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1643800

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
	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 14 March 2023 to Question 158881 on Slavery, what estimate her Department has made of the average number of days taken by (a) Multi-Agency Assurance Panels decision-making (b) second pair of eyes review processes; and what proportion of negative Conclusive Grounds decisions were upheld under these processes for identifying victims of modern slavery.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	188925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>All negative reasonable grounds and conclusive grounds decisions in the National Referral Mechanism undergo a second pair of eyes review by a second caseworker or manager as part of the decision making process. Data on the time taken and proportion of negative decisions upheld following such a review are not routinely recorded. All negative decisions that are issued have been upheld by the second pair of eyes.</p><p>Prior to December 2022 Multi-Agency Assurance Panels (MAAPs) reviewed negative conclusive grounds decisions in an advisory capacity prior to the decision being issued. Following the review by MAAPs, the MAAP feedback report was returned to the Competent Authority. Data regarding the proportion of negative conclusive grounds decisions upheld under this process, and the time taken to do so, is not published.</p><p>The design of the MAAP process contributed to the number of days being added to decision-making timelines and were removed due to increasing pressure on the timeliness of NRM decision-making. Consideration continues to be given to the scope and process of any possible alternative assurance process that will not contribute to decision making timescales.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 188927 question first answered 20/06/2023 10:45:53 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1643802

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
	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 14 March to Question 158881 on Slavery, what the outcome was of her consideration towards an alternative process that can provide appropriate assurance and drive further improvements to National Referral Mechanism decision making for identifying potential victims of modern slavery; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	188927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>All negative reasonable grounds and conclusive grounds decisions in the National Referral Mechanism undergo a second pair of eyes review by a second caseworker or manager as part of the decision making process. Data on the time taken and proportion of negative decisions upheld following such a review are not routinely recorded. All negative decisions that are issued have been upheld by the second pair of eyes.</p><p>Prior to December 2022 Multi-Agency Assurance Panels (MAAPs) reviewed negative conclusive grounds decisions in an advisory capacity prior to the decision being issued. Following the review by MAAPs, the MAAP feedback report was returned to the Competent Authority. Data regarding the proportion of negative conclusive grounds decisions upheld under this process, and the time taken to do so, is not published.</p><p>The design of the MAAP process contributed to the number of days being added to decision-making timelines and were removed due to increasing pressure on the timeliness of NRM decision-making. Consideration continues to be given to the scope and process of any possible alternative assurance process that will not contribute to decision making timescales.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 188925 question first answered 20/06/2023 10:45:53 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1656287

	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	Asylum: Portland Port
	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 14 July 2023 to Question 192849 on Asylum: Portland Port, on what date her Department's (a) contractors, (b) officials and (c) Ministers were made aware that there was legionella on the Bibby Stockholm barge; when the legionella finding was reported to the UK Health Security Agency; what steps she is taking to improve her Department's processes to ensure that accommodation for refugees is (i) adequate and (ii) meets the required regulatory standards; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	196245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>As a precautionary measure, and going above and beyond UK Health Security Agency advice, the Home Office disembarked all asylum seekers on 11 August 2023.</p><p>We take the welfare of individuals on the vessel seriously. The asylum seekers had health assessments, and nobody has presented with symptoms.</p><p>We are beginning to move people back on the Bibby Stockholm in Portland. All necessary tests including all health, fire and water checks have been completed, and are all satisfactory.</p><p>The number of people on board will increase gradually with more arrivals in the coming days and months, as part of a carefully structured phased approach.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/10/2023 10:19:10 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1663675

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: 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 18 September 2023 to Question 198491 on Asylum: Applications, how long the training lasts for newly recruited decision makers; who provides the training for newly recruited decision makers; and what steps she is taking to (a) provide support to new decision makers and (b) monitor the (i) quality and (ii) consistency of decision making.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	201529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>Asylum Operations provides staff with specialist training through a comprehensive programme of classroom-based learning and a mentoring framework as part of our plan for a highly skilled workforce. This is delivered by a dedicated team of senior grade trainers and higher-grade technical experts, thereby helping to maintain case-working expertise and improve decision maker capability.</p><p>Work has been undertaken to review and redesign the training of Asylum decision makers. The focus of the project is to ensure that the right training is given at the right time. The expectation is that by moving to this model it will help decision makers become more productive in a quicker timeframe as the training will be more focused on the type of casework that they are assigned and the tasks they will need to undertake at that time.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/10/2023 11:14:08 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1656142

	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: 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 11 July 2023 to Question 192823 on Visas: Afghanistan, what her planned timescale is for concluding the review of processes to streamline decision-making for family reunion visa applications; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	195848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>For Afghan refugees already in the UK, we have rules in place for their close family members to apply to join them in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>As previously said, we are committed to improving and speeding up processing times for family reunion applications. We are reviewing processes to streamline decision making.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/09/2023 16:37:21 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1647857

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	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 3 February 2023 to Question 132332 on Asylum: Children, whether each unaccompanied asylum seeking child on arrival at their accommodation will be explicitly informed (a) that they will not be sent to Rwanda, (b) of their rights as a child seeking asylum in the UK, (c) of the risks to them of people seeking to exploit children staying in asylum hotels, (d) of advice to stay safe and (e) about how to seek help if in difficulty; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	191105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>Hotel accommodation is only ever a temporary means to accommodate the increased number of arriving unaccompanied children, in advance of them entering local authority care. Unaccompanied children are accommodated in hotels for the shortest time possible. No decisions on their immigration status or asylum claims are taken until they are in local authority care.</p><p>We take the welfare of those in our care extremely seriously. We have robust safeguarding procedures in place to ensure all unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) temporarily accommodated in hotels are safe and supported whilst we seek urgent placements with a local authority. The young people are given briefings on a range of issues around how to stay safe including (but not limited to), knife crime, drugs and alcohol and water safety.</p><p>All contingency sites have security staff on site 24/7 and providers liaise closely with local police to ensure the welfare and safety of vulnerable residents.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/07/2023 16:37:51 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1659218

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many family reunion applications have not been completed by her Department within (a) the 60 day service standard, (b) six months and (c) one year.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	198405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2023 answer text <p>Information regarding processing times for family reunion applications is not routinely published and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost. We are working outside the 60 working day service standard, with the majority of applications being considered at over double the service standard timescale.</p><p> </p><p>We remain committed to improving and speeding up processing times for family reunion applications.</p><p> </p><p>The latest <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-june-2023" target="_blank">Immigration system statistics, year ending June 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> show that since 2015, 46,511 family reunion visas have been granted to family members of refugees.</p><p> </p><p>We prioritise all applications where the application has been made by an unaccompanied child, under the age of 18. We will also prioritise applications where there is an evidenced urgent or compelling reason.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/09/2023 10:16:01 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1661273

	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	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, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing a target timeframe for processing Ukraine Humanitarian Sponsorship Scheme applications; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	199911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/10/2023 11:10:35 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1648079

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) capacity to inspect hotels housing unaccompanied children and (b) child safeguarding expertise of (i) Ofsted and (ii) the independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	191275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>Ofsted assisted the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) in the inspection on the use of hotels for housing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) due to their expertise in child safeguarding. The inspection found that ‘unanimously’ the young people accommodated at the interim hotels reported feeling ‘happy and safe’.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking a new power in the Illegal Migration Bill to provide or arrange for the provision of accommodation for unaccompanied children. Our policy intention is to ensure that whilst time in this accommodation is expected to be short, we will be seeking to meet standards which are appropriate for the accommodation so that children are sufficiently supported and safeguarded.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with the Department for Education and relevant stakeholders on the appropriate standards which should apply. With regards to inspection, we expect to be transparent in allowing scrutiny of our accommodation linked to any agreed appropriate standards.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 05/07/2023 16:42:51 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1656182

	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	Asylum: Knowsley
	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 oral contribution of the Minister for Immigration of 20 February 2023 on the Knowsley Incident, Official Report, column 33, what criteria her Department is using to decide whether individual legal practitioners are monitored; how many legal practitioners are currently being monitored; what records are kept of the monitoring; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	196175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>People who make dangerous journeys by putting their lives at risk to reach the UK often seek immigration advice. When considering representations, the Home Office ensures that legal practitioners raising such immigration matters have the correct regulatory credentials. If evidence exists that obligations have been breached, we will refer legal practitioners to regulators or law enforcement where criminality is evident.</p><p>It would not be appropriate to comment further as this is operationally sensitive.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/09/2023 16:44:11 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas