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76838

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to tackle gender-based violence in gangs (a) generally and (b) in respect of sexual violence against girls and young women; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Dr Hywel Francis
	uin	204922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Coalition Government’s Ending Gang and Youth Violence programme is the <br>first such programme to tackle the issue of gang-affected women and girls. <br><br>Women and girls who come into contact with street gangs are at greater risk of <br>violence, particularly sexual violence. The Home Office has provided £1.2 <br>million funding for 13 Young People’s Advocates over three years (April 2012 – <br>March 2015). The Advocates provide direct support to young women who have been <br>victims, or are at risk of, sexual violence by gangs.<br><br>Action to protect girls from becoming involved in gang-related crime is set out <br>in the ‘Ending Gang and Youth Violence: One Year On’ (November 2012) and <br>‘Ending Gang and Youth Violence Annual Report 2013’ (December 2013) documents.<br><br>The reports are available on the GOV.UK website.<br><br>In addition, I have undertaken targeted visits to identify good practice on the <br>ground.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 22/07/2014 10:20:30 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1382 label Biography information for Dr Hywel Francis

1524076

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Deportation
	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 foreign nationals removed from the UK under zero notice removal procedures were still waiting for a decision on an outstanding asylum claim at the time of their removal, in each month since January 2022; and how many and what proportion of those foreign nationals did not have access to legal advice at the time of their removal.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	67045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Thank you for your question. We are currently working to provide a comprehensive response and I will provide an answer as soon as it is available.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">No migrants have been removed from the UK directly from the facility at Manston without the required notification period as set out in published guidance, and no one has been removed whilst they had a pending asylum claim.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">All individuals arriving in the UK may be examined to establish whether they require leave (permission) to enter the UK, including those arriving via an unauthorised or irregular route. In those circumstances, the presence of a legal representative is not necessary to determine the purpose of an individual’s arrival in the UK, and there is no legal right to such representation. Where an individual is unwilling to answer questions about the purpose of their arrival, the Border Force officer cannot be satisfied of the individuals eligibility to enter the UK and they may be refused.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Where an individual mentions any fear of return to their home country, or indicates they may be a victim of modern slavery or trafficking then officers are required to follow the relevant processes to ensure that those claims are properly considered in line with our international and domestic legal obligations.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Where interviews are being conducted in accordance with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE), officers will be compliant with the codes of practice including the right to legal representation. </ins></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/10/2022 16:54:14 question first ministerially corrected 02/11/2022 10:46:44 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 26761 answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1524077

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Detainees
	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 the Government's policy to provide legal advice to people who arrive in the UK in small boats and are transferred to the former Ministry of Defence site in Manston, Kent for initial processing in their own language.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	67046
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Thank you for your question. We are currently working to provide a comprehensive response and I will provide an answer as soon as it is available.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">No migrants have been removed from the UK directly from the facility at Manston without the required notification period as set out in published guidance, and no one has been removed whilst they had a pending asylum claim.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">All individuals arriving in the UK may be examined to establish whether they require leave (permission) to enter the UK, including those arriving via an unauthorised or irregular route. In those circumstances, the presence of a legal representative is not necessary to determine the purpose of an individual’s arrival in the UK, and there is no legal right to such representation. Where an individual is unwilling to answer questions about the purpose of their arrival, the Border Force officer cannot be satisfied of the individuals eligibility to enter the UK and they may be refused.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Where an individual mentions any fear of return to their home country, or indicates they may be a victim of modern slavery or trafficking then officers are required to follow the relevant processes to ensure that those claims are properly considered in line with our international and domestic legal obligations.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Where interviews are being conducted in accordance with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE), officers will be compliant with the codes of practice including the right to legal representation. </ins></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/10/2022 16:53:11 question first ministerially corrected 02/11/2022 10:47:08 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 26750 answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1546489

	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	Manston Asylum Processing Centre: Infectious Diseases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department took to act on the findings of the report by the Chief Inspector of Prisons into conditions at Manston asylum centre published in July 2022 which indicated that the facilities at Manston for managing people with infectious diseases were poor.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	98826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The HMIP report on the inspection of the short-term holding facilities at Manston between 25 – 28 July 2022 made no specific mention of concerns about facilities at Manston for managing people with infectious diseases.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The report makes clear (paragraph 4.31) that the paramedic team at Manston was well-staffed, available 24 hours a day and that there were effective arrangements with local hospitals for immediate transfer in a medical emergency</del>.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">The HMIP report lists 6 Priority Concerns and 8 further Key Concerns which HMIP inspectors felt required addressing at Manston and Western Jetfoil. While one of the Priority Concerns (Priority Concern 3) referenced weaknesses in the governance of health care processes, no specific mention was made in any of the concerns about facilities at Manston for managing people with infectious diseases. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office developed a Service Improvement Plan in response to the 14 Concerns listed in the report, and worked quickly with its medical contractors to ensure that the deficiencies highlighted in Priority Concern 3 were quickly addressed. </ins></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/12/2022 14:30:37 question first ministerially corrected 03/01/2023 10:39:03 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 39245 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1467404

	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	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
	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 financial agreement between the UK and French governments to tackle small boats crossings in the English channel, what the total cost to the public purse was of the UK's payments to France; what the terms of that agreement stipulated the financial support would be allocated to; and what assessment her Department has made of the impact of these payments.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	11697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>A bilateral arrangement was reached between the UK and France in July 2021 in which the UK pledged to make a financial investment of approximately £54 million (€62.7 million) in the Financial Year 2021/22. Further details can be found on the GOV.UK website here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fuk-france-joint-statement-next-phase-of-tackling-illegal-migration&amp;data=05%7C01%7CMichael.Croser-Drake%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C2ca2c8234ca7447aa66208da4799b1f0%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637901022675034449%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=gwlDRZlQ6AYO0Vh%2Fdln%2FgTN7rgt8EIVMKEuUe3EMwwY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-france-joint-statement-next-phase-of-tackling-illegal-migration</a>.</p><p>This funding was spread across four key thematic areas (law enforcement resource for onshore patrols; technology to detect and prevent crossing attempts; security infrastructure to reduce the opportunity for irregular migration from Northern France; and improving the access of migrants in Northern France to support from the French system). The funding pledged by the UK was used by France in line with the agreement. It is assessed that the investment directly contributed to France maintaining a prevention rate of nearly 50% of all crossing attempts, despite the overall number of attempts more than doubling in 2021. A significant proportion of the capabilities put in place as a result of the funding continue to actively prevent crossings.</p><p>The UK remains committed to continuing to address illegal migration with France via this enduring relationship and will continue to keep the impact of our investments with France under review to ensure we are responding to this ongoing issue.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 08/06/2022 14:54:51 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1581143

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Staff
	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 Department's news story entitled Immigration enforcement surge since pledge to tackle illegal working, published on 23 January 2023, what the timescales are for the planned recruitment of 200 new Immigration Enforcement staff; which unit within Immigration Enforcement those staff will be recruited to; and whether the planned 200 new Immigration Enforcement staff are included in the target to recruit 700 new staff to the Small Boats Operational Command, announced by the Prime Minister on 13 December 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	133606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>A campaign for 200 criminal and financial investigators within Immigration Enforcement will launch next month. We expect these officers to be in post by the summer. These roles are not part of the 700 new staff being recruited into the Small Boats Operational Command.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 31/01/2023 18:08:09 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1546937

	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	Refugees: Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received a report from the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration on her Department's management of family reunion applications between 1 January 2022 to 30 September 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	99872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>A final inspection report on her department’s management of family reunion applications between 1 January 2022 to 30 September 2022 has not been issued formally by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) to the Secretary of State.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/12/2022 17:46:50 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1611775

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Journalism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the viability of a pilot emergency visa scheme for journalists whose lives are under threat from authoritarian governments.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	181319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>A person can already apply to come to the United Kingdom under the &quot;representative of an overseas business&quot; route if they are an employee of an overseas newspaper, news agency or broadcasting organisation posted on a long-term assignment to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/04/2023 16:31:00 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1524782

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2022
	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 13 October to Question 59776 on Immigration: Applications, whether he plans to monitor the time taken to process 3C applications.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	67921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>All applications are monitored against the Service Level Agreement of the specific immigration route, regardless of whether the applicant does or does not hold 3C leave.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 25/10/2022 16:57:39 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove previous answer version 27407 answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

710605

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of applications for permanent residency made by (a) non-UK EU nationals and (b) non-EU nationals were processed within official target times in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	67542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>All applications by EU nationals for a document certifying permanent residence and by non-EU nationals for a permanent residence certificate were processed within official target times in the last 12 months.</p><p>The latest published citizenship and visa application statistics are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-february-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-february-2017</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2016</a></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 21/03/2017 14:37:09 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock