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1177402

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	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 answer of 1 November 2019 to Question 6360 on Immigration: EU Nationals, whether she plans to maintain the funding allocated to voluntary and community organisations throughout the UK to enable them to mobilise services targeted at vulnerable EU citizens beyond the end of March 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	14689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The current grant funding scheme continues until the end of March 2020, and the Home Office is currently exploring options for the financial year of 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>As well as providing funding for charities which have supported hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people, there are more than 1,500 Home Office staff working on the EU Settlement Scheme and 250 Settlement Resolution Centre staff providing assistance to applicants with any questions about the scheme or who need help applying.</p><p> </p><p>Additional support is also available to those EU citizens in the UK who do not have the appropriate access, skills or confidence to apply. This includes over 300 assisted digital locations across the UK where people can be supported through their application.</p><p> </p><p>There have been more than 3 million applications and 2.7 million granted status under the EU Settlement scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 13/02/2020 14:38:31 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1177404

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people granted (a) pre-settled status and (b) settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme have requested a share code in each month since the that scheme became operational.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	14691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>Individuals granted pre-settled or settled status have had the option within the ‘view and prove your settled or pre-settled status’ service to share their status information for a variety of reasons since 30th September 2019. This is done by generating a ‘share code’ which can be given to a third party to provide them with time-limited access to the data. One of these options (‘work in the UK’) takes users to a separate Home Office service, which can also be used by individuals who have not been through the EU Settlement Scheme (holders of Biometric Residence Permits (BRP) and Biometric Residence Cards (BRC)).</p><p> </p><p>The ability to share information via the online service(s) is entirely optional; EEA nationals can continue to rely on their passports or national ID cards until at least December 2020 to evidence their rights in the UK but can choose to use the online service if they wish. Those with a BRP/C can also continue to rely on their physical cards.</p><p> </p><p>Data is collected on usage of the service for internal purposes, to help us make improvements to the service, and to inform how it is performing. Data relates to number of views on the service, rather than unique users, and it is not currently possible to identify whether those who go on to share their status have settled or pre-settled status.</p><p> </p><p>Data on usage on the ‘view and prove’ service more generally will be published later this year, as part of the Home Office Transparency Data.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 14692 question first answered 13/02/2020 15:48:41 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1177405

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people with (a) settled and (b) pre-settled status have cited (a) work in the UK, (b) get hospital treatment, (c) claim benefits or tax credits, (d) get homelessness assistance or council housing, (e) open a bank or building society account, (f) get a loan or credit card, (g) another reason as their reason for requesting a share code to prove their status in each month since the EU settlement scheme became operational.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	14692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>Individuals granted pre-settled or settled status have had the option within the ‘view and prove your settled or pre-settled status’ service to share their status information for a variety of reasons since 30th September 2019. This is done by generating a ‘share code’ which can be given to a third party to provide them with time-limited access to the data. One of these options (‘work in the UK’) takes users to a separate Home Office service, which can also be used by individuals who have not been through the EU Settlement Scheme (holders of Biometric Residence Permits (BRP) and Biometric Residence Cards (BRC)).</p><p> </p><p>The ability to share information via the online service(s) is entirely optional; EEA nationals can continue to rely on their passports or national ID cards until at least December 2020 to evidence their rights in the UK but can choose to use the online service if they wish. Those with a BRP/C can also continue to rely on their physical cards.</p><p> </p><p>Data is collected on usage of the service for internal purposes, to help us make improvements to the service, and to inform how it is performing. Data relates to number of views on the service, rather than unique users, and it is not currently possible to identify whether those who go on to share their status have settled or pre-settled status.</p><p> </p><p>Data on usage on the ‘view and prove’ service more generally will be published later this year, as part of the Home Office Transparency Data.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 14691 question first answered 13/02/2020 15:48:41 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1176803

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of (a) applications and (b) different individual applicants there have been to the EU Settlement Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
	uin	13511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>There have been more than three million applications to the EU Settlement Scheme according to the latest internal management information.</p><p>The milestone was reached less than a year after the scheme was fully launched to the public, with more than 2.7 million people already granted status. The Home Office publishes regular statistics relating to the EU Settlement scheme on a monthly basis and more detailed statistics each quarter, the latest edition being released 6<sup>th</sup> February,</p><p>The EU Settlement Scheme is designed to make it straightforward for EU citizens and their family members to continue living in the UK after 30 June 2021.</p><p>To apply they only need to complete three key steps – prove their identity, show that they live in the UK and declare any criminal convictions.</p><p>Our initial analysis of applications suggest that repeat applications currently represent less than two per cent of applications. This is a small percentage of the over 3 million applications we have received. We will continue to investigate this number and plan to report further as part of our regular statistical publications.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 11/02/2020 15:23:22 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1176849

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to increase resources for (a) Action Fraud and (b) the police for the (i) investigation and (ii) prosecution of fraud.
	tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
	tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
	uin	13516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office has commissioned Sir Craig Mackey QPM to carry out a review of Serious and Organised Crime (SOC), including fraud. The review is considering powers, capabilities, governance and effectiveness of funding across policing and wider law enforcement. It is due to report by the end of February 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 11/02/2020 15:29:44 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

1176412

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds figures on the number of looked-after children who are (a) eligible for settled status and (b) have applied successfully for settled status.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	12894
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The available published information on EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) applications and concluded applications by the applicant’s age and nationality to 31 December 2019, can be found in the Home Office’s ‘EU Settlement Scheme quarterly statistics’, statistics tables, tables EUSS_01, EUSS_02 and EUSS_04, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-december-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-december-2019</a>.</p><p>The Home Office has been engaging with relevant stakeholders such as the Department for Education, Local Government Association and Association of Directors of Children’s Services to assess the needs of looked-after children and care leavers and ensure they are supported.</p><p>To support this, guidance about the EUSS to help local authorities and Health and Social Care Trusts understand their responsibilities for supporting looked-after children and care leavers and how to apply has been created and issued.</p><p>A New Burdens Assessment has been produced in collaboration with key stakeholders representing local authorities and children’s social services to ensure they are adequately funded to support looked after children and care leavers who are eligible to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme.</p><p>The Home Office has been holding monthly teleconferences for local authority staff who are undertaking this work. The teleconferences provide a forum to obtain information, ask questions and raise issues. A designated help line number has also been made available for local authority staff to contact trained caseworkers in the Home Office should they need to discuss any aspect of the EU Settlement Scheme, be it a specific case issue, or a matter of general information.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 12895 12896 question first answered 11/02/2020 15:31:53 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1176413

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds figures on the number of vulnerable adults who are (a) eligible for settled status and (b) have applied successfully for settled status.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	12895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The available published information on EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) applications and concluded applications by the applicant’s age and nationality to 31 December 2019, can be found in the Home Office’s ‘EU Settlement Scheme quarterly statistics’, statistics tables, tables EUSS_01, EUSS_02 and EUSS_04, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-december-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-december-2019</a>.</p><p>The Home Office has been engaging with relevant stakeholders such as the Department for Education, Local Government Association and Association of Directors of Children’s Services to assess the needs of looked-after children and care leavers and ensure they are supported.</p><p>To support this, guidance about the EUSS to help local authorities and Health and Social Care Trusts understand their responsibilities for supporting looked-after children and care leavers and how to apply has been created and issued.</p><p>A New Burdens Assessment has been produced in collaboration with key stakeholders representing local authorities and children’s social services to ensure they are adequately funded to support looked after children and care leavers who are eligible to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme.</p><p>The Home Office has been holding monthly teleconferences for local authority staff who are undertaking this work. The teleconferences provide a forum to obtain information, ask questions and raise issues. A designated help line number has also been made available for local authority staff to contact trained caseworkers in the Home Office should they need to discuss any aspect of the EU Settlement Scheme, be it a specific case issue, or a matter of general information.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 12894 12896 question first answered 11/02/2020 15:31:53 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1176414

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to support local authorities make applications to the EU Settlement Scheme on behalf of looked-after children.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	12896
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The available published information on EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) applications and concluded applications by the applicant’s age and nationality to 31 December 2019, can be found in the Home Office’s ‘EU Settlement Scheme quarterly statistics’, statistics tables, tables EUSS_01, EUSS_02 and EUSS_04, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-december-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-december-2019</a>.</p><p>The Home Office has been engaging with relevant stakeholders such as the Department for Education, Local Government Association and Association of Directors of Children’s Services to assess the needs of looked-after children and care leavers and ensure they are supported.</p><p>To support this, guidance about the EUSS to help local authorities and Health and Social Care Trusts understand their responsibilities for supporting looked-after children and care leavers and how to apply has been created and issued.</p><p>A New Burdens Assessment has been produced in collaboration with key stakeholders representing local authorities and children’s social services to ensure they are adequately funded to support looked after children and care leavers who are eligible to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme.</p><p>The Home Office has been holding monthly teleconferences for local authority staff who are undertaking this work. The teleconferences provide a forum to obtain information, ask questions and raise issues. A designated help line number has also been made available for local authority staff to contact trained caseworkers in the Home Office should they need to discuss any aspect of the EU Settlement Scheme, be it a specific case issue, or a matter of general information.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 12894 12895 question first answered 11/02/2020 15:31:53 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1176427

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures were issued in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	12902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>Section 19(1) of the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (the Act) requires ​the Secretary of State to report to Parliament as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of every relevant three-month period on the exercise of her TPIM powers under the Act during that period. The report comments on the number of TPIMs that were in force at the end of the reporting period. For operational reasons we do not comment on the number of new TPIMs that were served.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>The number of TPIMs in force in the last 12 months are recorded below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>No of TPIMs in force at end of the period</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 December 2018 to 28 February 2019</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 March 2019 to 31 May 2019</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 June 2019 to 31 August 2019</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 September 2019 to 30 November 2019</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The numbers of TPIMs in force for the period 1 December 2019 to 29 February 2020 will be published in March 2020.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 11/02/2020 15:38:07 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1176430

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	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 progress she has made on the proscription of (a) System Resistance Network, (b) Sonnenkrieg Division, (c) Atomwaffen Division and (d) other extreme right organisations.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	12904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>Whilst we keep the list of proscribed groups under review, we do not routinely comment on whether an organisation is or is not under consideration for</p><p>proscription.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 12/02/2020 15:55:48 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty