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1566561

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date	12/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Employment
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 promote the use of the Employer Checking System by employers.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	122185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>We have published guidance and a statutory code of practice for employers, which contains information on when to contact the Home Office Employer Checking Service (ECS).</p><p>This information is kept up to date and can be accessed on GOV.UK at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-work-checks-employers-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-work-checks-employers-guide</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/illegal-working-penalties-codes-of-practice-for-employers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/illegal-working-penalties-codes-of-practice-for-employers</a></p><p><br> The Home Office engages regularly with a wide range of employers and their representative bodies either via established Home Office-led fora such as the Home Office consultation groups, as part of engagement with other government departments, or upon invitation to other events including webinars. We will continue to work closely with businesses to ensure processes are secure, accessible and employers understand their obligations and responsibilities concerning right to work checks and use of the ECS.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/01/2023 14:51:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

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

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

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

1564889

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
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, what recent progress her Department has made on the establishment of the emergency resettlement mechanism pilot; and what her planned timetable is for the completion of that pilot.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	119136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>An Emergency Resettlement Mechanism will allow the Government to provide urgent protection in exceptional circumstances to refugees referred by UNHCR as being in need of rapid emergency resettlement.</p><p>Responding to the situation in Afghanistan, the UK military undertook the largest military evacuation since the Second World War, during which we evacuated c.15,000 individuals to the UK. Over 20,000 Afghans have been brought over to the UK since the fall of Kabul. This alongside the UK’s response to Putin’s illegal war in Ukraine, continues to impact on available local authority housing and support. As a result, the commencement of the pilot has been put on hold temporarily</p><p>The UK has a strong record of helping those most in need and the UK continues to welcome refugees and people in need of protection through our resettlement and relocation schemes.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/01/2023 17:11:28 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock