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	registered interest
	date	01/09/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls
	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 July 2020 Command Paper entitled UK Points Based System Further Details, CP 258, what assessment she has made of the implications for her proposals on no routine immigration controls on journeys from within the Common Travel area to the UK and no immigration controls on the Northern Ireland - Ireland land border of her policy on a universal permission to travel requiring everyone wishing to travel to the UK excluding British and Irish nationals to seek permission in advance of travel via a UK Electronic Travel Authorisation.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	83981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are in place to tackle potential breaches of rights under the Common Travel Area</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Command Paper 258 entitled UK points-based immigration system: further details, whether passport checks will take place on on (a) air and (b) sea travel between (i) Northern Ireland to Great Britain and (ii) Great Britain to Northern Ireland.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the July 2020 Command Paper entitled UK Points Based System Further Details, CP 258, whether she plans to include in a universal permission to travel requirement (a) EU nationals without settled status and (b) other non-visa nationals wishing to travel from the Republic of Ireland to (i) Northern Ireland and (ii) Great Britain</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the July 2020 Command Paper entitled UK Points Based System Further Details, CP 258, what assessment she has made of the implications for her proposals on no routine immigration controls on journeys from within the Common Travel area to the UK and no immigration controls on the Northern Ireland - Ireland land border of her policy on a universal permission to travel requiring everyone wishing to travel to the UK excluding British and Irish nationals to seek permission in advance of travel via a UK Electronic Travel Authorisation.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Universal Permission to Travel requirement will require everyone wishing to travel to the UK (except British and Irish citizens) to seek permission in advance of travel. We will introduce Electronic Travel Authorisations (ETAs) for visitors and passengers transiting through the UK who do not currently need a visa for short stays or who do not already have an immigration status prior to travelling, which will act as their permission.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> As now, the UK will not operate routine immigration controls on journeys from within the Common Travel Area, with no immigration controls whatsoever on the Republic of Ireland-Northern Ireland land border. However, individuals arriving in the UK must continue to enter in line with the UK’s immigration framework including the Universal Permission to Travel requirement.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The CTA has never required the UK and Ireland to have entirely harmonised immigration arrangements for non-British or non-Irish citizens. Key to this is the high level of cooperation on border security to ensure that legitimate travel is facilitated while those who intend to abuse the arrangements are prevented from entering. </ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/09/2020 12:28:55 question first ministerially corrected 23/09/2020 10:39:27 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 45183 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1250062

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that civil registration of marriages can continue wherever possible during the covid-19 lockdown.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	91852
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Current regulations provide for marriages and civil partnerships to take place in England only in exceptional circumstances i.e. where one of the parties is seriously ill and not expected to recover. It is for local authorities to ensure ceremonies can be safely delivered in line with Public Health and local authority guidance.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Marriages and civil partnerships can take place in Wales where appropriate risk assessments have been undertaken and safety measures are in place</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">National restrictions in England came to an end on 2 December. Marriages and civil partnerships are allowed under each of the current four tiers of local restrictions in England, and it is for local authorities to ensure ceremonies can be safely delivered in line with Public Health and local authority guidance</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Marriages and Civil Partnerships can take place in Wales where appropriate risk assessments have been undertaken and safety measures are in place.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 12/11/2020 18:01:40 question first ministerially corrected 29/12/2020 12:53:04 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 60966 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1338574

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2021
	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 EU citizens settled in (a) Birmingham, Edgbaston, (b) Birmingham and (c) the West Midlands have (i) applied for, (ii) been granted, and (iii) not applied for settled or pre-settled status.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	19654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2021 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office publishes data on the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) in the ‘EU Settlement Scheme statistics’.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Data on the number of applications and concluded applications by UK local authority to 31 March 2021 are published in Tables EUSS_LA_01, EUSS_LA_02 and EUSS_LA_03 of the quarterly EUSS statistics local authority tables, which can be found at:</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">EU Settlement Scheme quarterly statistics, March 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The published figures refer specifically to applications made to the EUSS and cannot be directly compared with estimates of the resident population of EU citizens in the UK.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The published figures include non-EEA citizen family members, Irish citizens and eligible EU citizens not resident in the UK, none of whom are usually included in estimates of the resident EU citizen population.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Furthermore, the population estimates do not take account of people’s migration intentions and will include people who have come to the UK for a range of purposes, including some who have no intention to settle in the UK.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> The Home Office publishes data on the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/eu-settlement-scheme-statistics" target="_blank">EU Settlement Scheme statistics</a>’.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Data on the number of applications and concluded applications by UK local authority to 31 March 2021 are published in Tables EUSS_LA_01, EUSS_LA_02 and EUSS_LA_03 of the quarterly EUSS statistics local authority tables, which can be found at:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-march-2021" target="_blank">EU Settlement Scheme quarterly statistics, March 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The published figures refer specifically to applications made to the EUSS and cannot be directly compared with estimates of the resident population of EU citizens in the UK.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The published figures include non-EEA citizen family members, Irish citizens and eligible EU citizens not resident in the UK, none of whom are usually included in estimates of the resident EU citizen population.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Furthermore, the population estimates do not take account of people’s migration intentions and will include people who have come to the UK for a range of purposes, including some who have no intention to settle in the UK.</ins></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/06/2021 15:43:48 question first ministerially corrected 28/06/2021 13:07:24 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 9104 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1342325

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2021
	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, if her Department will publish guidance on welfare benefit entitlement for EU nationals who have not made an application under the EU Settlement Scheme by the deadline of 30 June 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	25110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2021 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">As with citizens of countries elsewhere in the world, EEA citizens who missed the 30 June deadline to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme, and do not have any other form of immigration leave, no longer have their rights protected, including access to benefits.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">However, a person granted status under the EU Settlement Scheme on the basis of a late application will have the same rights from the date they are granted status, as a person who applied by the deadline.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office has already published guidance on late applications to the EU Settlement Scheme at <a href="https://horizon.homeoffice.gov.uk/file-wrapper/eu-settlement-scheme-eu-other-eea-and-swiss-citizens-and-their-family-members" target="_blank">EU Settlement Scheme: EU, other EEA and Swiss citizens and their family members | Horizon</a>.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office is working closely with DWP and HMRC to ensure all those eligible for the EU Settlement Scheme apply, including contacting people to encourage them to do so. We will also expediate outstanding applications to the EUSS, including late applications where there are compelling or compassionate grounds for doing so.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As with citizens of countries elsewhere in the world, EEA citizens who missed the 30 June deadline to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme, and do not have any other form of immigration leave, no longer have their rights protected, including access to benefits. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">However, a person granted status under the EU Settlement Scheme on the basis of a late application will have the same rights from the date they are granted status, as a person who applied by the deadline. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office has already published guidance on late applications to the EU Settlement Scheme at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-eu" target="_blank">Immigration Rules Appendix EU - Immigration Rules - Guidance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office is working closely with DWP and HMRC to ensure all those eligible for the EU Settlement Scheme apply, including contacting people to encourage them to do so. We will also expediate outstanding applications to the EUSS, including late applications where there are compelling or compassionate grounds for doing so.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/07/2021 14:12:56 question first ministerially corrected 13/07/2021 10:52:14 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 12506 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1383504

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many have people born in the UK have had their British citizenship removed in each year since 2002.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford West
	tabling member printed	Naz Shah
	uin	84381
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We do not anticipate that the amendment laid by the Government to the Nationality and Borders Bill in respect of assisting unlawful immigration or an asylum seeker (clause 40) will have any financial impact on the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). Government Amendment 63 has been made to allow RNLI to continue as now and it doesn’t require any changes of practice from them.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Home Office officials have discussed clause 40, Government Amendment 63 and the duty to rescue persons in distress at sea with the RNLI.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office publishes data relating to those deprived of British Citizenship. Statistics are available from May 2010.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Figures for conducive deprivation orders, which are made under Section 40(2) of the 1981 British Nationality Act, have been published as part of the HM Government Transparency Report: Disruptive and Investigatory Powers. Four reports have been published to date in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2020:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fhm-government-transparency-report-on-the-use-of-disruptive-and-investigatory-powers&amp;data=02%7C01%7CGraham.Turner32%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C996dc5a5b57f46238ebf08d84e8c52c8%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637345711871884313&amp;sdata=symA4smLaxPcvME0ZXNER4vzkgYl3csFLvNAIxpr62s%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-government-transparency-report-on-the-use-of-disruptive-and-investigatory-powers</a></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fdisruptive-and-investigatory-powers-hm-government-transparency-report&amp;data=02%7C01%7CGraham.Turner32%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C996dc5a5b57f46238ebf08d84e8c52c8%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637345711871884313&amp;sdata=JEk3TLNhVyzYx80ZYndBsPoYeFIb6kMldMF%2FxuUDg4w%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disruptive-and-investigatory-powers-hm-government-transparency-report</a></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fdisruptive-and-investigatory-powers-transparency-report-2018&amp;data=02%7C01%7CGraham.Turner32%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C996dc5a5b57f46238ebf08d84e8c52c8%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637345711871884313&amp;sdata=P9sHqe0g%2BZ%2BCpw0FhZAMXxT2Gwy6VfsE1KL67a0GHDg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disruptive-and-investigatory-powers-transparency-report-2018</a></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Ftransparency-report-disruptive-powers-2018-to-2019&amp;data=02%7C01%7CGraham.Turner32%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C996dc5a5b57f46238ebf08d84e8c52c8%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637345711871894271&amp;sdata=R8TthCclOWHJ0IVqvk0ocQgVvM9Cjdz3EHe1Cy62Usk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transparency-report-disruptive-powers-2018-to-2019</a></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Section 40(3) of the 1981 British Nationality Act, allows for deprivation of citizenship where fraud, false representation or concealment of material facts have been used to obtain British citizenship. Since February 2020 these figures have been published via the Transparency report on asylum data, which can be found using the link below:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-february-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-february-2020</a></ins></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster previous answer version 36772 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster 37289 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster question first answered 07/12/2021 12:50:24 question first ministerially corrected 15/12/2021 14:39:56 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

1383505

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality
	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 born in the UK who had their British citizenship removed in each year since 2002 (a) had dual nationality and (b) belonged to an ethnic minority.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford West
	tabling member printed	Naz Shah
	uin	84382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We do not anticipate that the amendment laid by the Government to the Nationality and Borders Bill in respect of assisting unlawful immigration or an asylum seeker (clause 40) will have any financial impact on the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). Government Amendment 63 has been made to allow RNLI to continue as now and it doesn’t require any changes of practice from them.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Home Office officials have discussed clause 40, Government Amendment 63 and the duty to rescue persons in distress at sea with the RNLI.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office publishes data relating to those deprived of British Citizenship. Statistics are available from May 2010.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Figures for conducive deprivation orders, which are made under Section 40(2) of the 1981 British Nationality Act, have been published as part of the HM Government Transparency Report: Disruptive and Investigatory Powers. Four reports have been published to date in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2020:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fhm-government-transparency-report-on-the-use-of-disruptive-and-investigatory-powers&amp;data=02%7C01%7CGraham.Turner32%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C996dc5a5b57f46238ebf08d84e8c52c8%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637345711871884313&amp;sdata=symA4smLaxPcvME0ZXNER4vzkgYl3csFLvNAIxpr62s%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-government-transparency-report-on-the-use-of-disruptive-and-investigatory-powers</a></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fdisruptive-and-investigatory-powers-hm-government-transparency-report&amp;data=02%7C01%7CGraham.Turner32%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C996dc5a5b57f46238ebf08d84e8c52c8%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637345711871884313&amp;sdata=JEk3TLNhVyzYx80ZYndBsPoYeFIb6kMldMF%2FxuUDg4w%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disruptive-and-investigatory-powers-hm-government-transparency-report</a></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fdisruptive-and-investigatory-powers-transparency-report-2018&amp;data=02%7C01%7CGraham.Turner32%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C996dc5a5b57f46238ebf08d84e8c52c8%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637345711871884313&amp;sdata=P9sHqe0g%2BZ%2BCpw0FhZAMXxT2Gwy6VfsE1KL67a0GHDg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disruptive-and-investigatory-powers-transparency-report-2018</a></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Ftransparency-report-disruptive-powers-2018-to-2019&amp;data=02%7C01%7CGraham.Turner32%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C996dc5a5b57f46238ebf08d84e8c52c8%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637345711871894271&amp;sdata=R8TthCclOWHJ0IVqvk0ocQgVvM9Cjdz3EHe1Cy62Usk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transparency-report-disruptive-powers-2018-to-2019</a></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Section 40(3) of the 1981 British Nationality Act, allows for deprivation of citizenship where fraud, false representation or concealment of material facts have been used to obtain British citizenship. Since February 2020 these figures have been published via the Transparency report on asylum data, which can be found using the link below:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-february-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-february-2020</a></ins></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster previous answer version 36773 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster 37291 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster question first answered 07/12/2021 12:51:05 question first ministerially corrected 15/12/2021 14:40:08 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

1439243

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Ukraine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prioritise the return of passports to people who had previously made an application at the former visa application centre in Kyiv.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
	uin	137388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Visa Application Centre in Kyiv temporarily closed following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and we are currently unable to return their passport to customers . The Home Office will be in contact with customers to discuss how and when their passport can be returned, although the presence of Russian Military forces around Kyiv needs to considered as part of this.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">If a customer does not have their passport, UKVI staff are working with customers and Border Force to facilitate their entry to the UK where we are unable to attach a vignette in their passport.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Visa Application Centre in Kyiv temporarily closed following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and we are currently unable to return a customer their passport. The Home Office will be in contact with customers to discuss how and when their passport can be returned, but the presence of the Russian Military near Kyiv will inevitably affect our ability to do so.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">If a customer does not have their passport, UKVI staff are working with customers and Border Force to facilitate their entry to the UK where we are unable to attach a vignette in their passport. </ins></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/03/2022 17:50:39 question first ministerially corrected 28/03/2022 09:03:49 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 59475 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1458036

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Applications
	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 (a) median and (b) mean lengths of time are between an application for a new passport being received by her Department and its issuance to the applicant.
	tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
	tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
	uin	154093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">“It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</ins></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster previous answer version 66187 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster 67339 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster question first answered 28/04/2022 10:51:55 question first ministerially corrected 28/04/2022 10:55:56 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

1458075

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Applications
	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 average processing time is an (a) new and (b) renewed passport for (i) children and (ii) adults.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	154084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</ins></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster previous answer version 66185 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster 67333 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster question first answered 28/04/2022 10:51:35 question first ministerially corrected 28/04/2022 10:55:45 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

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	registered interest
	date	11/05/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Resettlement
	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 has produced internal evaluations of the (a) ACRS and ARAP schemes and (b) Homes for Ukraine scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office will set out its approach to evaluating the Government’s refugee resettlement schemes in due course outlining the scope of the evaluation and the frequency of data collection.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The evaluation approach is expected to draw on the mixed-methods approach used to evaluate the previous Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme and Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Scheme. It is expected this will include analysis of data such as numbers of arrivals over time and cohort characteristics, as well as the collection of data on refugees against a range of indicators of integration, such as education, employment, language skills, housing and health, with the aim of better understanding barriers to integration and identifying how best to support resettled refugees’ longer-term integration into life in the UK.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">It is intended that the products of this evaluation will be made publicly available once the evaluation has concluded.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">This Government introduced two new schemes: the Ukraine Family Scheme announced on 4 March, and the ‘Homes for Ukraine’ Scheme announced by the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing &amp; Communities on 14 March</del></p><p><br /><del class="ministerial"> The Ukrainian Schemes have been designed in light of very different circumstances to those which led to the Government’s Syrian and Afghan resettlement schemes.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is responsible for the Homes for Ukraine scheme.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">All our schemes are continuously monitored to inform delivery and ensure any adjustments to the policy are made in a timely manner.</ins></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/05/2022 15:05:35 question first ministerially corrected 23/05/2022 14:49:04 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 1040 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry