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1610553

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
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 are waiting for the outcome of an application for further leave to remain; and how many and what proportion of those people have limited leave to remain on the 10-year route to settlement on the basis of their family or private lives.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	180686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>We do not currently hold any information regarding the proportion of these people who might have limited leave to remain in the UK and are consequently awaiting a decision on a visa extension application are on the ten-year route to settlement.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/04/2023 17:54:51 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

1610554

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has taken recent steps to increase processing times for applications to extend limited leave to remain; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	180687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2023 answer text <p>UK Visas and Immigration are currently operating within their global customer service standards across all of the main legal migration routes for customers who make an entry clearance application from overseas and for applications made inside the UK.</p><p>Details of current performance against these customer service standards are updated regularly and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fvisa-decision-waiting-times-applications-outside-the-uk%23join-family-in-the-uk&amp;data=05%7C01%7CFarooq.Belai%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ccabfaaa2edbc4589985608db45b82840%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638180429463449780%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=jCCTU22qolOvO73RGxd7g4WPpPY96K34Wy4RAc1L%2BdU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Visa decision waiting times: applications outside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab)</a>.</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fvisa-decision-waiting-times-applications-inside-the-uk&amp;data=05%7C01%7CFarooq.Belai%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ccabfaaa2edbc4589985608db45b82840%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638180429463449780%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=RVBL3s8SjPQCWStzvVfOsxhZLf9kRlvJQ4nbaiuuxCY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Visa decision waiting times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/04/2023 11:46:28 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

1610555

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
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 make an assessment of the impact of the 10-year route to settlement on levels of integration in the period since 2012; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	180688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>Those who meet all eligibility and specified evidential requirements of the Family Immigration Rules, will be granted on a five-year route to settlement (granted in two periods of 30 months, with a third application for indefinite leave to remain). Those who cannot or do not meet these requirements, or seek to rely on their private life, will instead have a longer route to settlement: 10 years (granted in four periods of 30 months, with a fifth application for indefinite leave to remain). This reflects our obligations under Article 8 of the ECHR.</p><p>The 10 year route, provides additional time for those applicants to better integrate into British society by being able to achieve an appropriate knowledge of the English language which, in turn, will enable them to obtain employment and take a full and active part in their community.</p><p>We are in the process of simplifying the immigration system, including the ten-year routes to settlement. As part of this simplification the impact of existing policies will be taken into account</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/04/2023 07:59:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

1610556

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
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 applied for indefinite leave to remain after completing the 10-year route to settlement based on their family or private life since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	180689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2023 answer text <p>The information requested could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/04/2023 15:56:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

1610557

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
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 make an estimate of the number of people who are expected to apply for indefinite leave to remain after completing the ten-year route based on their family or private life in the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	180690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>The data requested is not available in a reportable format.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/04/2023 10:52:44 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

1610558

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: 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 has made an assessment of the potential merits of a fee waiver for applications for indefinite leave to remain.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	180691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The right to stay indefinitely is one of the most valuable entitlements offered for those seeking to enter or remain in the UK, and it is right that the fee should be higher than most for migrants staying temporarily in the UK.</p><p>A grant of indefinite leave to remain is not necessary to enable people to remain in the UK on the basis of their Article 8 or other ECHR rights, as these can be met through a grant of limited leave to remain. The provision of an affordability-based waiver for limited leave on family and private life routes allows an individual or family to remain here lawfully, and to then apply for settlement and pay the fee when the funds become available. As such, there are no plans to waive the fee for indefinite leave to remain.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/04/2023 09:44:43 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

1487293

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 8 March 2022 to Question 133959 on Slavery, when she plans to introduce financial penalties for organisations that fail to meet their statutory obligations with regards to section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	32601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The landmark transparency provisions contained in section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 made the UK the first country in the world to require businesses with a turnover of £36m or more to report annually on the steps they have taken to prevent modern slavery in their operations and supply chains.</p><p>To enhance the impact of transparency and accelerate action to prevent modern slavery, the Government committed to strengthening the reporting requirements contained in section 54 and introduce new measures including financial penalties for organisations that fail to meet their statutory obligation to publish modern slavery statements.</p><p>These measures require primary legislation and we intend to legislate in the forthcoming Modern Slavery Bill.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 14/07/2022 14:41:03 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

1487294

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
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 merits of extending the requirements of section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 to public sector organisations.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	32602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to continuously strengthening our approach to modern slavery and building on the world-leading legislation introduced in the Modern Slavery Act 2015. In 2018, the Home Office commissioned an Independent Review of the Modern Slavery Act to understand where the Act has worked well and where it could be more effective.</p><p>As part of its response, the Home Office conducted a public consultation on potential changes to the Modern Slavery Act’s transparency legislation which included a question on extending requirements to public sector organisations; 98% of respondents responded positively to this question, including 100% of public sector respondents.</p><p>The government response to the Transparency in Supply Chains consultation announced that we will introduce legislation to require public sector organisations with a budget of £36 million or more to report on how they prevent and address modern slavery risks in their operations and supply chain. As announced in the Queens Speech, we intend to bring this measure forward in the forthcoming Modern Slavery Bill.</p><p>Many public sector organisations are already publishing modern slavery statements voluntarily, but this new duty will ensure parity between private and public sector organisations.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 19/07/2022 11:28:12 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway previous answer version 13285 answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

1487295

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of eligible organisations under section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 have successfully complied with their obligation to report annually on the steps taken to prevent modern slavery in each year since that Act was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	32603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 established the UK as the first country in the world to require businesses to report annually on steps taken to prevent modern slavery in their operations and supply chains.</p><p>Compliance with section 54 is high. In 2019, the Home Office contracted the Business &amp; Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) to undertake an audit of compliance with Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. The audit was concluded in January 2020 with data accurate up to this point. The high-level findings of this audit were published on 17 September 2020 in the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner’s annual report (available here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Findependent-anti-slavery-commissioners-annual-report-2019-to-2020&amp;data=04%7C01%7CMatthew.Chaudhry4%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca79a1e4cf30b4c933b1508d9b3eb0c18%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637738644356828460%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=XI0oAU7HVt2QvpAf55kX2bX7MVQWxGIJ6Q2ee6qjFak%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-anti-slavery-commissioners-annual-report-2019-to-2020</a>).</p><p>To further drive compliance with section 54, the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/919937/Government_response_to_transparency_in_supply_chains_consultation_21_09_20.pdf" target="_blank">Government response to the Transparency in Supply Chains consultation</a>, published on 22 September 2020, committed to taking forwards an ambitious package of measures to strengthen the Act’s transparency legislation, including:</p><ul><li>Extending the reporting requirement to public bodies with a budget of £36 million or more;</li><li>Mandating the specific reporting topics statements must cover;</li><li>Requiring organisations to publish their statement on the new Government registry<p> </p></li></ul><p>The Government has also committed to introduce financial penalties for organisations who fail to meet their statutory obligations to publish annual modern slavery statements. These measures require primary legislation and, as announced in the Queen’s Speech, we intend to legislate in the forthcoming Modern Slavery Bill.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, in March 2021, the Government launched the modern slavery statement registry to radically enhance transparency by bringing together modern slavery statements on a single platform. The registry will provide a key tool for Government and others to monitor and drive compliance with section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. We have been encouraged by use of the registry. Since launch, over 8,300 modern slavery statements covering over 27,800 organisations have been submitted on a voluntary basis.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 20/07/2022 15:44:45 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway previous answer version 13290 answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees