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792126

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to ensure that businesses have access to temporary non-UK EU workers after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
	tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
	uin	901925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is considering options for our future immigration system very carefully. Our decisions will be based on evidence and engagement with stakeholders. After we leave the EU, we will want to control immigration from the EU whilst continuing to attract the brightest and best to work or study in Britain. We will ensure that businesses and communities have the opportunity to contribute their views before any final decisions are made.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 21/11/2017 15:27:50 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

792128

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What progress the Government has made on placing vulnerable Syrian refugee families in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Banbury
	tabling member printed	Victoria Prentis
	uin	901928
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>It is important that we focus our support on the most vulnerable refugees in the region fleeing the atrocities in Syria, whatever their nationality. Latest statistics published on 24 August confirm that a total of 8,535 people have been resettled under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme since it began, 4,369 of which arrived in 2016. We will continue to work closely with local authorities and devolved administrations to ensure we meet our commitment.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 21/11/2017 15:30:39 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis

804422

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	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 voluntary application process set out in paragraph 4 of the document Technical Note: Citizens' Rights - Administrative Procedures in the UK published on 7 November 2017, what the proposed timescale is for the roll-out of the new process; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	118483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office has established three stakeholder groups on EU Exit Immigration issues. There are two user groups comprising representatives of EU citizens from community, advice and support networks, and consular representatives from the EU27 and EFTA nations. There is also a cross-sectoral employers’ representative group. This engagement is supporting the development of the operational process and system design for the new EU Exit Settlement Scheme.</p><p>We intend to launch the Scheme during the second half of 2018.</p><p>To date the Home Office has received additional funding from HM Treasury of £60m over this financial year.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 118481 question first answered 14/12/2017 16:27:04 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

724188

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Standards
	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 summary and main findings of the report by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, PEEL: Police effectiveness 2016, published in March 2017, what steps she is taking to prevent police forces from rationing their response to reported crimes.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	71936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>Decisions about the allocation of police resources are for Chief Constables and democratically accountable Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs). They are responsible for ensuring the needs of the local community are met.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 27/04/2017 10:50:09 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

750848

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
	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 report from Refugee Action, entitled Slipping through the gaps, published in July 2017, for what reasons her Department is not meeting targets for section 95 and section 98 support for asylum seekers; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
	tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
	uin	4194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office has discussed the report with Refugee Action and will continue this dialogue as we examine the detailed findings. We take complaints about performance failures seriously and we have robust procedures in place to inspect, investigate and resolve issues when specific information is received.</p><p> </p><p>Asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute can apply for free accommodation and cash support to cover their essential living needs. If they have an emergency need for accommodation they can ask to be put in initial accommodation whilst their applications are being processed and the vast majority of such requests are processed on the same day.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/07/2017 15:40:41 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

792794

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Fees and Charges
	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 recommendations in the Recruitment & Employment Confederation’s report, Building the Post-Brexit Immigration System, whether the Government plans to exempt SMEs from the immigration skills charge.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	114721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The Immigration Skills Charge (ISC), introduced on 6 April, is a charge paid by UK-based employers sponsoring non-EEA nationals under Tier 2, our main immigration work route.</p><p>The ISC is designed to incentivise employers to invest in training and upskilling the resident workforce. Income raised by the Charge will be used to address skills gaps in the UK workforce - which will be of benefit to businesses in the long term.</p><p>There is a flat rate of £1,000 per Tier 2 migrant sponsored per year but small or charitable sponsors already have a reduced rate of £364 per migrant per year.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/11/2017 17:29:59 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

789143

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Sexual Offences
	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 recommendation of page 5 of the Women for Refugee Women's report, We are still here, published in November 2017, if she will implement a proactive screening process to ensure that survivors of sexual and gender-based violence, and others who are vulnerable are identified before detention.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	112940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>Home Office immigration policy operates with a presumption against detention. If people are detained, it is for the minimum time possible, and their dignity and welfare is of the utmost importance.</p><p>The adults at risk in immigration detention policy, which came into force in September 2016, considers individual circumstances and strengthens the presumption against detention to ensure that vulnerable people are not detained inappropriately.</p><p>The Home Office has in place arrangements for identifying and assessing vulnerable individuals, including victims of sexual or gender-based violence. For example, the single gatekeeper function independently assesses the suitability of individuals for immigration detention, with a focus on the presumption of liberty, alternatives to detention and voluntary return.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/11/2017 09:03:35 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

746716

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	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 policy paper, the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union: safeguarding the position of EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals living in the EU, published on 26 June 2017, whether residency in Crown Dependencies will count towards the five years required to gain settled status.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
	uin	1984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s policy paper (Cm 9464), which was laid before Parliament on 26 June, sets out our proposals that EU citizens who arrive in the UK before the specified date and have five years’ continuous residence in the UK will be able to apply for UK settled status.</p><p> </p><p>We will publish further detail on the specifics of the new application process for settled status, including detailed eligibility criteria, in due course. Regarding eligibility of time spent in the Crown Dependencies, this will also be specified in due course, but there is precedent in the Immigration Rules for counting time spent in the Crown Dependencies towards UK settlement when leave in the Crown Dependencies has been granted on a broadly equivalent basis as leave in the UK.</p><p>The specified “cut-off” date before which EU citizens must have been resident in the UK in order to qualify for settled status is a matter for negotiations with our European partners as part of delivering a reciprocal agreement. We are clear that the parameters are not earlier than the date we triggered Article 50 (29 March 2017), and no later than the date we leave the EU.</p><p>We will be establishing a new application process for EU citizens looking to secure settled status in the UK. Fees and charges are being considered as part of the negotiations. Our aim is to offer a streamlined and high quality service for everyone, keeping any fees at a reasonable level.</p><p>All EU citizens and their families who are resident in the UK before exit, regardless of when they arrived, will, on the UK’s exit, have a grace period, which will be specified, but which we expect to be up to two years. During this period, they which they need to obtain an immigration status in UK law in order to be able to remain lawfully in the UK. In due course, EU nationals may be required to produce a residence document for specified purposes, as evidence of their entitlement to work, access benefits and services.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 2219 2221 2222 2223 2224 2225 2226 2227 2228 2229 2230 2231 2232 2233 question first answered 10/07/2017 10:02:39 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

747015

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	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 policy paper, The United Kingdom's exit from the European Union: safeguarding the position of EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals living in the EU, published on 26 June 2017, whether work carried out abroad on behalf of the devolved assemblies, local government or government agencies will be included in the five years' continuous residence requirement for EU nationals to gain settled status after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
	uin	2226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s policy paper (Cm 9464), which was laid before Parliament on 26 June, sets out our proposals that EU citizens who arrive in the UK before the specified date and have five years’ continuous residence in the UK will be able to apply for UK settled status.</p><p> </p><p>We will publish further detail on the specifics of the new application process for settled status, including detailed eligibility criteria, in due course. Regarding eligibility of time spent in the Crown Dependencies, this will also be specified in due course, but there is precedent in the Immigration Rules for counting time spent in the Crown Dependencies towards UK settlement when leave in the Crown Dependencies has been granted on a broadly equivalent basis as leave in the UK.</p><p>The specified “cut-off” date before which EU citizens must have been resident in the UK in order to qualify for settled status is a matter for negotiations with our European partners as part of delivering a reciprocal agreement. We are clear that the parameters are not earlier than the date we triggered Article 50 (29 March 2017), and no later than the date we leave the EU.</p><p>We will be establishing a new application process for EU citizens looking to secure settled status in the UK. Fees and charges are being considered as part of the negotiations. Our aim is to offer a streamlined and high quality service for everyone, keeping any fees at a reasonable level.</p><p>All EU citizens and their families who are resident in the UK before exit, regardless of when they arrived, will, on the UK’s exit, have a grace period, which will be specified, but which we expect to be up to two years. During this period, they which they need to obtain an immigration status in UK law in order to be able to remain lawfully in the UK. In due course, EU nationals may be required to produce a residence document for specified purposes, as evidence of their entitlement to work, access benefits and services.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 1984 2219 2221 2222 2223 2224 2225 2227 2228 2229 2230 2231 2232 2233 question first answered 10/07/2017 10:02:40 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

747007

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	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 policy paper, The United Kingdom's exit from the European Union: safeguarding the position of EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals living in the EU, published on 26 June 2017, whether work carried out abroad on behalf of UK firms will be included within the five years' continuous residence requirement for EU nationals to gain settled status after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
	uin	2222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s policy paper (Cm 9464), which was laid before Parliament on 26 June, sets out our proposals that EU citizens who arrive in the UK before the specified date and have five years’ continuous residence in the UK will be able to apply for UK settled status.</p><p> </p><p>We will publish further detail on the specifics of the new application process for settled status, including detailed eligibility criteria, in due course. Regarding eligibility of time spent in the Crown Dependencies, this will also be specified in due course, but there is precedent in the Immigration Rules for counting time spent in the Crown Dependencies towards UK settlement when leave in the Crown Dependencies has been granted on a broadly equivalent basis as leave in the UK.</p><p>The specified “cut-off” date before which EU citizens must have been resident in the UK in order to qualify for settled status is a matter for negotiations with our European partners as part of delivering a reciprocal agreement. We are clear that the parameters are not earlier than the date we triggered Article 50 (29 March 2017), and no later than the date we leave the EU.</p><p>We will be establishing a new application process for EU citizens looking to secure settled status in the UK. Fees and charges are being considered as part of the negotiations. Our aim is to offer a streamlined and high quality service for everyone, keeping any fees at a reasonable level.</p><p>All EU citizens and their families who are resident in the UK before exit, regardless of when they arrived, will, on the UK’s exit, have a grace period, which will be specified, but which we expect to be up to two years. During this period, they which they need to obtain an immigration status in UK law in order to be able to remain lawfully in the UK. In due course, EU nationals may be required to produce a residence document for specified purposes, as evidence of their entitlement to work, access benefits and services.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 1984 2219 2221 2223 2224 2225 2226 2227 2228 2229 2230 2231 2232 2233 question first answered 10/07/2017 10:02:39 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins