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1693592

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date	04/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Laboratories: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department is taking steps to improve the biosecurity of laboratories handling dangerous pathogens.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	16807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>Part 7 of the Anti-terrorism Crime and Security Act (ATCSA) 2001 regulates the ability of sites such as universities, hospitals and research centres to hold and work with certain dangerous pathogens and toxins as listed under Schedule 5 of the Act.</p><p>The legislation places several responsibilities on sites including notifying the Home Office of their intention to hold or work with such substances, and ensuring suitable security measures are in place.</p><p>Current security levels around Schedule 5 substances remain sufficiently high and we continue to work with the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO) to continuously review and improve the policies, processes and legislation surrounding Schedule 5 substances.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 14/03/2024 12:07:25 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1682582

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of notices given to asylum seekers to leave accommodation provided by his Department on trends in the level of demand for local government homelessness services.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	9819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>We work closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to ensure the right asylum decision data is being shared with local authorities to enable effective planning and to lessen the impact on existing homelessness and rough sleeping pressures. Our accommodation providers are directly working with local authorities to notify them when an individual is due to have their asylum support ended.</p><p>We are working with our partners, including local authorities, to provide timely notification of key events that impact them. We are working with our Strategic Migration Partnerships to facilitate regional sessions with councils and to share data.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 23/01/2024 16:15:04 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1677157

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
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, what steps he plans to take to reduce the number of pending visa applications.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	6309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>Detailed information on UK Visas and Immigration’s performance against all of its customer service standards across different immigration routes is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/visa-processing-times" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/visa-processing-times</a>.</p><p>UKVI are currently within their service standards on the overwhelming majority of visa applications.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 14/12/2023 13:19:12 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1673496

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Skilled Workers
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 16 November to Question 1561 on Visas: Applications, what is the (a) target time and (b) average time taken to process a skilled worker visa.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	4149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office makes every attempt to meet the service level agreement standard, but in certain cases additional checks are required which can mean visa requests take longer to process.</p><p>Data on performance against service standards is published through migration transparency data and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</a></p><p>The Home Office also publishes information on visa processing times for applications inside and outside the UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/visa-processing-times" target="_blank">Visa processing times - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/12/2023 16:57:34 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1669740

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
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, what plans his Department has to reduce the number of pending visa applications.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	1561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office is not currently experiencing any delays in the processing of visas for all routes.</p><p>Current processing times can be found on the Home Office website at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/visa-processing-times" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/visa-processing-times</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/11/2023 16:55:51 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah