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1087718

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Candidates: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What plans the Government has to use the centenary of Nancy Astor’s election to Parliament to encourage more women to stand for public office.
	tabling member constituency	Banbury
	tabling member printed	Victoria Prentis
	uin	909772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>Everyone in this house owes a great debt to Nancy Astor. As the first woman to take her seat in the Commons in December 1919, she forged the way for women to take their rightful place in our representative democracy - and I’m proud that she was a Conservative. Since 2018 the government’s suffrage centenary fund has been supporting projects to increase women’s political participation in the years to come</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 13/03/2019 15:29:55 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis

1006782

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment he has made of the capacity of the civil service to manage additional responsibilities arising from the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	907584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p><strong>The Government is equipping itself with the right people and the right skills for the UK to make an orderly and successful exit from the European Union. There are almost 9,000 people now working on EU exit related policy and programmes across government. </strong></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/11/2018 17:46:19 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

810352

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer Question 116509, tabled on 29 November 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Sutton Coldfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Mitchell
	uin	120818
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Question UIN 116509 was answered on 21st December 2017.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 08/01/2018 10:03:58 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell

809552

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Border Force: East of England
	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 plans to use Border Force Specials to carry out aviation and maritime duties on the east coast of the UK; and if she will make statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	120210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Border Force uses mobile resources in the East of England and elsewhere to dynamically respond to new operational demands and carry out a range of border security work in the aviation and maritime sectors. <br>Such work is resourced through permanently employed Border Force Officers.</p><p>However, Border Force is considering the use of ‘special’ volunteers to supplement the work of permanently employed staff in mobile teams and at ports</p><p>To that end Border Force is seeking to learn from various police forces’ use of Special Constables.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 21/12/2017 16:55:28 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

809553

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department's current target is for the length of time for it to complete an application for citizenship; and what the current average waiting time is for an application for citizenship.
	tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
	tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
	uin	120211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The target is to decide straightforward cases within six months. Performance against that target is recorded in published data here: <br> <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-november-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-november-2017</a> on the tab InC_02.</p><p>The latest data published shows that 100% of straightforward cases were decided within target. There is no published data on actual processing times.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 08/01/2018 10:03:39 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

809559

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas
	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 those establishing residency in the UK via a Tier 1 visa pass strict checks.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	120217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>In 2015, we introduced new, more stringent measures on our Tier 1 (Investor) route before applicants can invest in the UK. These changes ensure that migrants are subjected to stronger due diligence and anti-money laundering checks before they are granted a visa. We also doubled the minimum required investment and removed a provision which allowed migrants to invest money which had been obtained through loans. We created new powers to refuse applications including where granting the visa is not conducive to the public good.</p><p>On the Tier 1 Entrepreneur route, we have introduced a number of measures which ensure that migrants must demonstrate that they have made an economic contribution to the UK before they can settle.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 21/12/2017 16:42:15 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

809660

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	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, if he will take steps to ensure that future asylum accommodation contracts work to ensure the long-term sustainability of the dispersal system through co-operative working with local authorities and communities.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	120280
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office is committed to working co-operatively with local authorities and communities to ensure the sustainability of asylum accommodation contracts.</p><p>Since September 2016 the Home Office has actively engaged with local authorities with a wide range of stakeholders across local government, statutory and third sector as part of the development of the new asylum accommodation contracts and the information obtained through this process has influenced the design of the future service provision. We will continue to engage with local authorities and the wider community throughout the procurement and implementation of the new contracts.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 21/12/2017 16:40:27 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

808790

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality: Children in Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Home Office, if she will make applications to register as a British citizen fee-exempt for looked-after children.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	119899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office has no plans to make applications to register looked-after children as British citizens free of charge.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 21/12/2017 17:09:10 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

808793

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: EU Nationals
	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 provide a clear path to settled status after the UK has exited the EU for EU workers who arrive during the implementation phase.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	119902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>In her speech on 22 September, the Prime Minister was clear that during the implementation period, people will continue to be able to come and live and work in the UK. There will, however, be a registration system, which will be an essential preparation for the new immigration system</p><p>The timing and detail of the implementation period will be a matter for negotiations with the EU.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 21/12/2017 16:59:34 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

808851

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2017
	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, if the Government will take steps to ensure that all persons detained under immigration powers who claim to be stateless or whose nationality is unclear or disputed are advised in a language they understand of the possibility of applying to remain in the UK as a stateless person under Part 14 of the Immigration Rules.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	119960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not detain those who are stateless who cannot be removed to any other country.</p><p>We will only detain persons where they can be removed within a reasonable timeframe and issues regarding statelessness or nationality disputes are considered in assessing whether detention is appropriate.</p><p>The Government has no plans to provide detainees with advice on the possibility of applying to remain in the UK as a stateless person because those in detention are considered to be removable and as such admissible to another country for purposes of residence there.</p><p>All detainees are made aware of their right to legal representation, and how they can obtain such representation, within 24 hours of their arrival at an immigration removal centre (IRC). The Legal Aid Agency operates legal advice surgeries across the detention estate in England, with detainees receiving up to 30 minutes of advice without reference to financial eligibility or merits of their case. There is no restriction on the number of surgeries a detainee may attend. If a detainee requires substantive advice on a matter which is in scope of legal aid then full legal advice can be provided.</p><p>Detainees also have regulated access to the internet under the requirements set out in Detention Services Order DSO 04/2016 (Internet access). This enables them to independently identify contact details for immigration legal advisors and to make an application for Stateless Leave. Legal reference material is stocked in all IRC libraries and each IRC has a welfare officer who can signpost detainees to information on how to access legal advice.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 119961 question first answered 21/12/2017 17:10:12 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas