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834412

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to prepare for the potential increase in demand for passport services ahead of the passport price increase.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	126031
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>Operational contingency plans are regularly reviewed to ensure demand can be serviced without significant impact on customer experience. Her Majesty’s Passport Office has considered what additional short term capacity may be needed to respond to changes in potential demand ahead of the proposed passport price increase. This includes staffing levels, IT capacity and our suppliers’ capacity.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/02/2018 16:28:28 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

834636

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: 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, what assessment she has made of the effect of planned passport fee increases on people without access to internet services.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	126084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>With over 90 per cent of adults in the UK having access to the internet, and third parties being permitted to apply on a person’s behalf, it has been assessed that the vast majority of people will face no obstacle to applying for their passport online.</p><p>However, Her Majesty’s Passport Office is developing further help for those who wish to apply online, which includes exploring options for making services available from the High Street and by working in conjunction with community support groups.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/02/2018 16:27:37 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

837463

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
	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 report, Asylum Migration and Integration Fund, List of Actions allocated funding, published in July 2017, which actions will receive funding in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	126582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The report referenced was a snapshot of funding as of July 2017. Some of the actions listed will continue to be funded in 2018, and dates for the actions are shown in the report.</p><p>At present it is not possible to state precisely what actions will be funded in 2018, as this is dependent partly on business needs of the Home Office, however it is expected that more funding will be allocated to refugee integration activities during the year.</p><p>A full list of possible actions to be funded was established in the UK AMIF National Programme, agreed with the EU in March 2015, and published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-migration-and-integration-fund-programme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-migration-and-integration-fund-programme</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/02/2018 15:17:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

837466

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of unauthorised sharing of asylum information there have been in her Department in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	126585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The number of incidents of unauthorised sharing of asylum information and the amount of compensation paid by the department for unauthorised sharing of asylum information is not held in a format which is reportable.</p><p>It is contrary to Home Office policy to disclose information on individual asylum cases.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 126592 126598 question first answered 08/02/2018 11:29:22 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

837473

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidences of unauthorised sharing of asylum information have there been in her Department in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	126592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The number of incidents of unauthorised sharing of asylum information and the amount of compensation paid by the department for unauthorised sharing of asylum information is not held in a format which is reportable.</p><p>It is contrary to Home Office policy to disclose information on individual asylum cases.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 126585 126598 question first answered 08/02/2018 11:29:22 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

837479

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has paid out in compensation as a result of unauthorised sharing of asylum information in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	126598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The number of incidents of unauthorised sharing of asylum information and the amount of compensation paid by the department for unauthorised sharing of asylum information is not held in a format which is reportable.</p><p>It is contrary to Home Office policy to disclose information on individual asylum cases.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 126585 126592 question first answered 08/02/2018 11:29:22 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

837490

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of ensuring all of her Department's contracts tendered after the UK leaves the EU are in compliance with EU Procurement Directives.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	126609
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>The current public procurement rules will continue to apply until the UK has left the EU following the successful conclusion of exit negotiations. The longer-term opportunities for our procurement regulations are being considered carefully.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/02/2018 14:52:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

839216

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Brook House Immigration Removal Centre
	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 first become aware of detainee welfare concerns at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	127772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Detainee welfare concerns in Immigration Removal Centres can be raised at any point, to the Home Office, NHS (England) or the custodial supplier as appropriate. The BBC first made the Home Office aware of the specific issues later aired by Panorama on 24 August 2017. The Government takes the health and welfare of immigration detainees very seriously and expects the highest standards from those who manage the detention estate on its behalf.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/02/2018 11:13:47 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

839217

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Brook House Immigration Removal Centre
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of what led to concerns about detainee welfare at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	127773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government made an immediate assessment that G4S needed to take swift action against an agreed action plan to address necessary improvements at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre. These improvements will ensure that the standards of detainee welfare expected by the Government are met. Progress against this plan is being closely monitored.</p><p>Stephen Shaw is currently assessing progress against the recommendations in his report into the Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons published in January 2016. In addition, the G4S Board has commissioned an independent review to establish the factors affecting staff morale and behaviour and attitudes to whistleblowing. Neither independent review has reported yet. The Government will consider their findings very carefully in due course.</p><p>Independent scrutiny is a vital part of assurance that our removal centres are secure and humane. The Government will continue to implement action in response to independent recommendations made by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons and by the centre’s Independent Monitoring Board.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/02/2018 11:14:00 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

839218

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigrants: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who are (a) survivors of sexual and gender-based violence and (b) otherwise recognised as vulnerable under the Adults at Risk policy have been brought to immigration detention centres since 12 September 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	127774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/02/2018 12:21:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

839223

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
	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 15 January 2018 to Question 121751, what steps her Department plans to take to monitor the effectiveness of those arrangements.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	127779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the previous answer, the Department reviews allowed appeals in order to learn lessons. It should be noted that in many cases new evidence is often submitted at an appeal hearing, which was not available when the original decision was made. In addition to the Department’s own direct assurance, the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration also has a key role in looking the quality of departmental processes.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/02/2018 12:24:41 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

845633

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
	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 January 2018 to Question 121760, what the (a) ethnicity, (b) race and (c) religion was of people who were detained in those immigration enforcement operations who subsequently made immigration applications by type of application.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	128605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not routinely collect data on the ethnicity, race or religion of people who make immigration applications by type of application subsequent to being encountered on immigration enforcement operations and detained. Any data that may be captured is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/02/2018 10:23:29 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

845634

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
	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 January 2018 to Question 121760, what the (a) ethnicity, (b) race and (c) religion was of people who were detained in those immigration enforcement operations.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	128606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not routinely collect data on the ethnicity, race or religion of people who are encountered on immigration enforcement operations and subsequently detained. Any data that may be captured is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/02/2018 10:23:15 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

846101

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the reasons for the Office of the Immigration Service Commission having only 4 out of 224 prosecutions leading to a fine and a single conditional discharge in 2016-17; and what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of that Office in regard to prosecutions.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	128804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) secured 16 prosecutions in the reporting year 2016/17. They were disposed by way of four immediate custodial sentences, four suspended prison sentences, two community punishment orders, four fines and one conditional discharge. (One offender failed to appear at Crown Court for sentencing following conviction resulting in an arrest warrant being issued.)</p><p>The 224 prosecutions to which you refer have been secured by the OISC since they became fully operational in 2001. The full breakdown of the sentences handed down in these cases by the Tribunal is available in their published annual reports and accounts, which can be viewed on the OISC’s website <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-of-the-immigration-services-commissioner" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-of-the-immigration-services-commissioner</a>.</p><p>The OISC’s overall performance, including on prosecutions, is reviewed on a regular basis by the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/02/2018 17:27:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

846102

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the reasons for the Office of the Immigration Service Commission paying only 57 per cent of undisputed invoices within five days in 2016-17; and what assessment she has made of the performance of that commission in respect of that target.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	128805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>Office of Immigration Services Commissioner’s (OISC) reason for not achieving this target is set out on page 39 of their published annual report and accounts for 2016/17.</p><p>The performance of the OISC is reviewed regularly. The Home Office notes in particular the OISC’s commitment to pay invoices quickly and that 100% of undisputed invoices are paid within 30 days of receipt.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/02/2018 17:28:18 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

846103

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Border Force
	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 23 January 2018 to Question 123657, when she plans to make a decision on whether to establish a special volunteer force to support Border Force; and what plans she has to consult further on that proposal.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	128806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office is continuing the process of taking advice on a range of options from other law enforcement bodies such as police forces, to determine whether a Special Volunteer force within Border Force would provide benefits and bolster existing activity. Until this is concluded no decision will be made on whether BF specials should proceed to a pilot.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 27/02/2018 17:05:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

847119

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant the the Answer of 15 January 2018 to Question 121748, what criteria her Department uses for setting overseas student fees if visa income is not differentiated between the various categories in which they are received.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	129293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Immigration Act 2014 is the primary legislation which gives the Home Office statutory powers to set fees for all immigration and nationality applications. The relevant sections of the Act relating to fees are 68 to 70 which can be found on pages 58 to 61 of the following link.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/22/pdfs/ukpga_20140022_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/22/pdfs/ukpga_20140022_en.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 27/02/2018 17:27:35 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

847139

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Brook House Immigration Removal Centre
	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 20 February 2018 to Question 127772, whether her Department was aware of concerns about detainee welfare at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre before the BBC alerted it to the specific issues raised on Panorama on 24 August 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	129313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>As my earlier answer of 20 February 2018 to the honourable member stated, detainee welfare concerns in Immigration Removal Centres can be raised at any point, to the Home Office, NHS (England) or the custodial supplier as appropriate. The BBC first made the Home Office aware of the specific issues later aired by Panorama on 24 August 2017. The Government takes the health and welfare of immigration detainees very seriously and expects the highest standards from those who manage the detention estate on its behalf.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 27/02/2018 17:24:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

847141

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	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 1 February 2018 to Question 125290, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merit of recording the country of origin of illegally trafficked people who have been granted asylum.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	129315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office records and publishes data, broken down by nationality, of all those who make an asylum claim or are referred to the National Referral mechanism (NRM) as a potential victim of trafficking or modern slavery. Information concerning a claimants route of travel to the United Kingdom is not recorded centrally in a readily accessible format, and could only be provided at disproportionate costs by examination of individual interview transcripts and case files.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 27/02/2018 17:25:38 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

847142

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees have been resettled under the Gateway Protection Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	129316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Gateway Protection Programme demonstrates the UK’s proud tradition of providing protection to refugees. Details on the number of refugees resettled under this scheme are published as part of the quarterly Immigration Statistics release, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered