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1360560

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2021
	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	What steps her Department is taking to help ensure the effective implementation of the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Aaron Bell
	uin	903769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>We owe a huge debt of gratitude to interpreters and other staff who risked their lives working alongside UK forces in Afghanistan.</p><p>It is why we have introduced a generous funding package, covering healthcare, accommodation, education, and integration. We are committed to working with local authorities and NGOs to ensure Afghans who are resettled in the UK are fully supported.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/10/2021 14:59:58 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4837 label Biography information for Aaron Bell

1360702

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: 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 provide a substantive response to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Manchester Gorton of 24 September 2021 regarding Godwin Ojo.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	58495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office responded on 18 October 2021.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/10/2021 16:11:44 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1360832

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2021
	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, when the Government's review of the restrictions on asylum seekers' right to work will be completed; and when she plans to publish the findings of that review.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	58410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>Potentially granting Asylum seekers the right to work is a complex issue.</p><p>We are considering the evidence put forward on the issue. The findings of the review will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 25/10/2021 11:24:41 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1360661

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to assist Afghan nationals seeking to apply for a visa to travel to the UK under existing immigration routes while biometric information cannot be submitted from the British Embassy in Kabul.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	58460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>We recommend people in Afghanistan do not make applications and pay application fees at this time as they will not be considered until biometrics are provided. Biometrics are an essential part of ensuring identity can be confirmed and the performance of key national security related checks.</p><p>The UK is working with international partners to secure safe routes out of Afghanistan as soon as they become available, starting with those in most need.</p><p>Those Afghans who are outside of Afghanistan and able to get to a Visa Application Centre to provide their biometrics can make an application in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 27/10/2021 11:05:52 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1360562

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hamas: Proscribed Organisations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Government's proscription of Hamas.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	903772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>Hamas’ military wing was proscribed in the UK in 2001.</p><p>Proscription is a powerful tool. The investigation and prosecution of proscription offences is a matter for the police and Crown Prosecution Service.</p><p>It would be inappropriate for the Government to comment further on such matters however, anyone that professes support for, or who is a member of Hamas, risks being investigated by the police for proscription offences.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/10/2021 15:11:00 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1360837

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hamas: Proscribed Organisations
	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 effectiveness of the Government's proscription of Hamas.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
	uin	58575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>Hamas’ military wing was proscribed in the UK in 2001.</p><p>The investigation and prosecution of proscription offences is a matter for the police and Crown Prosecution Service. It would be inappropriate for the Government to comment further on such matters. Anyone that professes support for, or who is a member of Military Wing risks being investigated by the police for proscription offences.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 27/10/2021 08:54:10 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds previous answer version 27755 answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1360835

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity: International Cooperation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with her international counterparts to strengthen the UK's national resilience against (a) ransomware and (b) wider cyber crime.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	58436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government’s priority, working alongside law enforcement and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), is to do all we can to mitigate any harm to the UK from ransomware and other cyber crimes.</p><p>We co-ordinate closely with a wide range of international partners, from our operational relationships with foreign law enforcement and intelligence agencies through to the use of our diplomatic network to build global resilience. We share our analysis of the threat and our criminal justice expertise to increase the capabilities and commitment of countries around the world to respond and deter malicious cyber activity. We have a global network of cyber attachés who work with international partners to raise awareness and build capacity to defend against cyberattacks, including coordinating on our approaches to attributing malicious cyber activity.</p><p>Our commitment to strengthening international action on cyber crime was demonstrated at the G7 summit in June; G7 partners committed to work together to urgently address the escalating shared threats from cyber criminal networks. We continue to engage with G7 partners on this. Furthermore, the UK recently met with over 30 international partners to discuss the growing threat of ransomware, focusing on a range of options to better coordinate our activity to improve the resilience of our networks and systems.</p><p>More widely, the Government strongly supports the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime as the leading international treaty on cybercrime, and we welcome the work of the Council of Europe to develop the Second Additional Protocol to the Convention, to ensure that the Convention remains effective in the face of changing threats in cyberspace, and that it continues to provide an effective legal basis for international cooperation to tackle these threats. In addition, the UK will play an active role in the development of the proposed UN treaty on cybercrime.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 25/10/2021 11:21:30 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds previous answer version 26010 answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1360592

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has for consultation in advance of its forthcoming long term drug strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Reigate
	tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
	uin	58293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government published its initial response to Dame Carol Black’s independent review of drugs on 27 July, and the upcoming drug strategy will set out our more detailed response to the review’s recommendations. It will present our whole-of-government approach to combating drug misuse by supporting people through treatment and recovery and driving down drug supply and demand.</p><p>We are continuing to engage with external experts across a wide range of sectors in order to shape the approach and interventions set out in the strategy, building on the research undertaken as part of the independent review. Dame Carol is also working with the Government on the development and delivery of the strategy in her new role as an independent advisor.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/10/2021 16:39:53 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

1360853

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: 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 she will make it her policy to treat disabled people who employ live-in carers as approved employers for the purposes of visa sponsorship, so they are able to accept applicants from the EU.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	58508
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>While senior care workers and senior support workers qualifyfor a Skilled Worker visa, they would need to be sponsored by an organisation which holds a Skilled Worker sponsor licence. The Skilled Worker Visa is not limited to EU Nationals, as it allows recruitment on a global basis.</p><p>Individual persons are not eligible to be recognised as sponsors. The sponsorship system is designed to ensure employers fulfil specific duties to confirm those who apply for permission to enter or stay in the UK to work are eligible and will comply with the conditions of their visa.</p><p>Businesses are able to comply with these duties and demonstrate a verifiable track record of operating lawfully in the UK, both within the immigration system and the wider employer regulatory regime, in a way individuals cannot. This approach ensures the integrity of the immigration system and safeguards those who migrate to the UK.</p><p>Outside the Skilled Worker route, employers and individuals can recruit people with general work rights, including the millions of people who have been granted status under the EU Settlement Scheme, Commonwealth citizens with UK Ancestry visas, dependants of those here on our economic routes and those in the UK under our Youth Mobility Schemes. They have full access to the UK labour market and are free to work in the UK in any sector.</p><p>In July, I commissioned the MAC to review the impact of ending free movement on the social care sector. The MAC have issued a call for evidence with stakeholders and we look forward to receiving their report in April 2022.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/10/2021 15:34:26 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1360859

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Border Force: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an estimate of the number of additional Border Force officers required to process entrants from the EU, following the recent changes to the Immigration Rules that have ended travel to the UK for those using EEA national ID cards.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	58511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>No additional Border Force officers have been recruited or required specifically for processing passengers as a result of the change in acceptance of EEA ID Cards.</p><p> </p><p>The previous use of national ID cards at the UK Border by visitors from the EEA, instead of travelling on a national passport, increased demand on Border Force resources at key locations as these passengers needed to use the Primary Control Point, rather than E-Gates, on arrival.</p><p> </p><p>Resource and staffing requirements are continually reviewed, and resources are deployed flexibly as and when they are required.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/10/2021 15:29:10 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper