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1198497

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Aviation: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, whether people entering the UK on private jets will be required to quarantine for 14 days during the covid-19 pandemic.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	52111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>From 8 June, all passengers arriving in the UK without having travelled through another part of the Common Travel Area will be required to self-isolate for 14 days, apart from those on a short list of exemptions. This applies to arrivals by all modes of transport, including private jets. This measure will be kept under review.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/06/2020 13:32:20 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1218902

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) NHS and (b) social care workers who are foreign nationals have (i) paid and (ii) been refunded the NHS surcharge since 21 May 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	66086
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2020 answer text <p>This information is not readily available nor held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost due to the fact the IHS is payable across multiple application routes.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/07/2020 11:55:17 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1218906

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many NHS and social care workers paid the Immigration Health Surcharge in each month of 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	66087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2020 answer text <p>This information is not readily available nor held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost due to the fact the IHS is payable across multiple application routes.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/07/2020 11:57:02 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1225172

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Quarantine
	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 July to Question 69589 on Coronavirus: Quarantine, whether the ad hoc statistical release on Health Measures at the Border has now been published.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	74645
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>We don’t currently publish statistical data relating to the Health Measures at the Border. However, this is being reviewed and we will be seeking ministerial approval to publish some selected data on compliance with the measures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 20/07/2020 15:32:50 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1232907

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Travel: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Home Department, how many passengers have (a) entered the UK from countries on which the UK has imposed quarantine restrictions since those restrictions were imposed, (b) registered their address and contact details and (c) have been subject to a check to ensure that quarantine requirements are being fulfilled.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	87572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>Border Force does not hold the data requested in an accessible format.</p><p>However information relating to Health measures at the border and compliance with quarantine restrictions are available on GOV.uk at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fdata-on-health-measures-at-the-uk-border%2Fdata-on-health-measures-at-the-uk-border&amp;data=02%7C01%7CHazel.Reid3%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ce77b5807824f4063009c08d856800c40%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637354455242291417&amp;sdata=rMnjHTGO5koxVMo3D7y1kP466R5cgKcqobxMm%2FgMjVA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/data-on-health-measures-at-the-uk-border/data-on-health-measures-at-the-uk-border</a>.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/09/2020 16:44:24 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1288814

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many families of (a) NHS workers and (b) independent health and social care workers who have died after contracting covid-19 have (i) applied for and (ii) been granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK since 29 April 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	157183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office is granting immediate indefinite leave to remain (ILR), free of any charges, to family members of NHS, health and care workers who unfortunately lose their lives as a result of contracting COVID-19.</p><p>The Home Office has received 49 applications for ILR for those held in this route, with 10 granted to date.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 01/03/2021 16:31:06 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1288816

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Health Services and Social Services: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many extensions UKVI has processed via the covid-19 auto-extension visa scheme for eligible health professionals (a) working in the NHS, (b) working in independent health and social care and (c) in total since March 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	157184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not held in a published format and to gather it would attract a disproportionate cost.</p><p>The most recent published migration statistics can be viewed:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics</a></p><p>The available published data shows the numbers of visas granted in each work route but does not provide any data on the specific numbers that have been granted on this scheme nor the number of Biometric Residence Permits received by UKVI.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 01/03/2021 16:27:08 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1288818

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Health Professions
	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 (a) average and (b) longest time it has taken to (i) process a visa extension via the covid-19 auto-extension visa scheme and (ii) issue Biometric Residence Permit cards for eligible health professionals since March 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	157185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not held in a publishable format and to gather it would attract a disproportionate cost.</p><p>The latest published migration statistics can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2020</a></p><p>The available published data shows the numbers of visas granted in each work route but does not provide any data on the specific numbers that have been granted on this scheme nor the number of Biometric Residence Permits issued by UKVI.</p><p>We are keeping all measures under review and we will continue to work closely with the DHSC to ensure individuals working in the health and care sector are fully supported.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 01/03/2021 16:19:16 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1288821

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits: Health Professions
	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 health professionals requiring a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) have been affected by technical faults in relation to the issuing of BRP cards since March 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	157186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>UKVI does not hold data which would enable us to identify the number of health professionals requiring a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) who have been affected by technical faults in relation to the issuing of BRP cards since March 2020.</p><p>Delays to customers receiving their Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) can be for various reasons, relating to their individual application. This could be as a result of the following:</p><ul><li>Biometrics not properly captured at the point of enrolment resulting in the BRP failing to progress to production after the decision to grant leave to remain or enter has been made.</li><li>Delay in the verification of the National Insurance Number process between UKVI and DWP. Subject to testing, an Application Programme Interface (API) is being introduced at end of February 2021 to speed up and reduce risk of error in this process.</li><li>A caseworker failing to request production of the BRP at point of decision.</li><li>Variable address quality issues may result in our delivery partner FedEx failing to be able to deliver the BRP.</li><li>Inability of FedEx to access property to deliver package securely.</li><li>Customer failing to arrange re-delivery after first delivery attempt.</li><li>Customer not present at address at time of delivery.</li><li>Customers failing to keep UKVI informed in good time of change of address.</li><li>Delays within UKVI Change of Address Team resulting in delays in updating UKVI systems with up to date addresses, plan in place to return to service level by end of May 2021.</li><li>Customer failing to collect BRP within 90 days from a Post Office.</li></ul><p>Action plans are in place to tackle the above issues both internally within UKVI and with our partners.</p><p>In December 2020 UKVI identified a failure relating to biometric enrolments through our overseas enrolment partner TLS, which was capturing oversized photographic images. This prevented 5,585 BRPs being produced between September 2020 and December 2020. On 22 January 2021 we wrote to all those customers affected to inform them of the problem. A technical fix was introduced on 8 February 2021, with all affected BRPs successfully printed on 9 February 2021. Customers affected were written to on 10 February 2020 informing them when their BRP will be either ready to collect from their chosen Post Office or delivered by FedEx to the address they provided during the application process.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 157187 question first answered 01/03/2021 13:23:17 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1288823

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her timetable is for resolving the technical faults relating to the issuing of Biometric Residence Permit cards.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	157187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>UKVI does not hold data which would enable us to identify the number of health professionals requiring a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) who have been affected by technical faults in relation to the issuing of BRP cards since March 2020.</p><p>Delays to customers receiving their Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) can be for various reasons, relating to their individual application. This could be as a result of the following:</p><ul><li>Biometrics not properly captured at the point of enrolment resulting in the BRP failing to progress to production after the decision to grant leave to remain or enter has been made.</li><li>Delay in the verification of the National Insurance Number process between UKVI and DWP. Subject to testing, an Application Programme Interface (API) is being introduced at end of February 2021 to speed up and reduce risk of error in this process.</li><li>A caseworker failing to request production of the BRP at point of decision.</li><li>Variable address quality issues may result in our delivery partner FedEx failing to be able to deliver the BRP.</li><li>Inability of FedEx to access property to deliver package securely.</li><li>Customer failing to arrange re-delivery after first delivery attempt.</li><li>Customer not present at address at time of delivery.</li><li>Customers failing to keep UKVI informed in good time of change of address.</li><li>Delays within UKVI Change of Address Team resulting in delays in updating UKVI systems with up to date addresses, plan in place to return to service level by end of May 2021.</li><li>Customer failing to collect BRP within 90 days from a Post Office.</li></ul><p>Action plans are in place to tackle the above issues both internally within UKVI and with our partners.</p><p>In December 2020 UKVI identified a failure relating to biometric enrolments through our overseas enrolment partner TLS, which was capturing oversized photographic images. This prevented 5,585 BRPs being produced between September 2020 and December 2020. On 22 January 2021 we wrote to all those customers affected to inform them of the problem. A technical fix was introduced on 8 February 2021, with all affected BRPs successfully printed on 9 February 2021. Customers affected were written to on 10 February 2020 informing them when their BRP will be either ready to collect from their chosen Post Office or delivered by FedEx to the address they provided during the application process.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 157186 question first answered 01/03/2021 13:23:17 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders