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1484969

registered interest
date	30/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Organised Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to protect the victims of cuckooing through the criminal justice system.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	900903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>This Government is determined to crack down on the county lines gangs who exploit our children and have a devastating impact on our communities. That is why, through the ten-year Drugs Strategy, we are investing up to £145m over three years in our successful County Lines Programme. Since November 2019 police activity funded by the County Lines Programme has closed over 2,400 lines, made over 8,000 arrests, and engaged over 9,500 individuals through safeguarding interventions.</p><p>Also, through the County Lines Programme, the Home Office funds the National County Lines Co-ordination Centre (NCLCC) who have identified and are sharing best practice on ‘cuckooing’. Examples include working with local authorities and housing associations to raise awareness, to disrupt this malicious crime and signpost vulnerable victims to support.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/07/2022 15:49:38 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1485105

registered interest
date	30/06/2022
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 she plans to respond to the correspondence of 9 May 2022, resent by email on 13 June 2022 and 15 June 2022, from the hon. Member for Glasgow East, reference DL11881.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	28474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office responded to the Hon. Member’s correspondence on 4 July 2022</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/07/2022 08:37:35 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1485149

registered interest
date	30/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice her Department has issued to employers on employing Ukrainians who have entered the UK under the Homes for Ukraine scheme but have not yet received the Biometric Residence Permit; and what steps she is taking to ensure that Ukrainians are able to undertake employment during that period.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	28491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office published updated guidance for employers on 12 April setting out how Ukrainian nationals issued permission to enter under the Ukraine schemes, including the Homes for Ukraine scheme, can evidence their right to work.</p><p>Further information is available on GOV.UK at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-work-checks-employers-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-work-checks-employers-guide</a></p><p>Where necessary, employers may contact the Home Office Employer Checking Service to verify right to work.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/07/2022 10:43:20 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1485194

registered interest
date	30/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what service standard has been set for processing biometric residence permit applications; what proportion of applications were processed within that timeframe; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that applications are processed within that timeframe.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	28516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>We aim to deliver a BRP within 7 working days of the immigration decision.</p><p>BRPs are produced at the secure delivery facility (Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency (DVLA)) within 48 hours of the decision being made and are collected by our secure delivery partner the same day. Our secure delivery partner (FedEx) aims to attempt to deliver the BRPs within 48 hours of receipt of the BRPs. This equates to a minimum of 5 working days from date of decision to delivery of the BRP.</p><p>In May, DVLA produced all BRPs within 48 hours of the production request, with 100% being produced within 24 hours. In May FedEx attempted to deliver 99.75% of BRPs within 48 hours.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/07/2022 10:40:46 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1483464

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Climate Change: Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of climate change on migration to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	25827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>The UK recognises the need to better understand the complex links between migration, climate change and environmental degradation to inform our policy and action. All Government departments include climate change impact as part of their policy development and analysis where relevant.</p><p> </p><p>Initial analysis is climate change does not cause the direct migration of large groups of people to the UK but instead works in combination with other drivers, influencing individuals’ decisions to migrate and with its main impact being felt through increased pressure on existing trends.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 06/07/2022 13:30:50 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1484614

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
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 representatives of the North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	27646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>Home Office officials and Ministers are in regular contact with all fire and rescue authorities on a wide range of issues.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/07/2022 16:21:22 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1484640

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of including Afghan journalists previously employed by the BBC in the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme for British Council staff and contractors.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	27541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>To qualify for relocation under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP), Afghan nationals must have worked in exposed, meaningful or enabling roles in ways which made a material difference to the delivery of the UK mission in Afghanistan (e.g. linguistic services to UK Armed Forces). Eligibility for the scheme has been extended several times since it launched in April 2021 and there are no plans to extend it further.</p><p> </p><p>Approximately 100 Afghan journalists have been evacuated and brought to safety since Operation Pitting, in August 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) will provide up to 20,000 women, children, and others at risk with a safe and legal route to resettle in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Under Pathway three of ACRS in the first year, the government is honouring its commitment to resettlement by offering places for up to 1,500 eligible individuals from the following groups: British Council contractors, Gardaworld contractors or Chevening alumni.</p><p> </p><p>Beyond the first year of the third pathway, the government will work with international partners and NGOs to welcome wider groups of Afghans at risk.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 06/07/2022 10:34:50 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 10728 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1484649

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost to the public purse of the procurement process for the contract to manage Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre has been to date; and what estimate she has made of the total expected cost of that procurement process.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	27717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The information sought would only be available at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 04/07/2022 16:03:39 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1484676

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the additional revenue the Government has received as a result of people upgrading passport applications in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	27577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>Upgrades to urgent services are only required where an applicant needs a passport sooner than ten weeks. For the small percentage of customers whose applications take longer than ten weeks, there is an expedited service at no additional cost to help ensure that they receive their passport ahead of their travel.</p><p> </p><p>HMPO does not hold income data by service type. All HMPO income is disclosed in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts which are published annually ahead of summer recess, links for the past 2 years are here:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fhome-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021&amp;data=05%7C01%7CIPSPQs%40hmpo.gov.uk%7C8d1bffb4fb954d629dbe08da5a8654ca%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637921830229359417%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ZcN6DkuzIyTBsmrHSTW5qI%2BwoSBMkokOzfgHjsmIYwE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021</a></p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fhome-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2019-to-2020&amp;data=05%7C01%7CIPSPQs%40hmpo.gov.uk%7C8d1bffb4fb954d629dbe08da5a8654ca%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637921830229359417%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=PSPi21DbxOq7e%2FD6G9TvvbIV01eh2ldi1Af7iFCUDvo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2019-to-2020</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/07/2022 11:20:38 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 10727 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1484696

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
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, if she will open a help-line for individuals to use to check on the progress of their applications for visas for people coming to the UK from Ukraine; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	27509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>UKVI already have a dedicated Ukraine helpline in place to support enquiries for those applying under the Ukraine Family Scheme and Homes for Ukraine scheme.</p><p>The helpline can provide information on eligibility and the application process, and in cases of concern can escalate to teams who can look at the full case history and establish any issues.</p><p>We are currently reviewing the options and feasibility around offering a status checking option, these considerations are currently ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 04/07/2022 14:39:42 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson