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884157

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What plans she has to change the operation of the Tier 2 work visa.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	904763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Tier 2, the main immigration route for non-EEA skilled workers, ensures employers can recruit from overseas where necessary while controlling migration and encouraging employers to look first to the domestic workforce before recruiting from overseas.</p><p>We continue to monitor the operation of the route to ensure that it serves the national interest.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 16:05:00 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

833913

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation: Jamaica
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State will she place in the Library a copy of the Memorandum of Understanding between the British Government and Jamaican Government, signed in 2007, on deportations and forced removals from the UK to Jamaica.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	125671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>We do not have a Memorandum of Understanding with the Jamaican government regarding enforced deportations and enforced returns.</p><p>However, the Ministry of Justice reports that in 2007, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed in relation to the operation of a proposed prisoner transfer agreement between the United Kingdom and Jamaica. As the prisoner transfer agreement was not ratified the Memorandum of Understanding was not brought into force.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/02/2018 15:58:42 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

824428

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	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 twelfth report of 2016-17 of the Home Affairs Committee, Asylum accommodation published on 17 January 2017, HC 637, whether there are plans to enable councils to provide independent oversight of the condition of asylum seeker housing.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	123229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on the 18th January 2018, UIN 122556.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/01/2018 15:47:35 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

846913

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	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 third report of the Home Affairs committee, Home Office delivery of Brexit: immigration, published on 14 February 2018, HC 421, when her Department plans to publish final guidance on the Government’s immigration plan after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	129087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is considering a range of options for the future immigration system and will set out initial plans in due course. In December, we reached a deal with the EU on citizens’ rights - and our priority now must be to agree the detail of the Implementation Period.</p><p>We will make decisions on the future immigration system based on evidence and engagement.</p><p>That is why we have asked the independent Migration Advisory Committee to advise on the economic and social impacts of the UK’s exit from the EU and also on how the UK’s immigration system should be aligned with a modern industrial strategy.</p><p>The Government will have plenty of time to take account of the MAC’s advice when making any final decisions about our future immigration system, which would not be implemented until after the Implementation Period in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 27/02/2018 17:26:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

824558

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
	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 second report of the Home Affairs Committee, Immigration policy: basis for building consensus, published on 15 January 2018, HC 500, what steps her Department plans to take to publish an official analysis of the scale of illegal immigration.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	123359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is carefully considering the Home Affairs Committee report and will respond in due course</p><p>The Government does not currently produce any official estimates of the scale of illegal migration. The Government takes a broad range of activity to prevent migrants from entering the UK illegally and overstaying, tackle the threats associated with immigration offending and to encourage and enforce the removal of illegal migrants.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/01/2018 16:27:24 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

824559

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
	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 second report of the Home Affairs Committee, Immigration policy: basis for building consensus, published on 15 January 2018, HC 500, what plans she has to re-evaluate the hostile environments measures.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	123360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government will respond to the Home Affairs Committee report in due course</p><p>Successive Governments have introduced legislative and administrative controls on migrants’ access to work, benefits and services to prevent immigration offending, including action overseas, at the border and in-country, to detect and remove persons without permission to enter or remain in the UK and to protect taxpayer funded services.</p><p>In recent years we have introduced, extended and strengthened the set of “compliant environment” measures; putting in place a range of entitlement controls, including denying or restricting access and through taking systematic, automated action, and working with a range of delivery partners on the consequences of not complying with our laws and rules.</p><p>The compliant environment aims to: deter prospective immigration offenders; make it difficult for those unlawfully in the UK to lead a settled life; incentivise voluntary departure; and deter legal migrants from breaching conditions of their immigration leave. <br>We have no plans to re-evaluate these measures; however, the Government gives careful consideration to reports and recommendations produced by Parliament and the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration on the operation of the immigration system and remains committed to ensuring the accuracy of immigration data shared across Government and with key delivery partners.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 123361 question first answered 23/01/2018 16:20:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

824560

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
	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 second report of the Home Affairs Committee, Immigration policy: basis for building consensus, published on 15 January 2018, HC 500, what assessment she has made of the accuracy and effectiveness of hostile environments measures.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	123361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government will respond to the Home Affairs Committee report in due course</p><p>Successive Governments have introduced legislative and administrative controls on migrants’ access to work, benefits and services to prevent immigration offending, including action overseas, at the border and in-country, to detect and remove persons without permission to enter or remain in the UK and to protect taxpayer funded services.</p><p>In recent years we have introduced, extended and strengthened the set of “compliant environment” measures; putting in place a range of entitlement controls, including denying or restricting access and through taking systematic, automated action, and working with a range of delivery partners on the consequences of not complying with our laws and rules.</p><p>The compliant environment aims to: deter prospective immigration offenders; make it difficult for those unlawfully in the UK to lead a settled life; incentivise voluntary departure; and deter legal migrants from breaching conditions of their immigration leave. <br>We have no plans to re-evaluate these measures; however, the Government gives careful consideration to reports and recommendations produced by Parliament and the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration on the operation of the immigration system and remains committed to ensuring the accuracy of immigration data shared across Government and with key delivery partners.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 123360 question first answered 23/01/2018 16:20:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

858518

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre
	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 oral contribution of the hon. Member for Tottenham on 6 March 2018, column 187, Yarl's Wood Detention Centre, for what reason the question on human rights obligations was not answered.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	131773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>We do not consider that the letter issued to individuals in immigration detention who have refused foods or fluids contravened human rights obligations.</p><p>The approach taken in the letter accurately reflects the fact that, in the interests of health and safety, the most appropriate way in which to respond to some cases of refusal to take food or fluids is to prioritise the consideration of the individual’s case including, if appropriate, their removal from detention and the UK, whilst ensuring that the case is processed fairly.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/03/2018 18:32:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

828215

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
	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 memorandum of understanding on the processing of information requests from the Home Office to NHS Digital for tracing immigration offenders which came into effect on 1 January 2017, what number and proportion of trace requests under that memorandum have been conducted for individuals whom the Home Office had not re-established contact via other centrally held government sources of information; and how many of those requests resulted in (a) apprehension and (b) the resolution of the immigration issue to be addressed.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	124175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>NHS Digital’s data recently published written evidence before the health select committee.</p><p>The report can be found here - <a href="http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/health-committee/memorandum-of-understanding-on-datasharing-between-nhs-digital-and-the-home-office/written/76672.html" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/health-committee/memorandum-of-understanding-on-datasharing-between-nhs-digital-and-the-home-office/written/76672.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 25/01/2018 16:52:51 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

850734

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery
	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 judgment in the case of PK (Ghana) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether victims of modern slavery with a positive conclusive grounds decision will remain in receipt of National Referral Mechanism support until (a) her Department publishes its updated guidance on discretionary leave to remain and (b) a decision has been made on those cases in accordance with that updated guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	129973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The Court of Appeal issued a judgment in the case of (PK(Ghana) v SSHD) on 13 February 2018. We are considering the implications of the judgment.</p><p>Whilst we consider next steps interim guidance has been issued to caseworkers to put on hold any refusals of discretionary leave to remain decisions for confirmed victims of modern slavery on. Grants of discretionary leave are continuing. This guidance is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/interim-operation-guidance-discretionary-leave-for-victims-of-modern-slavery" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/interim-operation-guidance-discretionary-leave-for-victims-of-modern-slavery</a></p><p>In line with standard practice, support providers under the Victim Care Contract can seek an extension of support for confirmed victims who are awaiting a discretionary leave decision.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 129972 question first answered 06/03/2018 19:14:13 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead