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1308723

registered interest
date	13/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Au Pairs: Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing au pairs to travel to the UK under short term study visas.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	180624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>The Short-term Student (English Language) route is provided for the purpose of studying English at an accredited provider. The route is based on the principle a student’s sole intention for making an application is to undertake an English language course at an accredited institution and this intention is considered by caseworkers during the application process.</p><p>Travelling to the UK to act as an Au Pair would not meet this requirement of the route, nor would it serve the policy purpose the route is provided for.</p><p>Short-term Students are not allowed to work in the UK, so permitting employment as an AU Pair under it would not be appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/04/2021 16:04:48 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1313826

registered interest
date	12/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
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 potential merits of matching the £20 universal credit uplift for people seeking the asylum support allowance.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>Asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute are provided with furnished accommodation with utilities provided free of charge and a weekly cash allowance. The level of the allowance is reviewed each year to ensure it remains sufficient to meet their essential living needs (the legal test). Currently, the standard allowance is £39.63 per week for the asylum seeker and each of any dependants in their household. The allowance is reduced if the individual is accommodated in a full-board facility where food and other essential items are provided free.</p><p>There are no plans to provide an additional £20 or to link the level of the allowance with the level of Universal Credit. Those receiving Universal Credit generally incur expenses asylum seekers are not required to meet, including paying for utilities and travel and other expenses incurred in looking for work.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 17/05/2021 16:36:43 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1330780

registered interest
date	08/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Napier Barracks
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 accommodated at Napier Barracks (a) in total and (b) in each dormitory at the site on 8 June 2021.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	12317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>The following covid-compliant measures have been implemented at Napier Barracks:</p><ul><li>2 metres distance between beds since it opened.</li><li>Strengthened cleaning regime in March.</li><li>Personal cleaning equipment is provided to service users.</li><li>3 lateral flow tests a week from June having risen from 2 weekly lateral flow tests in April.</li><li>Participant of Test and Trace.</li><li>Staggered access to communal areas including the canteen since communal areas re-opened in May.</li><li>Provision of hand sanitiser around the site since it opened.</li><li>Signage on covid compliance around the site in various languages and pictogram.</li><li>Reduction in overall capacity from 399 to 337 from April.</li></ul><p>Due to the temporary and transient nature of Initial Accommodation, we publish stats which show how many asylum seekers are accommodated in each Local Authority, rather than by individual location:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2021</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 12318 question first answered 14/06/2021 15:53:54 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1330781

registered interest
date	08/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Napier Barracks
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 her oral answer on 7 June 2021,Official Report, column 664, if she will publish (a) a list of the wide range of covid-compliant measures that were taken at Napier barracks and (b) the dates on which those measures were implemented.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	12318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>The following covid-compliant measures have been implemented at Napier Barracks:</p><ul><li>2 metres distance between beds since it opened.</li><li>Strengthened cleaning regime in March.</li><li>Personal cleaning equipment is provided to service users.</li><li>3 lateral flow tests a week from June having risen from 2 weekly lateral flow tests in April.</li><li>Participant of Test and Trace.</li><li>Staggered access to communal areas including the canteen since communal areas re-opened in May.</li><li>Provision of hand sanitiser around the site since it opened.</li><li>Signage on covid compliance around the site in various languages and pictogram.</li><li>Reduction in overall capacity from 399 to 337 from April.</li></ul><p>Due to the temporary and transient nature of Initial Accommodation, we publish stats which show how many asylum seekers are accommodated in each Local Authority, rather than by individual location:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2021</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 12317 question first answered 14/06/2021 15:53:54 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1440200

registered interest
date	11/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
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 make an estimate of the (a) number of Afghan nationals resettled under the ACRS who have higher education qualifications and (b) proportion of that number who acquired those qualifications in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	138356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) commenced on 6th January. The ACRS will provide up to 20,000 women, children and others at risk with a safe and legal route to resettle in the UK.</p><p>We do not capture of hold details of individuals qualifications so are unable to provide this information</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 23/03/2022 13:01:58 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 57993 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1440770

registered interest
date	14/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her timetable is for conclusions of the review into the Government’s policy on asylum seeker's rights to work; and if she will publish details of the (a) progress, (b) outcomes and (c) activity of the review to 14 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	139585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>The review of asylum seeker right to work policy has been concluded. We are retaining our policy with no further changes.</p><p>A Written Ministerial Statement was made on 8 December, setting out the Home Office’s findings and rationale: <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2021-12-08/debates/21120876000007/AsylumSeekersRightToWorkPolicy#contribution-95F64C54-54BC-47B0-AFD1-B8C424537EBD" target="_blank">Asylum Seekers: Right to Work Policy - Hansard - UK Parliament</a>.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/03/2022 15:29:49 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1467222

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) adjustments, (b) translation services and (c) other support her Department (i) has in place and (ii) plans to put in place for people seeking asylum who may initially provide incorrect personal details as a result of either translation issues or fear of political persecution in their country of origin.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	11880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>All asylum claimants undergo a screening interview with the option of having an interpreter present.</p><p>If inaccuracies are identified with the information they have previously provided Home Office systems are amended and relevant checks are re-run.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/06/2022 09:19:42 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1437815

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
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, with reference to the oral Statement of 1 March 2022, Official Report, column 915, what charges people coming to the United Kingdom from Ukraine on a visitor visa are required to pay to transfer to a (a) family visa or (b) skilled worker visa.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	133938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government has already established the Ukraine Family Scheme and the Homes for Ukraine Scheme. These have provided flexibility for those already in the UK to enable them to switch visas where they would not normally be able to, including visitors.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is now going further still by launching a new Ukraine Extension Scheme on 3 May. Ukrainian nationals and their partner and children who had permission to stay in the UK on 18 March 2022 (or which has recently expired) will be able to stay in the UK under the Ukraine Extension Scheme. Eligibility for permission to stay will include those who were in the UK as visitors.</p><p> </p><p>Successful applicants will be granted permission to stay in the UK for 3 years with full access to work, study and public funds.</p><p> </p><p>The Ukraine Family Scheme, Homes for Ukraine Scheme and Ukraine Extension Scheme are all free of charge with no requirement to pay any application fee or broader charges such as the Immigration Health Surcharge. There will be no limit to the number of Ukrainians who can benefit.</p><p> </p><p>These new routes show the UK stands shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine and its citizens. The changes we are making to the visa process are making it quicker and simpler for Ukrainians to come here, as well as ensuring those already here can stay.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 133940 question first answered 06/04/2022 09:09:38 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

1437816

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
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, with reference to the oral Statement of 1 March 2022, Official Report, column 915, whether family members normally resident in Ukraine are eligible to apply to the Ukraine Family Scheme if their relative in the UK is a (a) non British National, including Ukrainian citizens, with Indefinite Leave to Remain, (b) non British National on a work or study visa and (c) non British National on a visitor visa.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	133939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>As set out in the Home Secretary’s statement to the House on 1 March, a fee free, bespoke Ukraine Family Scheme has been introduced. The route allows both the immediate family members (spouse, civil partner, durable partner, minor children) and extended family members (parent, grandparent, adult children, grandchildren, siblings, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, in laws and their immediate family) to join their relatives in the UK. The UK-based sponsoring relative must be a British citizen, a person who is present and settled in the UK (including those with settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme), a person in the UK with refugee leave or with humanitarian protection or an EEA or Swiss national in the UK with limited leave under Appendix EU (pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme). This route was launched on 4 March.</p><p>People in the UK on work study or visit visas, who have not acquired settled status will not be permitted to sponsor a relative under the Ukraine Family Scheme. However, on 18 March the Government launched the Homes for Ukraine Scheme, which enables individuals, charities, community groups and businesses to volunteer accommodation and provide a route to safety for Ukrainians, and their immediate family members, forced to escape their homeland. Ukrainian nationals resident in the UK with at least six months’ leave can qualify to sponsor under this scheme if they are able to offer suitable accommodation and pass security checks. Further information about the Homes for Ukraine Scheme has been published here:</p><p><a href="https://homesforukraine.campaign.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://homesforukraine.campaign.gov.uk/</a></p><p>Ukrainian nationals in the UK on visit visas will be able to sponsor under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme, if they extend their stay under the new Ukraine Extension Scheme, which was announced on 29 March 2022. This scheme will launch on 3 May 2022 and will allow Ukrainian nationals and their partners or children who had leave to remain in the UK on 18 March 2022, or whose right to remain has expired since 1 January 2022, to apply to extend their stay in the UK for a period of three years. Further information on the scheme can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/support-for-family-members-of-british-nationals-in-ukraine-and-ukrainian-nationals-in-ukraine-and-the-uk#if-youre-ukrainian-and-are-already-in-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/support-for-family-members-of-british-nationals-in-ukraine-and-ukrainian-nationals-in-ukraine-and-the-uk#if-youre-ukrainian-and-are-already-in-the-uk</a></p><p>We are setting no limit on the numbers of people who can come here. We will be glad to welcome as many Ukrainians as wish to come.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 133942 question first answered 06/04/2022 10:17:30 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 56211 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

1437817

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
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, with reference to the oral Statement of 1 March 2022, Official Report, column 915, what happens to people coming to the United Kingdom from Ukraine if their visitor visa has expired and who do not qualify for a family visa or a skilled worker visa.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	133940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government has already established the Ukraine Family Scheme and the Homes for Ukraine Scheme. These have provided flexibility for those already in the UK to enable them to switch visas where they would not normally be able to, including visitors.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is now going further still by launching a new Ukraine Extension Scheme on 3 May. Ukrainian nationals and their partner and children who had permission to stay in the UK on 18 March 2022 (or which has recently expired) will be able to stay in the UK under the Ukraine Extension Scheme. Eligibility for permission to stay will include those who were in the UK as visitors.</p><p> </p><p>Successful applicants will be granted permission to stay in the UK for 3 years with full access to work, study and public funds.</p><p> </p><p>The Ukraine Family Scheme, Homes for Ukraine Scheme and Ukraine Extension Scheme are all free of charge with no requirement to pay any application fee or broader charges such as the Immigration Health Surcharge. There will be no limit to the number of Ukrainians who can benefit.</p><p> </p><p>These new routes show the UK stands shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine and its citizens. The changes we are making to the visa process are making it quicker and simpler for Ukrainians to come here, as well as ensuring those already here can stay.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 133938 question first answered 06/04/2022 09:09:38 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper