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1697473

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Speed Limits: Cameras
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he is taking steps to ensure that drivers are aware of the introduction of new ultra speed cameras.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	19683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government’s Home Office Type Approval (HOTA) process oversees the accuracy and reliability of vehicle speed measurement devices to ensure they meet the specified requirements.</p><p> </p><p>It is up to the traffic authority, the police and other agencies to decide whether to install speed cameras and how they wish to operate them.</p><p> </p><p>This is a local decision in which the Department does not become involved.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 19685 19686 question first answered 27/03/2024 16:49:50 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1697475

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Speed Limits: Cameras
	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 had discussions with (a) road safety groups and (b) the public prior to the (i) approval and (ii) rollout of VECTOR-SR cameras.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	19685
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government’s Home Office Type Approval (HOTA) process oversees the accuracy and reliability of vehicle speed measurement devices to ensure they meet the specified requirements.</p><p> </p><p>It is up to the traffic authority, the police and other agencies to decide whether to install speed cameras and how they wish to operate them.</p><p> </p><p>This is a local decision in which the Department does not become involved.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 19683 19686 question first answered 27/03/2024 16:49:50 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1697477

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Speed Limits: Cameras
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the VECTOR-SR speed cameras are (a) visible to road users and (b) compliant with regulations.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	19686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government’s Home Office Type Approval (HOTA) process oversees the accuracy and reliability of vehicle speed measurement devices to ensure they meet the specified requirements.</p><p> </p><p>It is up to the traffic authority, the police and other agencies to decide whether to install speed cameras and how they wish to operate them.</p><p> </p><p>This is a local decision in which the Department does not become involved.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 19683 19685 question first answered 27/03/2024 16:49:50 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1697641

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Delivery Services: Undocumented Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he is taking steps to regulate the use of rented profiles on food delivery apps.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	19761
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is engaging constructively with food delivery platforms, calling on them to end the use of unverified substitution. Unchecked account sharing places the public at risk, enables – and therefore encourages – illegal migration and leads to the exploitation of workers.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2023, the Home Office secured agreement from the firms to strengthen their recruitment and on-boarding processes, in order to prevent unchecked sharing of accounts.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/food-delivery-companies-urged-to-end-unchecked-account-sharing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/food-delivery-companies-urged-to-end-unchecked-account-sharing</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson grouped question UIN 19762 question first answered 27/03/2024 16:00:17 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1697642

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Delivery Services: Undocumented Migrants
	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 has had discussions with representatives of food delivery companies on the use of rented profiles on food delivery apps.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	19762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is engaging constructively with food delivery platforms, calling on them to end the use of unverified substitution. Unchecked account sharing places the public at risk, enables – and therefore encourages – illegal migration and leads to the exploitation of workers.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2023, the Home Office secured agreement from the firms to strengthen their recruitment and on-boarding processes, in order to prevent unchecked sharing of accounts.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/food-delivery-companies-urged-to-end-unchecked-account-sharing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/food-delivery-companies-urged-to-end-unchecked-account-sharing</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson grouped question UIN 19761 question first answered 27/03/2024 16:00:17 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1696969

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Skilled Workers
	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 Migration Advisory Committee’s Rapid review of the Immigration Salary List, published on 23 February 2024, for what reason his Department has not implemented the recommendation on the use of the Immigration Salary List beyond the skilled worker route for asylum seekers.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	19383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>Replacing the Shortage Occupation List with the new Immigration Salary List will maintain the important principles that underpin our approach to permission to work and is in line with wider changes to the Immigration Rules.</p><p> </p><p>Unrestricted access to employment could act as an incentive for more migrants to choose to come here illegally, with many making dangerous journeys across the Channel and supporting the business model of evil people smugglers, rather than claim asylum in the first safe country they reach.</p><p> </p><p>The Government considers it important to distinguish between those who need protection and those seeking to work here who can apply for a work visa under the Immigration Rules. Aligning asylum seekers’ permission to work with the Skilled Worker route could undermine the legal routes for those seeking to work in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 27/03/2024 16:03:44 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1697039

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Age Assurance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of young asylum seekers have been identified as being over the age of 18 following (a) age verification and (b) identity checks in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	19252
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’</a>. Data on asylum applications by age is published in table Asy_D01 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement" target="_blank">Asylum applications, decisions and resettlement detailed datasets’.</a> The latest data relates to 2023.</p><p>Data on age disputes is published in table Asy_D05 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#age-disputes" target="_blank">‘Age disputes detailed dataset’</a>. The latest data relates to the year ending September 2023.</p><p>Information on how to use these datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of each workbook. Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#asylum-and-resettlement" target="_blank">‘summary tables’</a>. The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum applications by age and age disputes.</p><p>Please note that an age dispute could, for example, be resolved following: a Merton compliant age assessment; receipt of credible and clear documentary evidence of age; a judicial finding on age; following a determination by two Home Office officers that the person’s physical appearance and demeanour very strongly suggests they are significantly over the age of 18; or, where the reasons for raising an age dispute no longer apply.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 27/03/2024 16:02:10 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1697086

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Domestic Service
	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 conclusions of the Independent Review of the Overseas Domestic Workers Visa by James Ewins, published on 16 December 2015, relating to protection of employment rights of migrant workers in private households, if he will (a) review and (b) reverse changes to the rules for that visa.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	19376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps immigration route policy under review, including that for the Overseas Domestic Worker route. We have introduced a number of reforms to the route for overseas domestic workers since 2015; designed to build on existing safeguards and in line with the broader immigration system. Employers of overseas domestic workers must act in accordance with UK employment law, and workers who find themselves a victim of modern slavery are protected by the National Referral Mechanism and may be eligible to apply for permission to stay as a domestic worker who is a victim of modern slavery.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 19377 19378 question first answered 27/03/2024 17:48:43 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1697089

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Domestic Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department last reviewed the potential risk of abuse and exploitation of migrant workers under the overseas domestic worker visa rules.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	19377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps immigration route policy under review, including that for the Overseas Domestic Worker route. We have introduced a number of reforms to the route for overseas domestic workers since 2015; designed to build on existing safeguards and in line with the broader immigration system. Employers of overseas domestic workers must act in accordance with UK employment law, and workers who find themselves a victim of modern slavery are protected by the National Referral Mechanism and may be eligible to apply for permission to stay as a domestic worker who is a victim of modern slavery.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 19376 19378 question first answered 27/03/2024 17:48:43 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1697090

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Domestic Service
	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 Independent Review the Overseas Domestic Workers Visa by James Ewins, published on 16 December 2015, what the Government's policy is on the implementation of proposed changes in that review to the overseas domestic worker visa rules that have not yet been implemented.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	19378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps immigration route policy under review, including that for the Overseas Domestic Worker route. We have introduced a number of reforms to the route for overseas domestic workers since 2015; designed to build on existing safeguards and in line with the broader immigration system. Employers of overseas domestic workers must act in accordance with UK employment law, and workers who find themselves a victim of modern slavery are protected by the National Referral Mechanism and may be eligible to apply for permission to stay as a domestic worker who is a victim of modern slavery.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 19376 19377 question first answered 27/03/2024 17:48:43 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock