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1525065

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials in her Department are working on Retained EU Law legislation, as (a) headcount and (b) Full Time Equivalent.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	68535
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/10/2022 08:59:42 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1490602

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2022
	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, with reference to her Department's decision to extend the standard processing times for family visas to 24 weeks, what consultation her Department undertook prior to making that decision; and what assessment her Department has made of the impact of that decision on people awaiting visa decisions, particularly in respect of their right to family life.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	39837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The 24-week service standard is based on expected processing times due to the increased number of outstanding family visa applications. This increase was due to the prioritisation of Ukraine Visa Schemes applications in response to the humanitarian crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.</p><p>Staff from other government departments, including DWP and HMRC, have been surged into the department to help with Ukraine work and enable normal visa routes to return to normal service levels in due course. Applicants were informed of the change to a 24-week service standard on 11 May 2022 and the department is currently operating within this.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is aware of potential impacts of applicants awaiting visa decisions. Requests to expedite spousal visa applications where there are compelling or compassionate circumstances are considered on a case-by-case basis and take a range of factors into consideration.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/09/2022 09:36:22 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1467344

	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	Passports: Applications
	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 passport applications, what the average length of time taken to return supporting documents is when documents are (a) British passports or other proof of British citizenship and (b) Passports or proof of identity from another country.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	11670
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>We currently do not hold this data and to provide it would be at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/06/2022 16:45:16 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1467345

	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: Hotels
	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 proposal to use a hotel in E10 to house asylum seekers, when her Department plans to put in place (a) details of additional support provided by her Department to the local authority, (b) proposals to support local services experiencing additional demand and (c) proposals to ensure that hotel residents are able to move from that premises into longer term accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	11671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>On 13th April 2022, The Minister for Safe and Legal Migration announced with immediate effect we would move to a full model for dispersal, to end our reliance on the use of contingency accommodation.</p><p>We have committed to working with local authorities to move to a fairer distribution of asylum seekers. All local authority areas in England, Scotland and Wales will be expected to participate in the new system process to allow us to move from hotels to less expensive and more suitable dispersed accommodation.</p><p>The full dispersal procurement process will run in two parts</p><p>a. Continued Procurement is effective from the 13th of April and will run until Regional Allocation plans are agreed. This is in place to ensure we are progressing with procurement in the absence of Regional Allocation plans.</p><p>b. Procurement against Regional Allocation Plans which will commence from the 15th of July or in advance pertaining to agreement on regional allocation plans and once the allocations are confirmed and shared.</p><p>We are committed to working with local authorities to move to a fairer distribution of asylum seekers and so during the week of 9 May, we launched an informal consultation. This will help to design how the full dispersal system will operate in each region.  Participants will include Devolved Governments, Local Authorities and Non-Government Organisations who have an interest in asylum dispersal and resettlement.  This consultation will run for 8 weeks.</p><p>To recognise the existing contribution and longstanding support from local authorities, each local authority in England, Scotland and Wales which was accommodating asylum seekers on 27 March 2022 will receive a £250 one off payment per asylum seeker.</p><p>In addition, further funding has been made available for 2022/2023 to provide £3,500 for each new dispersal bed space occupied, in both new and existing dispersal areas, between 28 March 2022 and 31 March 2023. This funding can be used to implement and/or bolster services in both new and existing areas. This will alleviate some pressures on local authorities and will ensure every local authority plays its part in this important work. Funding is also available for primary care through clinical commissioning groups.</p><p>The Government is fixing the broken asylum system through the work of the Nationality and Borders Bill.  The asylum accommodation system is under enormous pressure because of the significant and sustained increase in asylum intake over the last 12 months and the build-up of the population as a result of Covid-19 related measures, which is placing unsustainable pressure on a limited number of local authorities.</p><p>This has resulted in the Home Office having to source temporary contingency accommodation, such as the hotels in E10. The use of hotel contingency is only ever a short term solution and we are working with our accommodation providers to find appropriate dispersed accommodation across the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/06/2022 16:00:16 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1459231

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications have been made for pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme from people who previously held a Residence Card under the old EU Regulations; and how many of those applications have been refused pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	157346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/eu-settlement-scheme-statistics" target="_blank">EU Settlement Scheme statistics</a>’.</p><p>The latest published information on EUSS applications received and applications concluded by outcome type to 31 December 2021, can be found in tables EUSS_01 and EUSS_03 available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-december-2021" target="_blank">EU Settlement Scheme quarterly statistics, December 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>Information on EUSS applications from people who previously held a residence card issued under Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 is not recorded in a reportable form on our case management system and is therefore not available.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/04/2022 16:56:04 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1457756

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2022
	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, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the cost of housing refugees evacuated from Afghanistan in hotels versus the cost of housing the same refugees in privately rented accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	153944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/04/2022 11:16:36 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1438532

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Ukraine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date she intends to open the Ukraine Family Scheme to applications from Ukrainian nationals currently in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	135477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>The Ukraine Family Scheme (UFS) visa application form went live on 4<sup>th</sup> March with accompanying guidance published on GOV.UK: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fapply-for-a-ukraine-family-scheme-visa&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKeith.Edwards42%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cad5dd54b09dc45687dd108da0c2a528f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637835673146251642%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=s0X0C%2BEu5wVjY8ApF2jMzTAci%2B0u%2BGOTwE5bqlDdlQc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Apply for a Ukraine Family Scheme visa - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/03/2022 15:55:01 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1338108

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Credit: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of fraud to Action Fraud have involved companies operating buy now pay later schemes, in each month since 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	18515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this data centrally.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 23/06/2021 12:24:53 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1255877

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	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 November 2020 document entitled EU Settlement Scheme – Home Office Looked After Children and Care Leavers Survey 2020, if she will publish the dataset and methodology for that survey; and whether she plans to work with local authorities and other partners to increase the application rate of vulnerable children to the EU Settlement Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	121248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office intends to publish the dataset underpinning the Home Office Looked After Children and Care Leavers Survey 2020 publication in due course. The methodology and data processing steps will be described in notes accompanying this dataset.</p><p>The Home Office is providing extensive support to local authorities and Health and Social Care Trusts in light of their statutory responsibilities for this cohort. This is to ensure these children and young people, like other vulnerable groups, get UK immigration status under the EU Settlement Scheme, and the secure evidence of this status which the scheme provides.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 01/12/2020 18:33:52 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1255881

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	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 publish the guidance that has been issued to youth offending teams and prison governors on how to assist children to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	121249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The EU Settlement Scheme guidance published on gov.uk applies to all who may apply under the scheme, including young offenders. The Home Office is working with the Ministry of Justice, HM Prison and Probation Service and the Devolved Administrations to raise awareness of the scheme and the guidance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 01/12/2020 16:37:33 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy