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1717858

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Care Workers
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 implications for his policies of the report by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism entitled Thousands of care workers risk deportation after employers breach rules, published on 11 May 2024.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	26214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government will carefully consider the evidence put forward by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. The Home Office does not tolerate exploitation in the labour market and our systems are designed to ensure exploitative employers are unable to sponsor migrant workers. Any decision to revoke an employer’s licence will only be done in circumstances where they have failed to meet the obligations and duties such as ensuring workers are being paid the correct salary and given guaranteed work.</p><p> </p><p>We are working hard across government and with the sector to support care workers who wish to seek alternative employment with a Home Office approved sponsor and remain in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 17/05/2024 14:46:42 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1695006

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Care Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the report by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism entitled Visa system forces care workers to stay silent on rape and abuse, published on 11 March 2024.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	17951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government strongly condemns any allegations of such abuse.</p><p>Anyone who has witnessed or been the victim of criminal activity should, in the first instance, contact the police.</p><p>The UK’s sponsorship system has a built-in compliance framework, which has strong safeguards to prevent sponsors from engaging in illegal employment practices.</p><p>Sponsors are required to comply with UK laws, including wider employment law (such as working hours and meeting minimum salary requirements). UKVI have powers to revoke a licence where any of the key personnel named on it are convicted of certain serious offences. UKVI regularly visits premises to check sponsor compliance with the duties and requirements set out in the sponsor guidance, and this is frequently done alongside the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority, whose specific remit is to protect vulnerable and exploited workers.</p><p>Employers in the health and care sector are also expected to adhere to the Department’s Health and Social Care’s Code of Practice for international recruitment. This sets out clear routes of escalation for anyone with concerns about exploitative recruitment or employment practices. It can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/code-of-practice-for-the-international-recruitment-of-health-and-social-care-personnel/code-of-practice-for-the-international-recruitment-of-health-and-social-care-personnel-in-england" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/code-of-practice-for-the-international-recruitment-of-health-and-social-care-personnel/code-of-practice-for-the-international-recruitment-of-health-and-social-care-personnel-in-england</a>.</p><p>Anyone who has witnessed or has been the victim of immigration abuse is strongly encouraged to report an immigration or border crime here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/report-immigration-crime" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/report-immigration-crime</a>.</p><p>Or, to the Gangmasters &amp; Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) here: <a href="http://www.gla.gov.uk/report-issues/" target="_blank">www.gla.gov.uk/report-issues/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 14/03/2024 16:40:28 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1677005

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	Asylum
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 December 2023 to Question 4245 on Asylum, from which organisations he received this evidence.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	6245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office employs professional analysts who provide a wide range of impartial advice to Home Office ministers on the evidence that both they and external organisations produce.</p><p>Current published information on why individuals come to the United Kingdom can be found at: Immigration system statistics, year ending September 2023.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 14/12/2023 17:51:06 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1673710

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	Asylum
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 Minister for Immigration's oral contribution on Monday 27 November 2023, column 536, what the evidential basis is for many people claiming asylum in the UK being economic migrants making spurious claims to game the system.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	4245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>A wide body of evidence points towards key pull factors to the UK including language, diaspora, presence of friends and family, economic opportunity, and availability of education. That is why we have no plans to change right to work provisions and are trebling fines for illegal working.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/12/2023 16:13:08 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1666593

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
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 implications for her policies of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism's report into the Seasonal Worker scheme, published on 22 October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	203920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps all aspects of the Seasonal Worker route under close and ongoing review, including the welfare of participating overseas workers.</p><p> </p><p>A key objective of the route is to ensure that migrant workers are protected against modern slavery and other labour abuses and the Home Office takes any allegations of mistreatment or abuse on this route extremely seriously.</p><p> </p><p>The operators of the scheme are, and must remain, licensed by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA).</p><p> </p><p>The Scheme Operators are responsible for managing all aspects of the recruitment and placement of workers on UK farms and ensuring their welfare in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office and Defra monitor the scheme closely to ensure operators adhere to the stringent requirements set for ensuring the safety and wellbeing of the seasonal workers.</p><p> </p><p>The Sponsor a Seasonal Worker guidance is kept under regular review and updated and published as required.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 203924 question first answered 26/10/2023 08:51:21 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1666725

registered interest
date	23/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish updated guidance for Seasonal Worker visa scheme operators where workers are at risk of exploitation.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	203924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps all aspects of the Seasonal Worker route under close and ongoing review, including the welfare of participating overseas workers.</p><p> </p><p>A key objective of the route is to ensure that migrant workers are protected against modern slavery and other labour abuses and the Home Office takes any allegations of mistreatment or abuse on this route extremely seriously.</p><p> </p><p>The operators of the scheme are, and must remain, licensed by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA).</p><p> </p><p>The Scheme Operators are responsible for managing all aspects of the recruitment and placement of workers on UK farms and ensuring their welfare in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office and Defra monitor the scheme closely to ensure operators adhere to the stringent requirements set for ensuring the safety and wellbeing of the seasonal workers.</p><p> </p><p>The Sponsor a Seasonal Worker guidance is kept under regular review and updated and published as required.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 203920 question first answered 26/10/2023 08:51:21 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1657844

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Minimum Unit Prices
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 consult on introducing minimum unit pricing in England.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	197516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government maintains an interest in the impact of minimum unit pricing in Scotland and will consider the findings from the outcome report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 196562 question first answered 07/09/2023 11:28:37 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1657300

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Naturalisation: Applications
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 9 June 2023 to Question 186725 on Naturalisation: Applications, what was the average processing time for non-straightforward applications in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	196928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the processing of applications for British citizenship on the Gov.UK website. We do not publish data on average processing times for naturalisation applications.</p><p>The link to the latest Migration Transparency Data can be found here:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q2-2023</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/09/2023 15:08:29 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1639260

registered interest
date	22/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Consultants
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 14 March 2023 to Question 158848 on Home Office: Consultants, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of spending on consultants in the previous five years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	186155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2023 answer text <p>Home Office publishes its Annual Reports and Accounts which are available on gov.uk at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ho-annual-reports-and-accounts" target="_blank">HO annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>Pg 107 of the 21/22 report sets out how we assure consultancy spend:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1090460%2FHome_Office_ARA_21-22_Final_-_Gov.uk.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CCommercialDirectoratePQs%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C256e51b933684624cf6b08db5b674d9b%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638204271456130749%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=JVmnJEs%2F52DcUJciJmjLqQNvZWyLZZmI4fJXkSvnv3U%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Home_Office_ARA_21-22_Final_-_Gov.uk.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/05/2023 16:25:00 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1612386

registered interest
date	19/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Ernest Moret
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 the Metropolitan Police on the arrest of French publisher Ernest Moret in London; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	181676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for the Home Department does not comment on operational decisions made by the police. This would undermine the principle that the police are independent of government and are free to conduct their operations without political influence.</p><p>By way of general background, under Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000 Counter-Terrorism Police Officers are able to stop, question and if necessary, detain and search individuals travelling through UK ports, to determine whether they appear to be someone who is or has been involved in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.</p><p>Parliament enacted Schedule 7 on the basis that its exercise is necessary and proportionate to secure the legitimate end of ensuring public safety and national security.</p><p>The powers are subject to independent oversight by the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation whose annual reports are laid before Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 24/04/2023 16:28:09 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden