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1121742

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has deprioritised any Statutory Instruments in relation to the UK leaving the EU; and if he will publish the criteria his Department uses to deprioritise those Instruments.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	245777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>Cabinet Office did not deprioritise any SIs and they were all laid in time for Exit Day.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 25/04/2019 10:26:56 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1200516

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality: Ceremonies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many citizenship ceremonies have been cancelled as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	54906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>Following Government guidelines and social distancing measures, normal arrangements for citizenship ceremonies have been suspended at present. The volume of individuals awaiting citizenship ceremonies is a matter for Local Authorities and figures are not recorded centrally by the Home Office.</p><p>The time allowed for people to arrange a citizenship ceremony has already been extended to 6 months. Local Authorities are currently liaising with applicants and exploring alternative options to resume ceremonies.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 54907 54908 question first answered 09/06/2020 13:00:55 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1200517

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality: Ceremonies
	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 are waiting for citizenship ceremonies.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	54907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>Following Government guidelines and social distancing measures, normal arrangements for citizenship ceremonies have been suspended at present. The volume of individuals awaiting citizenship ceremonies is a matter for Local Authorities and figures are not recorded centrally by the Home Office.</p><p>The time allowed for people to arrange a citizenship ceremony has already been extended to 6 months. Local Authorities are currently liaising with applicants and exploring alternative options to resume ceremonies.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 54906 54908 question first answered 09/06/2020 13:00:56 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1200518

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality: Ceremonies
	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 extend the three month period for people who have been issued with letters confirming citizenship ceremonies; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	54908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>Following Government guidelines and social distancing measures, normal arrangements for citizenship ceremonies have been suspended at present. The volume of individuals awaiting citizenship ceremonies is a matter for Local Authorities and figures are not recorded centrally by the Home Office.</p><p>The time allowed for people to arrange a citizenship ceremony has already been extended to 6 months. Local Authorities are currently liaising with applicants and exploring alternative options to resume ceremonies.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 54906 54907 question first answered 09/06/2020 13:00:56 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1382283

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: West Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the staffing level is of the West Midlands account manager office dealing with immigration cases.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	81943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>The MP Account Management team (MPAM) is a national team that handle all enquiries received from MPs on both general immigration matters and case specific enquiries.</p><p> </p><p>The MPAM team has 119 staff in several different locations across the UK, one of which is in Solihull. Resources are used flexibly in accordance with enquiry intake levels and staff from each of the regional hubs may respond to enquiries from any MP and not just those exclusive to their region.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently 11 MPAM staff based in Solihull.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 30/11/2021 09:31:12 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1383438

	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	Immigration: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the current backlog of cases for those seeking Leave to Remain in the UK as at 1 October 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	84346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2021 answer text <p>UKVI are currently facing extremely high pressure globally and this has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.</p><p>To tackle this the Home Office is pursuing a programme of transformation and business improvement initiatives which will speed up decision making, reduce the time people spend in the system and reduce the numbers who are awaiting an interview or decision. This includes increasing the number of decision makers and providing improved training and career progression opportunities to aid retention of staff.</p><p>We are continuing to develop existing and new technology to help build on recent improvements such as digital interviewing and moving away from a paper-based system. We are streamlining and digitalising the case working process to enable more effective workflow, appointment booking and decision-making.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 20/12/2021 17:37:21 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 36779 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz