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1697984

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Applications
	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 20 March 2024 to Question 18307 on Immigration: Applications, whether pictures of language certificates can be used when applying for (a) citizenship and (b) settlement status.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
	uin	19971
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2024 answer text <p>Pictures of language certificates can be used when applying for citizenship and settlement status. The Home Office may request original documents if they are not satisfied that the documents provided are sufficient to demonstrate that English language requirements are met.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 02/04/2024 11:25:21 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1695467

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether original copies of language certifications are required when applying for (a) citizenship and (b) settlement status.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
	uin	18307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>Original copies of language certificates are not always required when applying for citizenship or settlement. Applicants required to take the Secure English Language Test must provide a unique reference number which the Home Office checks against a central database to verify the qualification. However, where there is insufficient evidence provided to verify that an applicant has passed an approved English language test, an original copy of a language certificate may be required.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/03/2024 12:11:07 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1691531

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his timetable is for announcing further dates on which the minimum income threshold for family visas will increase.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
	uin	901626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>Net Migration is simply too high. This is why we have set out a package of measures to reduce net migration including bring the Minimum Income Requirement for family visas is in line with the new minimum general salary threshold for Skilled Workers, which is £38,700.</p><p>We will raise the minimum income for family visas incrementally, in stages. We intend to lay the family Immigration Rules we intend to lay on 14 March which will set out that from 11 April, we will raise the threshold to £29,000, that is the 25th percentile of earnings for jobs which are eligible for Skilled Worker visas.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 26/02/2024 15:44:13 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1642606

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2023
	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, whether it remains her policy not to charge visa fees for Ukrainians visiting family members in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
	uin	188390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2023 answer text <p>In response to Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, the UK Government created three bespoke Ukraine Schemes offering 36 months’ temporary sanctuary in the UK. These schemes are free to apply for and have no restriction to rights, access to benefits or services and have a health surcharge waiver. The Standard Visitor route is for anyone wanting to visit the UK for a temporary period, usually up to 6 months, for purposes such as tourism and visiting family and friends, with a fee charged.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/06/2023 12:07:26 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1582541

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Speed Limits: Fines
	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 14 December 2022 to Question 110878 on Speed Limits: Fines, if she will make it her policy to allow people receiving speeding penalty charges related (a) dashboard camera, (b) CCTV and (c) helmet camera footage to review that footage before making the choice about whether to plead guilty or go to court.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
	uin	136855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>Decisions as to whether an offence may be being committed and the provision of any dashboard, CCTV and helmet camera footage in respect of a potential speeding offence is an operational matter for the police.</p><p>Before a possible prosecution the police will issue a conditional fixed penalty offer with evidence that can be relied upon at court. It is then a decision for the recipient to decide to accept this offer or to challenge this at court.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/02/2023 16:47:33 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1551739

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Speed Limits: Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on the use of (a) dashboard camera, (b) CCTV and (c) helmet camera footage for speeding penalties; and whether a driver subject to a potential speeding penalty should be permitted to review the footage before making the choice about whether to plead guilty or go to court.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
	uin	110878
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>Unless it is unlawful for some other reason, the police can use any equipment they wish to help detect offences. How the police enforce road traffic law, including speeding offences, and the type of equipment they may use is an operational matter for the police.</p><p>However, equipment used by the police to capture evidence of speeding that can be prosecuted in court is type approved by government. This “Type Approval” process involves equipment being subject to rigorous field and laboratory testing to ensure the accuracy and reliability of their speed measurements and to prevent the possibility of spurious speed measurements being produced. This includes a requirement for primary and secondary speed measurement verification. Secondary legislation also prescribes how the camera will perform the speed measurement.</p><p>Type approval guarantees that a device is accurate, precise, reliable and consistent so that its evidence can be relied on. Evidence from a type approved device can therefore also reasonably be used to support the offer of a fixed penalty and will be available for use in a prosecution should the fixed penalty offer not be accepted. At this stage no devices described by the member have been submitted for Type Approval.</p><p>The provision of any dashboard, CCTV and helmet camera footage in respect of a potential speeding offence is an operational matter for the police.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 20/12/2022 17:39:35 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1259436

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether people who have not applied for the EU Settlement Scheme and have instead applied for British Citizenship and (a) have or (b) have not received their citizenship by 30 June retain the right to remain.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
	uin	127010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2020 answer text <p>People who have not applied to the EU Settlement Scheme but have applied for and are granted British citizenship will have the right of abode in the UK. If they were lawfully resident in the UK under EU law as an EEA citizen at the end of the transition period, they will continue to enjoy relevant rights under the Citizens’ Rights Agreements even if they did not obtain EU Settlement Scheme status before they were granted British citizenship.</p><p>Those who have not been granted British citizenship and have not applied to the EU Settlement Scheme by 30 June 2021 will not have the right to remain in the UK after that date. If there are reasonable grounds for the person missing the deadline to apply to the scheme, they will be given a further opportunity to apply.</p><p>A person who has applied for and not yet received British citizenship can ensure they are in the UK lawfully after 30 June 2021 by making a free of charge application to the EU Settlement Scheme by that date.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 14/12/2020 13:41:34 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1258349

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2020
	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, whether EU citizens with permanent residency status in the UK need to apply for the EU Settlement Scheme by June 2021.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
	uin	124876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>Permanent residence is a status derived from EU law.</p><p>EU citizens with this status need to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme for a UK immigration status by 30 June 2021 in order to continue living in the UK after that date.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/12/2020 15:34:39 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1178329

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: North Norfolk
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the 20,000 new police officers she plans to allocate to North Norfolk; and what her Department's timescale is for deploying additional police officers to North Norfolk.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
	uin	2018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is delivering on the people’s priorities by recruiting 20,000 additional police officers over the next three years.</p><p>Norfolk Police has been allocated 67 officers in year one of the uplift, to be recruited by the end of March 2021. This is supported by an increase of up to £11.4m in 2020/21. Decisions on the allocation of officers for years two and three are yet to be taken.</p><p>Decisions on the deployment of officers within a force area are operational decisions for Chief Constables.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/02/2020 17:14:13 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1167365

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Digital Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who is responsible for digitisation in her Department; and what mechanisms the person with responsibility for digitisation uses to champion digitisation.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	7666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office has established a Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) directorate Chief Digital, Data and Technology Officer, to enable the Home Office to keep citizens safe and the country secure through leading-edge digital, data and technology solutions.</p><p>HO DDaT works in partnership with the Department to build and run digital services and systems. It does this by ensuring reliable, responsive, secure technology and data; an improved technology experience for employees; fully accessible customer-centric digital services; and building for the future. It makes digital information, systems and services available to the public through gov.uk.</p><p>HO DDaT works closely with the Government Digital Service (GDS), which leads the digital function across government. Focus is on ‘digital maturity’ as opposed to “digitisation”.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/11/2019 17:56:30 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb