><p>7.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jul-22</strong></p></td><td><p>696,054</p></td><td><p>603,996</p></td><td><p>92,058</p></td><td><p>13.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug-22</strong></p></td><td><p>572,517</p></td><td><p>485,465</p></td><td><p>87,052</p></td><td><p>15.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-22</strong></p></td><td><p>498,579</p></td><td><p>453,971</p></td><td><p>44,608</p></td><td><p>8.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct-22</strong></p></td><td><p>443,409</p></td><td><p>418,415</p></td><td><p>24,994</p></td><td><p>5.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nov-22</strong></p></td><td><p>472,237</p></td><td><p>454,496</p></td><td><p>17,741</p></td><td><p>3.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dec-22</strong></p></td><td><p>272,520</p></td><td><p>263,307</p></td><td><p>9,213</p></td><td><p>3.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,583,557</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,174,494</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>409,063</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.39%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> * Data for priority services is recorded as performance against the respective service level only (1 day for Premium, 7 days for Fast Track), with the end-to-end processing time not being held in a reportable format. Passports printed under a priority service are therefore excluded.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 30/01/2023 18:02:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1566043

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Wind Power: Migrant Workers
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 19 December 2022 to Question 109533 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, if it is her Department’s policy not to collect or store data on the number of overseas nationals granted permission to work in UK waters under concessions to immigration rules.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	120951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect or store data on the number of overseas nationals working under the concession in the offshore wind farm industry in the UK from 2017 to date.</p><p>All concessions are temporary and are only put in place in exceptional circumstances. The Government regularly reviews all concessions to the Immigration Rules against the general principles of the immigration system to check whether they are necessary and regularly undertakes engagement with a wide range of stakeholders. This will continue to be the case in future.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 120952 question first answered 16/01/2023 15:06:39 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1566044

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Wind Power: Migrant Workers
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 19 December 2022 to Question 109530 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, on what information she based the decision to extend the agreement on Offshore Wind Workers Immigration Rules concession 2017 from 1 November 2022 to 30 April 2023; and if she will set out with whom that agreement was made.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	120952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect or store data on the number of overseas nationals working under the concession in the offshore wind farm industry in the UK from 2017 to date.</p><p>All concessions are temporary and are only put in place in exceptional circumstances. The Government regularly reviews all concessions to the Immigration Rules against the general principles of the immigration system to check whether they are necessary and regularly undertakes engagement with a wide range of stakeholders. This will continue to be the case in future.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 120951 question first answered 16/01/2023 15:06:39 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1566067

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Refunds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests for reimbursement were received by HM Passport Office in 2022; and how much was paid out in (a) December 2022 and (b) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	121060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>His Majesty’s Passport Office will reimburse its customers for a variety of reasons.</p><p>Reimbursements may be made automatically, or on consideration of a customer’s request. Data about the number of reimbursements requested is not held in a reportable format.</p><p>For the calendar year 2022 there were 80,392 reimbursements made totalling £4,327,307.76.</p><p>For the period 1 December 2022 to 31 December 2022 there were 5,726 reimbursements made, totalling £413,313.34.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/01/2023 17:23:04 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1566069

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Resettlement
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 January 2023 to Question 114728 on Asylum, what are the safe and legal resettlement routes available to refugees through the UK Resettlement Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	121061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>The UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS) is a global scheme with a multi-year commitment to resettle vulnerable refugees in need of protection. The UKRS sits alongside the government’s other resettlement schemes, which include Community Sponsorship, the Mandate Scheme, and the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS).</p><p> </p><p>Under the UKRS, and Pathway 2 of the ACRS, refugees are assessed and referred by the UNHCR according to their criteria, which are based on at-risk people’s needs and vulnerabilities.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/01/2023 14:53:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown