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1239649

registered interest
date	01/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment his Department has made of the proportionality of the level of fees for GP medical assessments for firearm licenses.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	98204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>GPs are asked to provide medical information when a person applies to their local police force for a firearm or shotgun certificate, as police must be satisfied that those in possession of firearms do not pose a danger to public safety. Fees charged by GPs to provide medical information for firearms licensing applications are a matter between the applicant and their GP.</p><p>The Government is continuing to engage with police, medical and shooting representatives to ensure that the system for medical checks operates as effectively as possible.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/10/2020 15:32:39 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1239730

registered interest
date	01/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vehicles have been stopped by police for producing a hazardous amount of smoke in the last 12 months; and what proportion of those vehicles were confiscated;
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	98270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this information centrally.</p><p>The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 lay down certain requirements that all vehicles have to meet strict emission standards and be constructed and maintained so as not to emit any avoidable smoke. It also governs the amount of light that must pass through the windows of a vehicle and therefore how clearly the windows can be seen through.</p><p>It is for the police to take enforcement action as they consider appropriate against those in breach of the Regulations.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 98271 question first answered 07/10/2020 14:07:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1239731

registered interest
date	01/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Glass
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vehicles have been stopped by police in the last 12 months for their windscreens or front side windows being tinted beyond legal limits; and what information she holds on the steps taken in relation to those vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	98271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this information centrally.</p><p>The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 lay down certain requirements that all vehicles have to meet strict emission standards and be constructed and maintained so as not to emit any avoidable smoke. It also governs the amount of light that must pass through the windows of a vehicle and therefore how clearly the windows can be seen through.</p><p>It is for the police to take enforcement action as they consider appropriate against those in breach of the Regulations.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 98270 question first answered 07/10/2020 14:07:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1239158

registered interest
date	30/09/2020
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 he plans provide a substantive response to the correspondence of hon. Member for Glasgow Central of 15 July 2020 regarding constituent Mr Azizi.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	97614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>I apologise for the delay in responding to the hon. Member’s correspondence. A reply was sent on 1 October 2020.</p><p>The hon. Member for Glasgow Central wrote on 15 July 2020 on behalf of her constituent, Mr Nihaz Azizi (known to UKVI as Mr Nihat Azizi), who claimed asylum in the UK on 3 April 2019. The hon. Member requested a progress update on the asylum claim.</p><p>Routine fingerprint checks indicated that Mr Azizi had previously claimed asylum in Germany in January 2016, and consideration was therefore given to returning him to Germany in accordance with the Dublin Regulations. However, it was subsequently decided to process his asylum claim in the UK.</p><p>UKVI cannot give an indication as to when Mr Azizi’s asylum claim is likely to be concluded as this will depend on the nature and extent of any enquiries that may need to be carried out before it can make a decision.</p><p>UKVI will contact Mr Azizi in writing via his legal representatives, Latta &amp; Co Solicitors, once a decision is made on his asylum claim or if any further information or evidence is required.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 05/10/2020 16:15:13 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1239163

registered interest
date	30/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Mining: 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 recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of commissioning an independent review of criminal convictions during the English and Welsh miners strikes of 1984-85, similar to the review commissioned by the Scottish Government in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	97459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>There are no plans to undertake an assessment of the potential merits of establishing an independent review of criminal convictions during the English and Welsh miners strikes of 1984-85, similar to the review commissioned by the Scottish Government in 2018.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/10/2020 15:22:46 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1239191

registered interest
date	30/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Vetting: Photographs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether photographic identification is required for a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	97564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2020 answer text <p>Photographic identification is not required for a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Non-photographic documents, for example UK birth certificates, can be used in conjunction with other documents; council tax or bank statements, so that identity can be confirmed without the need for photographic identification.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/10/2020 11:58:49 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1239192

registered interest
date	30/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Vetting: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether employers are legally required to follow Disclosure and Barring Service guidance on identification.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	97565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2020 answer text <p>An employer, or Registered Body, is responsible for verifying the applicant’s identity in accordance with the Disclosure and Barring Service’s identity checking guidelines. They are legally required to follow Disclosure and Barring Service guidance on identification. This is one of the conditions attached to registration within The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Registration) Regulations 2006.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/10/2020 11:52:37 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1239193

registered interest
date	30/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Vetting: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether employers are able to refuse an employee's Disclosure and Barring Service check application if the employee does not provide photographic identification.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	97566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2020 answer text <p>The DBS identity guidance (see link below) includes the provision for non-photographic documents. Employers or Registered Bodies may require photographic identity documents to be shown as part of their own employment policies or recruitment processes.</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/guidance/documents-the-applicant-must-provide</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/10/2020 11:56:06 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1239198

registered interest
date	30/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what methodology the Government’s review of the restrictions on asylum seekers' rights to work, initiated in December 2018, will use to determine the potential fiscal effects of any changes to those rules.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	97586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>Asylum seekers are allowed to work in the UK if their claim has been outstanding for 12 months or more, through no fault of their own.</p><p>Those permitted to work are restricted to jobs on the Shortage Occupation List, which is based on expert advice from the independent Migration Advisory Committee.</p><p>The Home Office is currently reviewing policy on the right to work for asylum seekers. As part of the review the Home Office will assess the fiscal effects of changes to the policy. Once the review is completed and published, the Home Office will be able to answer questions in respect of its methodology.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/10/2020 11:32:38 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1239250

registered interest
date	30/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when expedited services will resume for visa and settlement applications.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	97563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>Priority services have resumed in some locations.</p><p>The resumption of priority services in specific locations remains under review and services will be reintroduced on a phased basis where they can be delivered. This is dependent on various factors including the easing of local restrictions relating to Covid-19 and courier delivery services.</p><p>UKVI continues to keep this position under review and will publicise any changes to services.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/10/2020 14:51:39 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield