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1546863

	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: Ascension Island and Cyprus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration has been given to using (a) Ascension Island and (b) the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia for the offshore processing of asylum seekers.
	tabling member constituency	Peterborough
	tabling member printed	Paul Bristow
	uin	100015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>While individuals are endangering lives making perilous journeys, every possible option must be considered to reduce the draw of the UK.</p><p>We are in constant dialogue with a range of partners about how we can work together. We will not get drawn into speculation on potential options for offshoring of asylum processing or other outsourcing arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/12/2022 16:33:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4792 label Biography information for Paul Bristow

1547427

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long on average it takes for applications to the Ukrainian Sponsorship Scheme to be processed.
	tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
	tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
	uin	100903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish data on the average processing times for an application under the Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme.</p><p>Applications for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme are processed as quickly as possible whilst ensuring that the appropriate checks and safeguarding measures are in place.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/12/2022 14:27:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1547318

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has received (a) advice and (b) analysis from the (i) Third Country Unit and (ii) other Home Office experts, on (A) the potential impact of the Rwanda policy on tackling people smuggling and (b) the likelihood of asylum seekers who have been removed to Rwanda seeking to re-enter the UK illegally.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	100996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has received advice on all aspects of the policy from operational and other experts and is committed to evaluating its impact, including evidence of reduced people smuggling and attempted re-entry.</p><p>The Home Office is committed to ending people smuggling. The Migration and Economic Development Partnership between the UK and Rwanda is part of a suite of measures aimed at dismantling the business model of organised crime gangs.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/12/2022 16:35:36 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1547388

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Russia
	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 has taken recent steps to help ensure that Russian nationals seeking to avoid conscription can enter the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	100998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government still operates visa routes for Russian citizens to come to the UK for a variety of reasons, such as to work, study or join/visit family members. Details about the routes, necessary criteria to satisfy, and how to apply are available on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fapply-uk-visa&amp;data=05%7C01%7CMBGPQS%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C0e8654f583bb44f1755d08dad910ea7c%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638060963922753014%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=WDnrbJRKVXC6T%2BeUPCPAFXgT582M%2FvQKiVd6t7cBxyY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/apply-uk-visa</a>.</p><p>The Home Secretary has powers in the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 to impose visa penalties on a country where the government of that country: gives, or is likely to give, rise to a threat to international peace and security; results, or is likely to result, in armed conflict; or gives, or is likely to give, rise to a breach of international humanitarian law.</p><p>These powers have not been used against Russia to date but they are kept under constant review as part of the UK Government’s approach to the war in Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/12/2022 17:40:56 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1547422

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department's policy to give initial asylum decisions to applicants whilst they are housed in contingency hotels or barracks accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
	uin	101002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">All asylum claims are considered on a case by case basis and in line with published policy so that individuals who need protection and are granted asylum can start to integrate and rebuild their lives.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">We are committed to speeding up the decision making process, so that we can remove those with no right to be here and focus our finite resources on those in geniune need.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">All asylum claims are considered on a case by case basis and in line with published policy so that individuals who need protection and are granted asylum can start to integrate and rebuild their lives in the UK.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">To further accelerate decision making we are simplifying and modernising our system. This includes measures like shortening interviews, removing unnecessary interviews, making guidance simpler and more accessible, dealing with cases more swiftly where they can be certified as manifestly unfounded and extra decision makers. </ins></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/12/2022 17:44:06 question first ministerially corrected 30/12/2022 10:28:22 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 40745 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1547423

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department's policy that asylum applicants granted of refugee status whilst in contingency asylum accommodation have a local connection to the local authority area where that contingency accommodation is situated.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
	uin	101003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>All asylum claims are considered on a case by case basis and in line with published policy so that individuals who need protection and are granted asylum can start to integrate and rebuild their lives.</p><p>We are committed to speeding up the decision making process, so that we can remove those with no right to be here and focus our finite resources on those in geniune need.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 101002 question first answered 08/12/2022 17:44:06 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1547499

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will respond to the correspondence of 27 September, 31 October and 14 November from the hon. Member for Glasgow East, reference DL11291.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	101042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office replied on 2 December 2022.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/12/2022 08:47:28 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1547389

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Manston Asylum Processing Centre
	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 people held at the Manston short-term holding facility were moved to (a) private accommodation, (b) another short-term holding facility and (c) an immigration detention centre in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
	tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
	uin	101088
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office do not hold this data in a reportable format.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/12/2022 16:37:24 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1547390

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Manston Asylum Processing Centre
	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 is taking steps to publish statistics on the number of people who were detained at the Manston short term holding facility in same format as it used for data on other short-term holding facilities.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
	tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
	uin	101089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/12/2022 15:28:59 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1547391

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Short-term Holding Facilities
	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 take steps to open a new (a) short-term holding facility and (b) holding room for processing people who arrive in the UK on small boats.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
	tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
	uin	101090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps the future of the Manston site under review to ensure that we can detain people safely and legally.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/12/2022 15:00:52 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake