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1250779

registered interest
date	11/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Jonathan Taylor
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role (a) her Department and (b) her Department's non-departmental public bodies have in the case of the UK whistleblower, Jonathan Taylor.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
uin	114044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office has no role in Mr Taylor’s case.</p><p>Whether to seek a person’s extradition to the UK is a matter for the UK’s independent police and prosecution services.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 114045 114046 question first answered 16/11/2020 16:57:51 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

1250780

registered interest
date	11/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Jonathan Taylor
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 sought the extradition of whistleblower, Jonathan Taylor to the UK from Croatia.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
uin	114045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office has no role in Mr Taylor’s case.</p><p>Whether to seek a person’s extradition to the UK is a matter for the UK’s independent police and prosecution services.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 114044 114046 question first answered 16/11/2020 16:57:51 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

1250781

registered interest
date	11/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Jonathan Taylor
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons her Department has not issued a European Arrest Warrant for the UK whistleblower, Jonathan Taylor.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
uin	114046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office has no role in Mr Taylor’s case.</p><p>Whether to seek a person’s extradition to the UK is a matter for the UK’s independent police and prosecution services.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 114044 114045 question first answered 16/11/2020 16:57:51 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

1250790

registered interest
date	11/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Mobile Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) process is and (b) agreed timescales are for the return of confiscated mobile phones to asylum seekers by Border Force; and what steps her Department takes to communicate that process to affected asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	114198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>Immigration Enforcement search all migrants upon arrival at the Tug Haven at Dover. In the event that a mobile phone is discovered it will be seized as part of an investigation into the organised crime group involved in the facilitation.</p><p>The migrant will be informed verbally that the phone will be kept for evidential purpose for three to six months. They are provided with a receipt and contact details. Attempts will be made, to communicate this in their first language, although this can be challenging due to external factors.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 17/11/2020 15:08:19 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1250815

registered interest
date	11/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Islamic State
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of UK residents who are members of Daesh.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	114096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>Membership of a proscribed organisation is an offence under section 11 of the Terrorism Act 2000, and Al Qa’ida and Daesh have been proscribed in the UK since March 2001 and June 2014 respectively.</p><p>The Government takes proscription offences seriously. Investigations into the activities of proscribed organisations or individuals who may be members of proscribed organisations are an operational matter for the police and intelligence agencies. It would not be appropriate to publish data on intelligence related matters.</p><p>The Government publishes quarterly national statistics on the use of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 and subsequent relevant legislation in Great Britain. This includes information on arrests, charges and convictions for proscription offences. The most recent publication up to year ending June 2020, was published on 17 September on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000-quarterly-update-to-june-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000-quarterly-update-to-june-2020</a>.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 114097 question first answered 16/11/2020 17:13:05 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1250816

registered interest
date	11/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Al Qaeda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of UK residents who are members of Al Qaeda.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	114097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>Membership of a proscribed organisation is an offence under section 11 of the Terrorism Act 2000, and Al Qa’ida and Daesh have been proscribed in the UK since March 2001 and June 2014 respectively.</p><p>The Government takes proscription offences seriously. Investigations into the activities of proscribed organisations or individuals who may be members of proscribed organisations are an operational matter for the police and intelligence agencies. It would not be appropriate to publish data on intelligence related matters.</p><p>The Government publishes quarterly national statistics on the use of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 and subsequent relevant legislation in Great Britain. This includes information on arrests, charges and convictions for proscription offences. The most recent publication up to year ending June 2020, was published on 17 September on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000-quarterly-update-to-june-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000-quarterly-update-to-june-2020</a>.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 114096 question first answered 16/11/2020 17:13:05 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1250838

registered interest
date	11/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with external stakeholders on the role of the proposed Migrants' Commissioner.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	114131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>As outlined in the Comprehensive Improvement Plan on 30 September 2020, the Home Office will be consulting with the Windrush Cross-Government Working Group on how to take forward the Migrants’ Commissioner role.</p><p>The Working Group brings together key stakeholders and community leaders with representatives from a number of government departments, to support the delivery of solutions for the Windrush generation.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 16/11/2020 17:04:10 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1250949

registered interest
date	11/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants
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 6 November to Question 105275, what routes are included in the other category referred to in the data for in-country extensions included in that Answer.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	114049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>Information regarding the routes included in the ‘Other’ category are included in notes for table Exe_01 ‘Grants of an extension of stay in the UK, by category of extension’ available from <em>Immigration Statistics, year ending June 2020</em> at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2020/list-of-tables#extensions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2020/list-of-tables#extensions</a></p><p>The ‘Category of leave group’: ‘Other’ includes discretionary leave, long residence, parents of children at school, stateless leave, other reasons and cases where the category of grant has not been recorded. ‘Other’ also includes extensions granted to individuals who are unable to travel home because of travel restrictions or self-isolation related to coronavirus (COVID-19) as detailed in the notes to summary table Exe_01. A more detailed breakdown is available in the ‘Category of leave sub group’ variable in the published detailed dataset.</p><p>As indicated in the commentary accompanying extensions data in <em>Immigration Statistics, year ending June 2020</em>, the increase in the number of extensions granted in Q1 2020 compared to Q4 2019 reflects extensions granted under the separate <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Ffurther-visa-extensions-for-those-unable-to-return-home-due-to-coronavirus&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7C5703e8ccdc794054d4aa08d886f7fac5%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637407746922924703%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=SSmyztacZK%2FGB8ZNhXVLbVo6lBkLW8HHcKPyHlggqqc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">policy for those currently unable to return home due to COVID-19</a> (63,048 grants up to the end of March 2020).</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 114050 question first answered 17/11/2020 14:59:26 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1250950

registered interest
date	11/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants
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 6 November to Question 105275, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the increase in the number of people in the other category extending their leave from Q4 2019 to Q1 2020.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	114050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>Information regarding the routes included in the ‘Other’ category are included in notes for table Exe_01 ‘Grants of an extension of stay in the UK, by category of extension’ available from <em>Immigration Statistics, year ending June 2020</em> at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2020/list-of-tables#extensions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2020/list-of-tables#extensions</a></p><p>The ‘Category of leave group’: ‘Other’ includes discretionary leave, long residence, parents of children at school, stateless leave, other reasons and cases where the category of grant has not been recorded. ‘Other’ also includes extensions granted to individuals who are unable to travel home because of travel restrictions or self-isolation related to coronavirus (COVID-19) as detailed in the notes to summary table Exe_01. A more detailed breakdown is available in the ‘Category of leave sub group’ variable in the published detailed dataset.</p><p>As indicated in the commentary accompanying extensions data in <em>Immigration Statistics, year ending June 2020</em>, the increase in the number of extensions granted in Q1 2020 compared to Q4 2019 reflects extensions granted under the separate <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Ffurther-visa-extensions-for-those-unable-to-return-home-due-to-coronavirus&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7C5703e8ccdc794054d4aa08d886f7fac5%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637407746922924703%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=SSmyztacZK%2FGB8ZNhXVLbVo6lBkLW8HHcKPyHlggqqc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">policy for those currently unable to return home due to COVID-19</a> (63,048 grants up to the end of March 2020).</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 114049 question first answered 17/11/2020 14:59:26 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1251010

registered interest
date	11/11/2020
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, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) backlog and (b) average length of time taken to process applications for indefinite leave to remain.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	114352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>There are no backlogs on our ILR routes, we are deciding cases within published service standard, unless there is a specific reason we cannot, in which case we will contact the customer. Our service standard for the processing of ILR cases remains six months.</p><p>Performance against service standards for Indefinite Leave to Remain applications are included in the Migration Transparency data which is published here: <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fmigration-transparency-data%23uk-visas-and-immigration&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPairavy.Santhakunesan%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C14f6bb5f02874ae287d108d88648e0aa%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637406994878454053%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=e5oBvzm1R%2BVjAukdadzh1THvVQWCuCcQhAXsfEk%2F2vQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 17/11/2020 15:10:12 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome