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1674477

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2023
	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, how many and what proportion of complaints concerning asylum accommodation were escalated to (a) the accommodation provider and (b) his Department in 2023.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	4612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>The data requested cannot be provided as it comes from live operational databases that have not been quality assured.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/12/2023 16:22:51 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1666131

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: ICT
	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 Answers of 25 November 2022 to Question 93420 and 1 December 2022 to Question 97406, what recent estimate she has made of the date by which the Atlas caseworking system will provide further information on the number of applicants having the No Recourse to Public Funds condition attached to their Leave to Remain.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	203428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>ATLAS will become the default caseworking system for in-country casework by early to Mid-2024.</p><p> </p><p>Following transition of in-country casework, ATLAS will therefore become the primary source of MI, including No Recourse to Public Funds, by early to Mid-2024.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/10/2023 16:51:40 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1665401

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Educational Testing Service: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was paid to her Department by Educational Testing Service in compensation for shortcomings in administering its Test of English for International Communication between 2011 and 2014.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	202868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not have any published information on this matter.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/10/2023 12:21:02 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1665403

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Educational Testing Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Educational Testing Service will be permitted to tender to provide the Secure English Language Test.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	202869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office will follow the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fgovernment-commercial-function&amp;data=05%7C01%7CJohn.Cole15%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ce4bf259e3b924ce8cc6f08dbd09e59a7%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638333150743454349%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=xdQPFq8ZCx1jsxFmBgyV5fAZ5y4ZIFw%2F%2BPaAbGH5r4E%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">‘Government Commercial Function: Standards on GOV.UK’</a> which define how all Government Departments should operate commercially to ensure strong commercial behaviours and delivering Value For Money (VFM). Non-compliance risks breaching <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fmanaging-public-money&amp;data=05%7C01%7CJohn.Cole15%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ce4bf259e3b924ce8cc6f08dbd09e59a7%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638333150743454349%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Oftqie20sCvyggF86VejCNmi22plGIN6T6Q0849ZjlU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">‘Managing Public Money (GOV.UK)’</a> guidelines that means the Accounting Officer cannot be assured of VFM. It could also be unlawful if actions do not comply with the laws relating to the procurement of public contracts. The primary laws in relation to the award of public contracts are the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.uk%2Fuksi%2F2015%2F102%2Fcontents%2Fmade&amp;data=05%7C01%7CJohn.Cole15%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ce4bf259e3b924ce8cc6f08dbd09e59a7%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638333150743454349%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=9JVwNspzOUrAEwiXG9U1xlJllJl9oZ6XLjlEcuQaR%2FA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015) on legislation.gov.uk</a> where we are required to treat all suppliers equally and without discrimination and shall act in a transparent and proportionate manner.</p><p>This opportunity would be advertised in the usual manner and any interested party should register interest via Find a Tender service <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FSearch&amp;data=05%7C01%7CJohn.Cole15%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ce4bf259e3b924ce8cc6f08dbd09e59a7%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638333150743454349%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=hB%2F5V6liZw3CLQm1DOtZxBMaZCEIG8q3Rz31O1j%2FRZM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/10/2023 11:19:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1665405

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Educational Testing Service
	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 is taking to help support students who were falsely accused by Educational Testing Service of cheating in its Test of English for International Communication; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	202870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>We believe that the changes the Department has made since 2019 have already brought significant redress and we have been able to grant leave to many who might have otherwise been refused.</p><p>In view of this, we believe there are at present sufficient measures in place for individuals affected by ETS: TOEIC fraud, including obtaining the voice recording of their TOEIC test from ETS. We also believe, in light of the Upper Tribunal’s findings in <em>DK and RK reference [2022] UKUT 00112. 23214</em>, this is the fairest and most objective way in which an individual can challenge the allegation before them.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/10/2023 12:20:00 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1661185

	registered interest
	date	18/09/2023
	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, whether it is her Department's policy to expedite an application for leave to remain if an applicant is in receipt of local authority support; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	199856
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>There is no general policy to expedite an application for leave to remain if an applicant is in receipt of local authority support. Decisions on expediting cases ahead of the published service standard are made on a case-by-case basis.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/10/2023 16:11:46 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1655768

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects UK Visas and Immigration to complete its reconsideration of the cases referred to by the Rt hon. Member for East Ham in the letter of 28 March, reference ST103787.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	195624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>An agreement to reconsider the application was provided by the Decision Making Centre (DMC) on 25<sup>th</sup> April 2023. The reconsideration of these applications took place on 20<sup>th</sup> July 2023. The applicants were contacted by the DMC on the 24<sup>th</sup> July 2023 about the resubmission of their passports to the Visa Application Centre and on 26<sup>th</sup> July 2023 the applicants submitted their passports for the completion of the visa process. The standard time scale for reconsiderations is three months and this reconsideration was completed within that three month timescale.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/09/2023 16:42:09 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1654661

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Alternatives to Prison
	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 publish a report of the pilots on alternatives to detention.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	195305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>UNHCR appointed the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) to independently evaluate both these pilots. The report for the first pilot, Action Access, was published by NatCen in January 2022.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/09/2023 08:32:36 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1650310

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Sudan: Entry Clearances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) Sudanese and (b) non-Sudanese nationals have been granted entry clearance since 15 April 2023; and how many of those granted clearance came to the UK.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	192472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office is committed to publishing transparency data on applications by nationality as part of the immigration quarterly statistics release, which is available on the GOV.UK website.</p><p>The next quarterly statistics release for Q2 (April – June 2023) is due for release in August.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/07/2023 15:39:11 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1646732

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2023
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2023 to Question 184558 on Refugees: Afghanistan, whether people from Afghanistan who arrived in the UK through the (a) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and (b) Afghan citizens resettlement scheme who are due to leave a bridging hotel before 31 August 2023 and make a homelessness application to a local authority will have access to the Find Your Own Accommodation pathway to secure settled accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	190757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>Those applying for the ARAP and ACRS will be able to access the Find Your Own accommodation pathway. Local Authorities will be able to use the funding to secure private rented accommodation for an Afghan household.</p><p> </p><p>The government is providing £285 million of new funding to local authorities supporting the Afghan resettlement schemes. This includes £35 million in new cash for local authorities, which will go towards increasing the level of support available and overcoming key barriers in accessing the housing system and employment and a £250 million expansion of the Local Authority Housing Fund to help councils to source homes to house Afghans currently in bridging accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/06/2023 09:45:05 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms