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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	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 the conditions are for Ukrainians in the UK on (a) family visas and (b) the Homes for Ukraine Scheme regarding leaving the UK and returning; and whether there are restrictions regarding their leave and visa conditions such as those in the UK on Tier 2 and Tier 4 visas.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	155696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>Ukrainians in the UK under the Ukraine Family Scheme and Homes for Ukraine Scheme are not subject to conditions linked to leaving and returning to the UK. Successful applicants are granted three years’ leave to remain, and can work and access public services during this time.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/04/2022 17:19:19 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 65289 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1365983

registered interest
date	03/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on ensuring that no foreign national resident in the UK is prevented from travelling overseas because their passports is being held by DVLA outside the agreed timescale for processing provisional driving licence applications.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	69074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2021 answer text <p>The DVLA recognises the importance to applicants of having possession of their identity documents for a range of reasons, including overseas travel.</p><p>The DVLA has introduced additional online services, recruited additional staff, and secured extra office space to help reduce waiting times. DVLA staff are working as quickly as possible to return people’s documentation to them when processing a driving licence application.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 10/11/2021 09:26:28 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 31315 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1361201

registered interest
date	19/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
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 reduce the administrative requirements on EU citizens with Settled Status to prove their status without physical documentation when accessing essential services.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	58821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>We are enabling other government departments and public authorities to be able to automatically access immigration status information. Currently, this includes the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and NHS England and Wales.</p><p>The data made available is specific to the need of each department and contains only the necessary information to inform their decision making. By making data available in this way, we are reducing the number of occasions on which an individual has to prove their status in the UK. The Borders, Immigration and Citizenship Privacy Notice provides information about how we share data with other government departments.</p><p>When applying for banking services, all individuals are required to provide proof of their identity as part of anti-money laundering, regulatory ‘Know Your Customer’ (KYC) checks.</p><p>We have produced guidance for financial providers to help them understand the documents we issue, including eVisas, and how they can be used as proof of identity for the purposes of KYC checks. This can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/biometric-residence-documents-information-for-financial-providers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/biometric-residence-documents-information-for-financial-providers</a></p><p>As detailed in this guidance, financial institutions can check someone’s identity, using the online ‘View and Prove’ service at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/check-immigration-status" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/check-immigration-status</a>.</p><p>This enables checks to be conducted without physical documents changing hands or the checker having to assess the authenticity of the documents and whether the person presenting it is the rightful holder.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/10/2021 16:29:16 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 26353 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1361202

registered interest
date	19/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department is providing to (a) banks and (b) mortgage lenders on (i) EU Settled Status and (ii) accepting digital proof of that status.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	58822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>We are enabling other government departments and public authorities to be able to automatically access immigration status information. Currently, this includes the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and NHS England and Wales.</p><p>The data made available is specific to the need of each department and contains only the necessary information to inform their decision making. By making data available in this way, we are reducing the number of occasions on which an individual has to prove their status in the UK. The Borders, Immigration and Citizenship Privacy Notice provides information about how we share data with other government departments.</p><p>When applying for banking services, all individuals are required to provide proof of their identity as part of anti-money laundering, regulatory ‘Know Your Customer’ (KYC) checks.</p><p>We have produced guidance for financial providers to help them understand the documents we issue, including eVisas, and how they can be used as proof of identity for the purposes of KYC checks. This can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/biometric-residence-documents-information-for-financial-providers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/biometric-residence-documents-information-for-financial-providers</a></p><p>As detailed in this guidance, financial institutions can check someone’s identity, using the online ‘View and Prove’ service at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/check-immigration-status" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/check-immigration-status</a>.</p><p>This enables checks to be conducted without physical documents changing hands or the checker having to assess the authenticity of the documents and whether the person presenting it is the rightful holder.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/10/2021 16:29:36 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 26355 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield