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1156150

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to continue to allocate money to the Government's Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	5020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p><strong><em>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</em></strong></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/11/2019 17:05:13 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1156422

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer Question 596 tabled on 15 October 2019 by the hon. Member for Wolverhampton North East.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	5434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The response to question UIN 596 was answered on the 5th November 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 05/11/2019 18:02:40 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1156427

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2019
	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, what the immigration status of EU27 nationals resident in the UK will be in the event that the UK leaves the EU if they were given indefinite leave to remain by the UK Government before either (a) the UK joined the EEC or (b) their country of origin joined the EEC/EC/EU.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	5437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">EU citizens who already hold indefinite leave to remain, regardless of when this was granted, can continue to rely on this status once the UK has left the European Union. They do not need to apply for status under the EU Settlement Scheme, but they may do so if they wish as, in line with the draft Withdrawal Agreement with the EU reached on 17 October 2019, indefinite leave to remain granted under the scheme (referred to as ‘settled status’) has some additional benefits. For example, it will not lapse unless the person is absent from the UK and Islands for more than five years rather than for more than two years.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Relevant guidance for EU citizens is available here:</del></p><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families/if-you-have-permanent-residence-or-indefinite-leave-to-remain" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families/if-you-have-permanent-residence-or-indefinite-leave-to-remain</a>.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">EU citizens who already hold indefinite leave to remain, regardless of when this was granted, can continue to rely on this status once the UK has left the European Union. They do not need to apply for status under the EU Settlement Scheme, but they may do so if they wish as, in line with the draft Withdrawal Agreement with the EU reached on 17 October 2019.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> Relevant guidance for EU citizens is available here:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families/if-you-have-permanent-residence-or-indefinite-leave-to-remain" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families/if-you-have-permanent-residence-or-indefinite-leave-to-remain</a>.</ins></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/11/2019 17:13:32 question first ministerially corrected 05/11/2019 17:25:31 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 4506 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1465063

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	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 response time is for correspondence on immigration cases from hon. Members to the Home Office; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Jane Stevenson
	uin	6905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>The Department works to a target of responding to 95% of Hon. Members written correspondence within 20 working days.</p><p>Performance has been impacted by a significant increase in the volume of correspondence received, including the unprecedented amount of correspondence about the situation in Afghanistan and more recently in Ukraine.</p><p>The Department continues to prioritise enquiries related to Ukraine and recognises it has not been able to meet service standard in other cases. An action plan has been implemented to clear backlogs and drive-up performance. MPs can escalate urgent and compassionate cases via the team at Portcullis House.</p><p>The Department continues to recruit additional resources and has recently been loaned staff from non-operational areas to assist in clearing the backlogs. A detailed recovery plan to support a return to an acceptable service standard is being prepared.</p><p>Data about intake and performance in answering Hon. Members correspondence are published quarterly with the latest Quarter available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-q1-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-q1-2022</a></p><p>We do not publish average waiting times for substantive responses to correspondence.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/06/2022 17:13:15 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 3404 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4750 label Biography information for Jane Stevenson

1147406

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: British National (Overseas)
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing British National (Overseas) passport holders to live and work in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	292899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The UK continues to support the one country, two systems model underpinned by the Sino-British Joint Declaration. The immigration status of BN(O)s is part of this agreement; there is no right to work or live in the UK under the BN(O) passport.</p><p>I refer the Hon Lady to the answers given by my Rt. Hon Friend, the Foreign Secretary, when responding to an urgent question on 26 September 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 07/10/2019 15:47:56 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1156426

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2019
	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, what estimate her Department has made of the number of (a) Belgian, (b) Dutch (c) French, (d) German, (e) Italian and (f) Luxembourg nationals who were granted indefinite leave to remain prior to the accession of the UK to the EEC on 1 January 1973.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	5436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Statistics of settlement grants in the United Kingdom for non Commonwealth nationals before 1973 are published in table se 06 ‘Grants of settlement to Commonwealth citizens and foreign nationals’) available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables#settlement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables#settlement</a>.</p><p>A breakdown of specific nationalities within this historical data is not available.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/11/2019 15:53:15 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1156122

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Retail Trade: West Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences of (a) malicious wounding, (b) grievous bodily harm, (c) actual bodily harm and (d) common assault - aggravated were perpetrated against a worker in a retail setting in the West Midlands in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	5018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the damaging impact that violence and abuse toward shop workers can have, not only for victims, but also for businesses, and the wider community. This is why in April of this year the Government launched a call for evidence on violence and abuse toward shop staff to help strengthen our understanding of the scale and extent of the issue. The consultation has now closed, and we will publish our response in due course.</p><p>The Commercial Victimisation Survey publishes estimates of assaults and threats against staff in the Wholesale and Retail sector annually going back to 2012. The latest results can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/829399/crime-against-businesses-2018-hosb1719.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/829399/crime-against-businesses-2018-hosb1719.pdf</a></p><p>However, due to the sample size, it is not possible to provide estimates at sub-national level.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/11/2019 14:14:45 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1149018

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Burglary: West Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many burglaries were recorded as having been committed in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the area covered by West Midlands Police in each year since 2010; and how many of those burglaries involved a violent assault.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office collects data on the number of burglaries recorded by the police in England and Wales and these data are published quarterly. It is not possible to separately identify the number of burglaries that involved a violent assault in the information that we hold centrally. However, data is available on the number of aggravated burglary offences. These includes burglaries in which an offender is in possession of any firearm or imitation firearm, other weapon or explosive at the time of committing the offence.</p><p>Data for West Midlands Police Force Area and for Wolverhampton Community Safety Partnership (CSP) area can be found in open data tables here back to the financial year 2002/03:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables</a></p><p>Information on the number of assaults against disabled people recorded by the police is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 255 question first answered 17/10/2019 16:43:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1149019

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: West Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many assaults against disabled people were recorded in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the area covered by West Midlands Police in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office collects data on the number of burglaries recorded by the police in England and Wales and these data are published quarterly. It is not possible to separately identify the number of burglaries that involved a violent assault in the information that we hold centrally. However, data is available on the number of aggravated burglary offences. These includes burglaries in which an offender is in possession of any firearm or imitation firearm, other weapon or explosive at the time of committing the offence.</p><p>Data for West Midlands Police Force Area and for Wolverhampton Community Safety Partnership (CSP) area can be found in open data tables here back to the financial year 2002/03:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables</a></p><p>Information on the number of assaults against disabled people recorded by the police is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 254 question first answered 17/10/2019 16:43:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1149375

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	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, how many and what proportion of people hold a UK passport; and what her estimate is of the number and proportion of UK citizens who do not hold a passport.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office does not hold information on the number of UK citizens without a valid passport. However, I can confirm that there were 51,372,413 valid British passports as of 22 September 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 05/11/2019 15:12:08 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds