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1204274

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Hong Kong
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the extension from six months to 12 months of the rights of BN(O) passport holders to work in the UK in the event that China imposes its national security law on Hong Kong will be conditional on having a sponsor and a job offer that meets a minimum-salary threshold.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	59784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK will continue to defend the rights &amp; freedoms of the people of Hong Kong. Should China push ahead and impose national security legislation on Hong Kong then we will provide a generous offer to BN(O)s of a bespoke immigration route providing unrestricted access to work and study with a pathway to apply for citizenship.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office and domestic departments on the offer to British Nationals (Overseas) and will set out more detail in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 59785 59786 59787 question first answered 22/06/2020 16:08:01 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1204281

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: British National (Overseas)
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under the terms of the Government's offer to extend the rights of BN(O) passport holders to work in the UK from six months to 12 months should China's national security law be imposed on Hong Kong, for how long will BN(O) passport holders need to be resident in the UK before they can apply for citizenship.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	59785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK will continue to defend the rights &amp; freedoms of the people of Hong Kong. Should China push ahead and impose national security legislation on Hong Kong then we will provide a generous offer to BN(O)s of a bespoke immigration route providing unrestricted access to work and study with a pathway to apply for citizenship.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office and domestic departments on the offer to British Nationals (Overseas) and will set out more detail in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 59784 59786 59787 question first answered 22/06/2020 16:08:01 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1204283

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: British National (Overseas)
	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 extension from six months to 12 months of the rights of BN(O) passport holders to work in the UK in the event that China imposes its national security law on Hong Kong, if she will confirm whether people wishing to apply for British citizenship will not be deported back to Hong Kong when their 12 months comes to an end.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	59786
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK will continue to defend the rights &amp; freedoms of the people of Hong Kong. Should China push ahead and impose national security legislation on Hong Kong then we will provide a generous offer to BN(O)s of a bespoke immigration route providing unrestricted access to work and study with a pathway to apply for citizenship.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office and domestic departments on the offer to British Nationals (Overseas) and will set out more detail in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 59784 59785 59787 question first answered 22/06/2020 16:08:01 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1204284

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: British National (Overseas)
	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 offer to extend the rights of BN(O) passport holders to work in the UK from six months to 12 months should China's national security law be imposed on Hong Kong, whether people wishing to apply for British citizenship will be allowed to remain in the UK for as long as it takes for them to qualify for citizenship rights, and for their applications to be processed.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	59787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK will continue to defend the rights &amp; freedoms of the people of Hong Kong. Should China push ahead and impose national security legislation on Hong Kong then we will provide a generous offer to BN(O)s of a bespoke immigration route providing unrestricted access to work and study with a pathway to apply for citizenship.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office and domestic departments on the offer to British Nationals (Overseas) and will set out more detail in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 59784 59785 59786 question first answered 22/06/2020 16:08:02 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1220556

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British National (Overseas): Hong Kong
	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 publish additional information on the bespoke immigration route being developed for British Nationals (Overseas) passport holders from Hong Kong.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	68715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>As announced by the Foreign Secretary on 1st July, a new bespoke immigration route will allow BN(O)s to apply to come to the UK without the current 6 month limit, granting them 5 years limited leave to remain, with the ability to live and work in the UK without salary thresholds, after which they may apply for settled status and a year later citizenship. This is a special bespoke set of arrangements, developed for the unique circumstances we face and in light of our historic commitment to the people of Hong Kong.</p><p>The new route will be implemented in the coming months, with further details to be announced in due course on the simple, streamlined application process which will have no quota on numbers</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 68716 68717 question first answered 09/07/2020 09:48:49 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1220557

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Hong Kong
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a salary threshold will be applied to the bespoke immigration route being developed for British Nationals (Overseas) passport holders from Hong Kong.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	68716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>As announced by the Foreign Secretary on 1st July, a new bespoke immigration route will allow BN(O)s to apply to come to the UK without the current 6 month limit, granting them 5 years limited leave to remain, with the ability to live and work in the UK without salary thresholds, after which they may apply for settled status and a year later citizenship. This is a special bespoke set of arrangements, developed for the unique circumstances we face and in light of our historic commitment to the people of Hong Kong.</p><p>The new route will be implemented in the coming months, with further details to be announced in due course on the simple, streamlined application process which will have no quota on numbers</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 68715 68717 question first answered 09/07/2020 09:48:49 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1220558

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British National (Overseas): Hong Kong
	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 potential number of applicants for the bespoke immigration route being developed for British Nationals (Overseas) passport holders from Hong Kong.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	68717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>As announced by the Foreign Secretary on 1st July, a new bespoke immigration route will allow BN(O)s to apply to come to the UK without the current 6 month limit, granting them 5 years limited leave to remain, with the ability to live and work in the UK without salary thresholds, after which they may apply for settled status and a year later citizenship. This is a special bespoke set of arrangements, developed for the unique circumstances we face and in light of our historic commitment to the people of Hong Kong.</p><p>The new route will be implemented in the coming months, with further details to be announced in due course on the simple, streamlined application process which will have no quota on numbers</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 68715 68716 question first answered 09/07/2020 09:48:49 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1314510

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Myanmar
	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 whether the Tatmadaw should be declared a terrorist organisation.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	1085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government does not comment on intelligence matters, including whether an organisation is or is not under consideration for proscription.</p><p>The Government keeps the list of proscribed organisations under review.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/05/2021 15:27:48 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1357930

	registered interest
	date	23/09/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Uyghurs: China
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for asylum from Chinese nationals of the Uyghur minority were (a) received and (b) granted by her Department in (i) 2017, (ii) 2018, (iii) 2019 and (iv) 2020; and how many Uyghur minority people are resident in the UK having been granted asylum by the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	53914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office are unable to state how many applications for asylum from Chinese nationals of the Uyghur minority were received, granted or rejected since 1 January 2017, or how many Uyghur minority people are resident in the UK having been granted asylum as this as the data is only held on paper case files or within the notes sections of the Home Office's databases. Therefore, the information requested is not held in a reportable format.</p><p>However, the Home Office publishes information on asylum applications and resettlement in the Immigration statistics quarterly release. Data on asylum applicants being refused any form of leave and then subsequently being returned to either their home country or a safe third country are published in table Asy_D04 of the asylum and resettlement detailed datasets; available breakdowns include year of application and nationality.</p><p>The latest data relates to 2020 and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 53915 question first answered 18/10/2021 13:20:47 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1357937

	registered interest
	date	23/09/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Uyghurs: China
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for asylum from Chinese nationals of the Uyghur minority have been rejected by her Department since 1 January 2017; and how many of those applicants her Department deported as a result of their asylum application being so rejected.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	53915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office are unable to state how many applications for asylum from Chinese nationals of the Uyghur minority were received, granted or rejected since 1 January 2017, or how many Uyghur minority people are resident in the UK having been granted asylum as this as the data is only held on paper case files or within the notes sections of the Home Office's databases. Therefore, the information requested is not held in a reportable format.</p><p>However, the Home Office publishes information on asylum applications and resettlement in the Immigration statistics quarterly release. Data on asylum applicants being refused any form of leave and then subsequently being returned to either their home country or a safe third country are published in table Asy_D04 of the asylum and resettlement detailed datasets; available breakdowns include year of application and nationality.</p><p>The latest data relates to 2020 and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 53914 question first answered 18/10/2021 13:20:47 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock