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1504405

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: General Practitioners
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 has taken to ensure that immigration rules are not a barrier to international trainee GPs remaining in UK general practice after completing training.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	45885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office have already delivered a range of measures to support the health and care sector. The Home Office launched the Health &amp; Care visa in 2020, which makes it easier, cheaper, and quicker for health workers – including GPs - to come to the UK to work compared to other immigration routes.</p><p>International medical graduates may use the time between the end of their training and the end of their visa to apply for work and are eligible for the skilled worker route. The sector and its membership bodies are best placed to help match these individuals with those vacant positions, so should focus on identifying even more effective methods to improve this mechanism.</p><p>We strongly encourage more GP surgeries to become Home Office approved sponsors, as this is the best way for the sector to retain international medical graduates as GPs, providing them with the ability to continue to renew their visa while living in the UK and to qualify for permanent settlement in due course.</p><p>Sponsorship is straightforward and business-friendly, the majority of sponsors on our register are SMEs, much like GP surgeries are likely to be. The Government is working to increase the number of GP Practices registered as Home Office sponsors.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 08/09/2022 09:02:25 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove previous answer version 17278 answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1467371

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Iraq
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 impact of her Department's advice on avoiding all but essential travel to Iraq, including the Kurdistan region, on her policies on the deportation of asylum seekers to that country.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	11717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>All asylum and human rights claims are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations. Each individual assessment is made against the background of any relevant caselaw and the latest available country information. Our position on Iraq is set out in the relevant country policy and information note on the gov.uk website.</p><p> </p><p>Where someone establishes a well-founded fear of persecution or serious harm in their country, they are normally granted protection and are not expected to return there. The Home Office only seeks to return those whose asylum claim have been unsuccessful. By definition, they do not need protection and not at risk on return.</p><p> </p><p>The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s travel advice to British nationals is not the correct legal test for determining whether or not a person qualifies for international protection or whether to remove a foreign national with no right to remain in UK.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 11718 question first answered 08/06/2022 14:32:02 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1467372

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Iraq
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of suspending all deportation flights to Iraq until it reviews its advice on avoiding all but essential travel to Iraq, including the Kurdistan region.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	11718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>All asylum and human rights claims are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations. Each individual assessment is made against the background of any relevant caselaw and the latest available country information. Our position on Iraq is set out in the relevant country policy and information note on the gov.uk website.</p><p> </p><p>Where someone establishes a well-founded fear of persecution or serious harm in their country, they are normally granted protection and are not expected to return there. The Home Office only seeks to return those whose asylum claim have been unsuccessful. By definition, they do not need protection and not at risk on return.</p><p> </p><p>The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s travel advice to British nationals is not the correct legal test for determining whether or not a person qualifies for international protection or whether to remove a foreign national with no right to remain in UK.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 11717 question first answered 08/06/2022 14:32:02 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1460128

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether asylum seekers from Rwanda arriving in the UK on small boats will be sent to Rwanda to claim asylum under the terms of the UK and Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	158989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>In line with our international obligations a Rwandan who fails their asylum claim or becomes a foreign national offender can be removed under the usual process.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 28/04/2022 07:42:36 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1458258

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) she, (b) Ministers in her Department and (c) officials in her Department had discussions with representatives of the UN High Commission for Refugees on the UK and Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership before its publication.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	155799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government works closely with UNHCR on a whole range of issues and as such the Home Office is in regular contact at all levels.</p><p> </p><p>The UK/Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership was negotiation between two states.</p><p> </p><p>Representatives from across Government have since met with the UNHCR regarding the partnership with further engagement also planned.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 27/04/2022 17:22:51 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove previous answer version 66705 answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1458083

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from Rwanda have (a) applied for and (b) been granted asylum in the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	154105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on asylum applications raised, by nationality, are published in table Asy_D01, and data on the outcomes of asylum applications at initial decision, by nationality, are published in table Asy_D02 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’. Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to the end of December 2021.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 26/04/2022 13:50:30 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1437141

registered interest
date	01/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Zimbabwe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of suspending the deportation flight to Zimbabwe scheduled for 2 March 2022 in the context of violence against political opposition supporters in that country in recent days.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	132291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>We make no apology for seeking to remove those with no right to remain in the UK and foreign criminals. That is why we regularly operate charter flights to different countries - to remove foreign criminals who abuse our hospitality by committing crimes here, and those who have no right to be in a country, but refuse to leave voluntarily.</p><p>Individuals are only returned to their country of origin where claims have been unsuccessful, and the Home Office and, where applicable, the Courts deem it is safe to do so, with a safe route of return. By definition, those persons do not need protection and are not at risk on return.</p><p> </p><p>We are monitoring the situation there, working with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Our general assessment of risk for political opponents to the government remains set out in our published <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fzimbabwe-country-policy-and-information-notes&amp;data=04%7C01%7CLinda.Tedder%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C1f2edd75aaf447f3914a08d9fc381539%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637818140060513447%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=XjAJ%2F4xone%2Fmjm7HealhSUmmY8p2P8NroA8CaaFAQ0w%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">country policy and information note of September 2021</a>.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 07/03/2022 12:44:00 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1360235

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Nationality and Borders Bill
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 compatibility of the Borders and Nationality Bill with (a) the UN Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and (b) the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	57107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2021 answer text <p>The Nationality and Borders Bill, which is part of our New Plan for Immigration, seeks to build a fair, but firm asylum and illegal migration system. The Bill complies with all our international obligations. In addition, on 16 September, we published an Equality Impact Assessment for the policies being taken forward through the Bill. This includes an assessment of potential impacts on children.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/10/2021 16:59:38 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove previous answer version 25511 answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady