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1484311

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2022
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2022 to Question 23234, under which scheme 100 Afghan journalists been relocated to the UK; and what type of visas they have been granted.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
	tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
	uin	26711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>100 Afghan journalists have been brought to safety during and after OP Pitting under the ACRS through pathway one.</p><p>They were granted Leave Outside the Rules (LOTR) for 6 months and will be granted Indefinite Leave to Remain under the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/07/2022 10:59:43 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 10730 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1490081

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Manston Airport and Port of Dover
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current minimum staffing levels are on contracts between the Border Force and private security contractors in (a) the Port of Dover and (b) Manston Airport.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	38483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office has a number of arrangements in place to provide security, and custodial staff at the Port of Dover, and at its site in Manston. Details of these arrangements are as follows.</del></p><ul><li><del class="ministerial">Mite Care and Custody provide staff at both Port of Dover and Manston under the pre-existing Escorting and Related Services Contract, details of which can be found at the link below.</del></li></ul><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F8e94f338-6049-48f7-8b82-9dea24af8857%3Fp%3D1&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKarl.Snell%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ce207cb28ff984b62190b08d98e32d146%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637697171216070862%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=2p4cIIR6FT0tMRE6GRUJygzwuKFaOdV32M1o2FSCyA0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8e94f338-6049-48f7-8b82-9dea24af8857?p=1</a></del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">In respect of staffing provided at Port of Dover and Manston this contract provides for</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">a) 16 general security staff at Port of Dover working shifts over a 24 hour period (8 per shift)</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">b) 40 general security staff at Manston working shifts over a 24 hour period (20 per shift)</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">c) A total staffing complement of 335 custodial staff who work across a number of shifts to provide security services 24hrs a day 365 days a year at Manston</del></p><p> </p><ul><li><del class="ministerial">Definitive PSA (trading as Interforce) provide security staff at both Port of Dover and Manston. This supplier has provided services under two contracts, one directly with them (August 2021 to March 2022) valued at £3.78m, and one via Bloom Procurement Services (April 2022 to September 2022) valued at £6.84m</del></li></ul><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">In respect of staffing this is demand lead and has changed over time. The current contract provides for</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">a) Up to 130 security staff working shifts over a 24 hour period at Port of Dover</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">b) Up to 30 security staff working shifts over a 24 hour period at Manston</del></p><p> </p><ul><li><del class="ministerial">Management &amp; Training Corporation (UK) Ltd provides security staff at Manston. These services are provided under a 6 month contract (July 2022 to December 2022) valued at £3.92m</del></li></ul><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">In respect of staffing this contract provides for</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">a) A total staffing complement of 65 custodial staff who work across a number of shifts to provide security services 24hrs a day 365 days a year at Manston.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office does not routinely publish information relating to the number of staff working in specific locations as this would publicise operational practises which, in the wrong hands, could be used to attempt to evade controls at the border and compromise border security.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">However, resource and staffing requirements at every port are continually reviewed by Border Force and we work closely with all port operators to try and anticipate demand. Resources are deployed flexibly as and when they are required.</ins></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 25/07/2022 14:40:14 question first ministerially corrected 26/07/2022 09:05:41 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 15534 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

1490071

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Port of Dover
	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 list the (a) value and (b) length of the contracts Border Force holds with (i) MITIE, (ii) Interforce and (iii) Definitive PSA in connection with the processing of undocumented migrants arriving in the Port of Dover.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	38479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office has a number of arrangements in place to provide security, and custodial staff at the Port of Dover, and at its site in Manston. Details of these arrangements are as follows.</del></p><ul><li><del class="ministerial">Mite Care and Custody provide staff at both Port of Dover and Manston under the pre-existing Escorting and Related Services Contract, details of which can be found at the link below.</del></li></ul><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F8e94f338-6049-48f7-8b82-9dea24af8857%3Fp%3D1&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKarl.Snell%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ce207cb28ff984b62190b08d98e32d146%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637697171216070862%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=2p4cIIR6FT0tMRE6GRUJygzwuKFaOdV32M1o2FSCyA0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8e94f338-6049-48f7-8b82-9dea24af8857?p=1</a></del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">In respect of staffing provided at Port of Dover and Manston this contract provides for</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">a) 16 general security staff at Port of Dover working shifts over a 24 hour period (8 per shift)</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">b) 40 general security staff at Manston working shifts over a 24 hour period (20 per shift)</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">c) A total staffing complement of 335 custodial staff who work across a number of shifts to provide security services 24hrs a day 365 days a year at Manston</del></p><p> </p><ul><li><del class="ministerial">Definitive PSA (trading as Interforce) provide security staff at both Port of Dover and Manston. This supplier has provided services under two contracts, one directly with them (August 2021 to March 2022) valued at £3.78m, and one via Bloom Procurement Services (April 2022 to September 2022) valued at £6.84m</del></li></ul><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">In respect of staffing this is demand lead and has changed over time. The current contract provides for</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">a) Up to 130 security staff working shifts over a 24 hour period at Port of Dover</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">b) Up to 30 security staff working shifts over a 24 hour period at Manston</del></p><p> </p><ul><li><del class="ministerial">Management &amp; Training Corporation (UK) Ltd provides security staff at Manston. These services are provided under a 6 month contract (July 2022 to December 2022) valued at £3.92m</del></li></ul><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">In respect of staffing this contract provides for</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">a) A total staffing complement of 65 custodial staff who work across a number of shifts to provide security services 24hrs a day 365 days a year at Manston.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office has a number of arrangements in place to provide security, and custodial staff at the Port of Dover, and at its site in Manston.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">These arrangements include the pre-existing Escorting and Related Services Contract with Mite Care and Custody, a contract with Management &amp; Training Corporation (UK) Ltd, and a contract with Bloom Procurement Services who contracts with Definitive PSA Ltd (trading as Interforce) to deliver services for the Department.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Providing number of staff based at Dover and Manston, would reveal information on the security of our borders. It is not possible to provide the level of detail requested on volumes and patterns without impacting national security.</ins></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 25/07/2022 14:40:14 question first ministerially corrected 27/07/2022 09:46:41 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 15532 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

1490074

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Manston Airport and Port of Dover
	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 list the private security companies (a) contracted or (b) sub-contracted to process undocumented migrants in (i) the Port of Dover and (ii) Manston Airport.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	38480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office has a number of arrangements in place to provide security, and custodial staff at the Port of Dover, and at its site in Manston. Details of these arrangements are as follows.</del></p><ul><li><del class="ministerial">Mite Care and Custody provide staff at both Port of Dover and Manston under the pre-existing Escorting and Related Services Contract, details of which can be found at the link below.</del></li></ul><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F8e94f338-6049-48f7-8b82-9dea24af8857%3Fp%3D1&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKarl.Snell%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ce207cb28ff984b62190b08d98e32d146%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637697171216070862%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=2p4cIIR6FT0tMRE6GRUJygzwuKFaOdV32M1o2FSCyA0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8e94f338-6049-48f7-8b82-9dea24af8857?p=1</a></del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">In respect of staffing provided at Port of Dover and Manston this contract provides for</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">a) 16 general security staff at Port of Dover working shifts over a 24 hour period (8 per shift)</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">b) 40 general security staff at Manston working shifts over a 24 hour period (20 per shift)</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">c) A total staffing complement of 335 custodial staff who work across a number of shifts to provide security services 24hrs a day 365 days a year at Manston</del></p><p> </p><ul><li><del class="ministerial">Definitive PSA (trading as Interforce) provide security staff at both Port of Dover and Manston. This supplier has provided services under two contracts, one directly with them (August 2021 to March 2022) valued at £3.78m, and one via Bloom Procurement Services (April 2022 to September 2022) valued at £6.84m</del></li></ul><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">In respect of staffing this is demand lead and has changed over time. The current contract provides for</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">a) Up to 130 security staff working shifts over a 24 hour period at Port of Dover</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">b) Up to 30 security staff working shifts over a 24 hour period at Manston</del></p><p> </p><ul><li><del class="ministerial">Management &amp; Training Corporation (UK) Ltd provides security staff at Manston. These services are provided under a 6 month contract (July 2022 to December 2022) valued at £3.92m</del></li></ul><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">In respect of staffing this contract provides for</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">a) A total staffing complement of 65 custodial staff who work across a number of shifts to provide security services 24hrs a day 365 days a year at Manston.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office has a number of arrangements in place to provide security, and custodial staff at the Port of Dover, and at its site in Manston.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">These arrangements include the pre-existing Escorting and Related Services Contract with Mite Care and Custody, a contract with Management &amp; Training Corporation (UK) Ltd, and a contract with Bloom Procurement Services who contracts with Definitive PSA Ltd (trading as Interforce) to deliver services for the Department.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Providing number of staff based at Dover and Manston, would reveal information on the security of our borders. It is not possible to provide the level of detail requested on volumes and patterns without impacting national security</ins></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 25/07/2022 14:40:14 question first ministerially corrected 27/07/2022 09:46:30 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 15533 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

1504550

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has he made of the impact of the delay in publishing the Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	45989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2022 answer text <p><strong> </strong>We need to ensure the rail projects we take forward reflect demand whilst remaining affordable.</p><p>It is important we are able to provide as much clarity and certainty as possible rather than potentially publish a misleading version. The Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline (RNEP) update will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/09/2022 15:04:10 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1522923

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Great British Railways: Location
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to announce the location of Great British Rail's new headquarters.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	64100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>A decision on the final location of the GBR HQ will be taken shortly, based on information gathered throughout the process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 20/10/2022 09:50:24 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1535539

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Great British Railways: Location
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she plans to announce the location of the new headquarters for Great British Railways in 2022.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	69691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>A final decision and announcement will be made on the location for the GBR headquarters shortly.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/10/2022 09:06:58 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1488860

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	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 reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Warley of 10 March on delays in extension of applications for Further Leave to Remain.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	35833
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>A response was sent to the hon. Member on 6 July 2022.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/07/2022 11:00:06 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1490421

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme
	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 July 2022 to Question 31838 on Visas: Applications, for what reason her Department did not inform Homes for Ukraine applicants regarding the IT incident; how many applicants were affected by the IT incident; and what the average time taken was to resolve affected cases.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	38665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2022 answer text <p>A small number of Ukraine Scheme Visa applications were affected by an IT issue on 20<sup>th</sup> May 2022, which resulted in a delay.</p><p>The root cause was quickly identified and was fixed for all new applications, with those applications that had been affected proceeding through to casework consideration.</p><p>Those who were required to take any action were contacted to do so. Of 16 cases which were formerly unresolved, 13 cases have now been decided or are in the process of being decided, with 3 still to upload a valid photograph, for which support is being offered.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/07/2022 09:43:42 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 15013 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1506041

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: East of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effect on her policies of trends in the level of population growth in the East of England; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Waveney
	tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
	uin	49122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>According to the most recent Census estimates, population in the East of England stood at 6.3 million in 2021. This represents growth of 8.3% since 2011 - the highest in England and Wales. The Department recognises both the challenges and opportunities this poses to transport in the region.</p><p>We have already invested billions in upgrading the region’s existing transport infrastructure, from £1.4 billion on new trains across the East Anglia franchise, to £3 billion on road schemes, including £1.5bn to upgrade 21 miles of the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon, and £73.3m for the Lake Lothing Third Crossing (&quot;Gull Wing&quot;) in Lowestoft which is currently under construction and due to complete by the end of 2023</p><p>We continue to build on this track record, with £95m awarded to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority and £39m for Norwich from the Transforming Cities Fund, investing in schemes which aim to transform and improve connectivity within these cities respective transport systems. Five projects in the region have also benefitted from £87m of investment from round one of the Levelling Up Fund.</p><p>In addition, both Norfolk and Suffolk have been invited to enter discussions regarding devolution deals.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/09/2022 13:44:34 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous