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1345602

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2021
	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	What recent progress she has made with the Secretary of State for Defence on implementing the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	902531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>The Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy was implemented on 1 April this year.</p><p>We are working closely with the Ministry of Defence to accelerate the relocation of locally employed staff, and their families, from Afghanistan. A charter flight carrying 117 individuals arrived safely at the end of June, with more to follow this month.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 12/07/2021 16:03:09 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1422811

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish the review into Tier 1 Investor visas, announced on 26 March 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	124970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>On 17 February the Home Secretary laid a Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules closing the Tier 1 (Investor) route to new entrants with immediate effect.</p><p>The review of historic applications under the route is being finalised and it is our aim to publish it in the near future.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/02/2022 16:56:10 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 52625 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1302646

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Electronic Surveillance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the legal basis is for the trials recording the Internet Connection Records of their customers, including any relevant sections of applicable legislation.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	168828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>The acquisition and retention of Internet Connection Records (ICRs) is provided for in the Investigatory Powers Act 2016. ICRs are subject to restrictions set out in the Act and can only be acquired for the specific investigative purposes set out in Section 62.</p><p>Acquisition of ICRs in the vast majority of cases is subject to independent authorisation by the Office for Communications Data Authorisations. The use of communications data is subject to the oversight of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner (IPC).</p><p>It is longstanding government policy not to disclose the specific communications data (CD) acquired by public authorities or retained by telecommunications operators under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA) and its predecessors. This would include details of any data to be acquired or retained and the details of any Telecommunications Operators involved in any trial.</p><p>It would be operationally and commercially sensitive to disclose the funding allocations for a trial or any other use of investigatory powers.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 168827 168829 168830 question first answered 18/03/2021 16:28:50 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1469664

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2022
	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, what the average time taken is for UK Visas and Immigration to process a visa application.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	16837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>UKVI offers a range of service levels for applications which include Standard service (15 working days), Priority service (5 working days), and Super Priority service (next day) after a customer has provided their biometrics.</p><p> </p><p>UKVI made a decision to prioritise the Ukraine Schemes following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Resources are now being returned to focus on visa routes impacted by these prioritisation decisions which will reduce average processing times in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to prioritise any urgent compelling or compassionate cases across all workstreams and are working to reduce the current processing times as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>For Standard applications lodged outside the UK, the current average processing time is as follows:</p><ul><li>Visitors – <strong>6 weeks</strong></li><li>Students – <strong>5 weeks</strong></li><li>Work – <strong>5 weeks</strong></li><li>Joining Family – <strong>up to 24 weeks</strong></li></ul><p>Further information can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visa-decision-waiting-times-applications-outside-the-uk" target="_blank">Visa decision waiting times: applications outside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> and this is regularly updated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For Standard applications lodged inside the UK, the current average processing times are not published though all routes are currently within the published service standards which are:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Switching/Extending a Student, Family, Ancestry, Work, Visitor, or Graduate Visa – <strong>8 weeks</strong></li><li>Switching/Extending a Hong Kong British National (Overseas) Visa – <strong>12 weeks</strong></li><li>Applying for Settlement - <strong>within 6 months</strong></li></ul><p> </p><p>Further information is published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visa-decision-waiting-times-applications-inside-the-uk#priority-services--get-a-faster-decision" target="_blank">Visa decision waiting times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/06/2022 16:24:18 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1469671

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2022
	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, what proportion of visa applications initiated with UK Visas and Immigration were resolved within (a) two weeks, (b) four weeks, (c) eight weeks, (d) 12 weeks and (e) more than 12 weeks in the calendar year 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	16841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish data on which applications are resolved within two weeks, four weeks, eight weeks, 12 weeks or more than 12 weeks. To capture this data would exceed cost threshold.</p><p>It does publish data of its performance against its service level agreement, which can be found on the GOV.UK webpage: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 16839 question first answered 21/06/2022 16:09:52 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1469669

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2022
	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, what proportion of visa applications initiated with UK Visas and Immigration were resolved within (a) two weeks, (b) four weeks, (c) eight weeks, (d) 12 weeks and (e) more than 12 weeks in each year between 2018 and 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	16839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish data on which applications are resolved within two weeks, four weeks, eight weeks, 12 weeks or more than 12 weeks. To capture this data would exceed cost threshold.</p><p>It does publish data of its performance against its service level agreement, which can be found on the GOV.UK webpage: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 16841 question first answered 21/06/2022 16:09:52 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1469670

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Applications
	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 passport applications initiated with the Passport Office were resolved within (a) two weeks, (b) four weeks, (c) eight weeks, (d) 12 weeks and (e) more than 12 weeks in the calendar year 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	16840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>Prior to 6 April 2021, the published processing times for standard applications from the UK were six weeks for over-16s applying for their first British passport, and three weeks for all other application types. <strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Since this date, people have been advised to allow up to ten weeks when applying for their British passport as more than 5 million people delayed applying due to the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>Between March and May 2022, 98.5% of UK applications processed were completed within ten weeks.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/06/2022 15:58:18 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1469666

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	HM Passport Office
	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 cases initiated with the Passport Office were resolved within (a) two weeks, (b) four weeks, (c) eight weeks, (d) 12 weeks and (e) more than 12 weeks in each year between 2018 and 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	16838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>Since April 2021, people have been advised to allow up to ten weeks when applying for their British passport as more than 5 million people delayed applying due to the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>Between March and May, 98.5% of UK applications processed were completed within ten weeks.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/06/2022 16:07:14 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1302648

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Electronic Surveillance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data has been (a) collected and (b) stored as part of the two trials collecting Internet Connection Records.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	168829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>The acquisition and retention of Internet Connection Records (ICRs) is provided for in the Investigatory Powers Act 2016. ICRs are subject to restrictions set out in the Act and can only be acquired for the specific investigative purposes set out in Section 62.</p><p>Acquisition of ICRs in the vast majority of cases is subject to independent authorisation by the Office for Communications Data Authorisations. The use of communications data is subject to the oversight of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner (IPC).</p><p>It is longstanding government policy not to disclose the specific communications data (CD) acquired by public authorities or retained by telecommunications operators under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA) and its predecessors. This would include details of any data to be acquired or retained and the details of any Telecommunications Operators involved in any trial.</p><p>It would be operationally and commercially sensitive to disclose the funding allocations for a trial or any other use of investigatory powers.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 168827 168828 168830 question first answered 18/03/2021 16:28:50 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1172326

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what circumstances the Government is able to remove the citizenship of a UK national who does not have access to a secondary citizenship.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	6018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>Section 40 of the British Nationality Act (BNA) 1981 provides for the deprivation of British citizenship.</p><p>A decision to deprive British citizenship on the ground it is conducive to the public good can only be made if the person would not be left stateless. Where a deprivation decision is made on the ground it is conducive to the public good because the person has conducted themselves in a manner which is seriously prejudicial to the vital interests of the UK, the Secretary of State must have reasonable grounds for believing the person can become a national of another country.</p><p>There is no requirement for a person to have access to another citizenship where a decision to deprive British citizenship is made on the grounds it was obtained by means of fraud, false representation or concealment of a material fact.</p><p>UK deprivation legislation is compliant with the 1961 UN Convention on Statelessness.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 27/01/2020 16:54:06 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis