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1689441

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of weekly payments to asylum seekers in catered accommodation being under £10 on their ability to access cash.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	14340
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office has a legal obligation to meet the essential living needs of destitute asylum seekers. Support is usually provided in the form of accommodation and a weekly allowance loaded onto a payment card called an Aspen card, which can be used to make purchases from retail outlets.</p><p>Individuals living in catered accommodation are issued a reduced weekly payment to cover essential living items that are not met by their accommodation provider, such as clothing and travel.</p><p>The level of allowance is reviewed each year to ensure it covers an individual's essential living needs. Following the 2023 review, allowances have increased for many supported individuals including pregnant women and young children.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 26/02/2024 17:14:50 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1679528

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Married People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an estimate of the number of women on spousal visas that have been a victim of (a) domestic abuse and (b) modern slavery.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	8034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The number of women on spousal visas that have been a victim of domestic abuse and modern slavery does not form part of any current transparency data or migration statistics and is not published.</p><p><br> The transparency data does, however, include a range of processing data and the latest data can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration(opens%20in%20a%20new%20tab)" target="_blank">Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 15/01/2024 17:10:05 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1503794

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Surrogacy
	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 it her policy to expedite British surrogacy babies' passports who are born overseas in the context of enabling them to be vaccinated and cared for by their family in a timely way.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	45514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>His Majesty’s Passport Office provides significant support to the commissioning parents of surrogate babies. In all applications, especially where there are safety concerns, HM Passport Office works in conjunction with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to prioritise the processing of applications, and to issue Emergency Travel Documents for travel to a safe location once checks have been satisfactorily completed.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/09/2022 15:26:14 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1685865

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing reduced fee tiers of visa payments for individuals with contributory ties with the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	12088
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to introduce fee tiers. It is the Home Office’s policy that fees should generally be charged consistently across customer groups in order to support the overall funding of the migration and borders system.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 07/02/2024 10:06:09 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally