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1546950

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of staff currently working as asylum decision makers are (a) permanently employed by her department as asylum decision makers, (b) on secondment from other roles within the Home Office, (c) on secondment from other government departments and (d) on secondment from private sector employers.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	99873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office currently employs c.1276 Decision Makers.</p><p>Of staff currently working as asylum Decision Makers.</p><p>We do not have any agency staff working as asylum decision makers therefore there is no cost attributed for employing such staff.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 99874 question first answered 08/12/2022 17:13:21 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1546953

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Agency Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of staff currently working as asylum decision makers are agency staff; and what was the total cost to her Department of employing agency staff as asylum decision makers in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	99874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office currently employs c.1276 Decision Makers.</p><p>Of staff currently working as asylum Decision Makers.</p><p>We do not have any agency staff working as asylum decision makers therefore there is no cost attributed for employing such staff.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 99873 question first answered 08/12/2022 17:13:21 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1546885

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Hotels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the average length of time which individual hotels are used to temporarily house asylum seekers; and whether her department sets target dates to vacate these hotels.
	tabling member constituency	South Staffordshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Gavin Williamson
	uin	99826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>Successive years of record numbers crossing the Channel has placed our immigration system under substantial pressure. The use of contingency accommodation is a temporary solution to ensure that we meet our statutory obligation to house destitute asylum seekers.</p><p> </p><p>The length of stay in the contingency hotel accommodation is determined by a number of factors such as overall demand and availability of suitable dispersal accommodation. The government is committed to reducing the flow of people through deepening cooperation with France, implementing the Nationality and Borders Act, and signing returns agreements. The average length of stay in our contingency hotels is 6 to 12 months due to the current accommodation and capacity challenges. The Full Dispersal model, announced on 13 April 2022, aims to reduce, and ultimately, end the use of hotels by allowing the Home Office to procure dispersal properties within the private rental sector in all Local Authority areas across England, Scotland and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 99828 question first answered 08/12/2022 17:56:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson

1547039

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Hotels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long her Department intends to use the two hotels in the South Staffordshire District Council area to temporarily house asylum seekers.
	tabling member constituency	South Staffordshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Gavin Williamson
	uin	99828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>Successive years of record numbers crossing the Channel has placed our immigration system under substantial pressure. The use of contingency accommodation is a temporary solution to ensure that we meet our statutory obligation to house destitute asylum seekers.</p><p> </p><p>The length of stay in the contingency hotel accommodation is determined by a number of factors such as overall demand and availability of suitable dispersal accommodation. The government is committed to reducing the flow of people through deepening cooperation with France, implementing the Nationality and Borders Act, and signing returns agreements. The average length of stay in our contingency hotels is 6 to 12 months due to the current accommodation and capacity challenges. The Full Dispersal model, announced on 13 April 2022, aims to reduce, and ultimately, end the use of hotels by allowing the Home Office to procure dispersal properties within the private rental sector in all Local Authority areas across England, Scotland and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 99826 question first answered 08/12/2022 17:56:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson

1546583

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Wind Power: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2022 to Question 95942 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, what salary and resident labour market condition tests were undertaken (a) as part of the decision to extend the concession and (b) during the process of assessing applications to import crew.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	98935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government regularly reviews all concessions to the Immigration Rules against the general principles of the immigration system to check whether they are necessary and regularly undertakes engagement with a wide range of stakeholders. This will continue to be the case in future.</p><p>We are clear that all employers should first seek to recruit from the resident labour market rather than using immigration to provide a work force.</p><p>The concession will expire on 30 April 2023 at which point we expect that the work will be undertaken by UK workers or those with the appropriate permission to do so.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 98936 98937 question first answered 02/12/2022 14:36:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1546584

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Wind Power: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2022 to Question 95942 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, if he will take steps to consult maritime trade unions on the potential impact of the extension of the concession on UK seafarer employment in the offshore wind supply chain.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	98936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government regularly reviews all concessions to the Immigration Rules against the general principles of the immigration system to check whether they are necessary and regularly undertakes engagement with a wide range of stakeholders. This will continue to be the case in future.</p><p>We are clear that all employers should first seek to recruit from the resident labour market rather than using immigration to provide a work force.</p><p>The concession will expire on 30 April 2023 at which point we expect that the work will be undertaken by UK workers or those with the appropriate permission to do so.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 98935 98937 question first answered 02/12/2022 14:36:47 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1546585

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Wind Power: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2022 to Question 95942 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, which organisations the Government consulted prior to making the decision to extend that concession announced on 31 October 2022.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	98937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government regularly reviews all concessions to the Immigration Rules against the general principles of the immigration system to check whether they are necessary and regularly undertakes engagement with a wide range of stakeholders. This will continue to be the case in future.</p><p>We are clear that all employers should first seek to recruit from the resident labour market rather than using immigration to provide a work force.</p><p>The concession will expire on 30 April 2023 at which point we expect that the work will be undertaken by UK workers or those with the appropriate permission to do so.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 98935 98936 question first answered 02/12/2022 14:36:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1546542

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	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 were (a) detained and (b) returned on arrival in the UK in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	98847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p>Border Force does not hold the data in an easily accessible format on those detained and subsequently released on grounds they held a valid visa, student or other.</p><p>However, the Home Office published data on how many people are detained or returned on gov.uk. The latest publication can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fimmigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2021%2Fhow-many-people-are-detained-or-returned&amp;data=05%7C01%7CBFSecretariat%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cb20431f13afe4d71445e08dad2b82c32%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638053985691428507%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=sBGw5UBjcm1%2BNXrTQRQvyV71Wt%2BpKfAhDaKDLDKU52w%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">How many people are detained or returned? - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>’<br> <br> The Immigration Rules require all arriving passengers to establish their eligibility for admission. Every passenger’s passport or national identity card is checked electronically and there are also times when extra checks are conducted. Whilst this means on occasions arriving passengers, including some students, are held up by Border Force, these checks are necessary in order to maintain a safe and secure border. In some instances, individuals without the necessary immigration permission for the activities that they intend to undertake in the UK may be refused permission to enter at the border, which makes them liable for detention.</p><p>The Home Office does not routinely offer compensation but in case of maladministration, will consider ex-gratia payments where a customer has suffered a financial loss. In addition the Home Office can also consider making consolatory payments where maladministration has caused a customer exceptional embarrassment or inconvenience. Each case will be considered taking full account of the customer’s individual circumstances.</p><p>It may also be helpful to have the link to the Home Office complaints procedure which can be found on Gov.uk website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/about/complaints-procedure" target="_blank">Complaints procedure - Home Office - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 98851 98853 98855 98857 98858 98859 98862 question first answered 02/12/2022 14:50:25 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1546548

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many international students with a visa who are detained on entry to the UK and then eligible to continue to continue with their course, were detained due to error within the UKVI each year.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	98851
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p>Border Force does not hold the data in an easily accessible format on those detained and subsequently released on grounds they held a valid visa, student or other.</p><p>However, the Home Office published data on how many people are detained or returned on gov.uk. The latest publication can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fimmigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2021%2Fhow-many-people-are-detained-or-returned&amp;data=05%7C01%7CBFSecretariat%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cb20431f13afe4d71445e08dad2b82c32%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638053985691428507%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=sBGw5UBjcm1%2BNXrTQRQvyV71Wt%2BpKfAhDaKDLDKU52w%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">How many people are detained or returned? - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>’<br> <br> The Immigration Rules require all arriving passengers to establish their eligibility for admission. Every passenger’s passport or national identity card is checked electronically and there are also times when extra checks are conducted. Whilst this means on occasions arriving passengers, including some students, are held up by Border Force, these checks are necessary in order to maintain a safe and secure border. In some instances, individuals without the necessary immigration permission for the activities that they intend to undertake in the UK may be refused permission to enter at the border, which makes them liable for detention.</p><p>The Home Office does not routinely offer compensation but in case of maladministration, will consider ex-gratia payments where a customer has suffered a financial loss. In addition the Home Office can also consider making consolatory payments where maladministration has caused a customer exceptional embarrassment or inconvenience. Each case will be considered taking full account of the customer’s individual circumstances.</p><p>It may also be helpful to have the link to the Home Office complaints procedure which can be found on Gov.uk website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/about/complaints-procedure" target="_blank">Complaints procedure - Home Office - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 98847 98853 98855 98857 98858 98859 98862 question first answered 02/12/2022 14:50:25 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1546550

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to expedite the cases of students with valid visas who are held in detention so that they meet their course registration dates.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	98853
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p>Border Force does not hold the data in an easily accessible format on those detained and subsequently released on grounds they held a valid visa, student or other.</p><p>However, the Home Office published data on how many people are detained or returned on gov.uk. The latest publication can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fimmigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2021%2Fhow-many-people-are-detained-or-returned&amp;data=05%7C01%7CBFSecretariat%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cb20431f13afe4d71445e08dad2b82c32%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638053985691428507%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=sBGw5UBjcm1%2BNXrTQRQvyV71Wt%2BpKfAhDaKDLDKU52w%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">How many people are detained or returned? - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>’<br> <br> The Immigration Rules require all arriving passengers to establish their eligibility for admission. Every passenger’s passport or national identity card is checked electronically and there are also times when extra checks are conducted. Whilst this means on occasions arriving passengers, including some students, are held up by Border Force, these checks are necessary in order to maintain a safe and secure border. In some instances, individuals without the necessary immigration permission for the activities that they intend to undertake in the UK may be refused permission to enter at the border, which makes them liable for detention.</p><p>The Home Office does not routinely offer compensation but in case of maladministration, will consider ex-gratia payments where a customer has suffered a financial loss. In addition the Home Office can also consider making consolatory payments where maladministration has caused a customer exceptional embarrassment or inconvenience. Each case will be considered taking full account of the customer’s individual circumstances.</p><p>It may also be helpful to have the link to the Home Office complaints procedure which can be found on Gov.uk website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/about/complaints-procedure" target="_blank">Complaints procedure - Home Office - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 98847 98851 98855 98857 98858 98859 98862 question first answered 02/12/2022 14:50:26 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell