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1133130

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests for a change of conditions of leave granted on the basis of family or private life were (a) received, (b) granted, (c) refused and (d) awaiting a decision from August 2017 to August 2018.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	266694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>Answering this question would require manual inspection of all family and private life leave to remain applications within the date range. This would incur disproportionate cost to the public purse. <br> <br>The available information relates to grants and refusals of in-country leave to remain, based on family life, or private life, which is published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics, Extensions table ex_01_q, latest edition at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2019/list-of-tables#extensions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2019/list-of-tables#extensions</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 27/06/2019 15:24:21 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1133137

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where the assisted digital locations in Scotland will be; and what type of visa applicants will be able to use that service.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	266700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>Since September 2017, UK Visas &amp; Immigration has offered customers across the UK a free ‘Assisted Digital’ service. The service is designed to help people who need to use UK Visas &amp; Immigration online services but don’t have the appropriate access, skills or confidence to do so on their own. Support can be provided over the phone, at a local centre or in home with a trained tutor.</p><p>As of the 20th June, across the UK, there are over 300 centres across the UK supplemented by a network of over 60 tutors. In Scotland, there are 2 tutors offering in home support and 43 centres offering face to face support.</p><p>Customers should contact the Assisted Digital helpline on 03333 445 675 or by texting the word “VISA” to 07537 416 944 and they will be able to advise on the closest support centre. <br>The Assisted Digital service is available to all UKVI customers except for those applying through the following immigration routes, as support should be provided to them by their sponsoring employers or colleges</p><p>• Tier 1 (including entrepreneur and exceptional talent)<br>• Tier 2 (people working for a specific employer in the UK)<br>• Tier 4 (students in the UK)<br>In January 2019 the service was extended to support EU citizens and their family members applying for the EU Settlement Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 27/06/2019 14:46:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

1133142

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
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, how many first-time passport applications his Department has received since 23 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	266705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The number of applications for a first British passport received between 23 June 2016 and 31 March 2019 was 3,267,038.</p><p><br>Passport intake data is reported within Home Office transparency data. The information is therefore provided up to the most recent date published (31 March 2019).</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 27/06/2019 15:33:45 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1133155

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: 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 held in a immigration detention centre (a) are recognised as victims of modern slavery and/or human trafficking and (b) claim to be victims of modern slavery and/or human trafficking.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	266715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>(a) The Home Office records the number of individuals that have received a positive Conclusive Grounds decision and this information is published quarterly by the National Crime Agency, found at <a href="http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics.%20" target="_blank">http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics. </a></p><p>As NRM referrals, Reasonable Grounds and Conclusive Grounds decisions are considered separately from immigration enforcement action, there is no central record of those who have received a positive Conclusive Grounds decision and are detained under immigration powers. The Home Office therefore does not collate or publish the data requested</p><p>(b) The Home Office record the number of all individuals referred to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) and this information is published Quarterly by the National Crime Agency, found at <a href="http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics.%20" target="_blank">http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics. </a></p><p>This information does not distinguish between those detained under immigration powers and those living in the community. The reason for this is two-fold, firstly because the NRM referral is not an immigration route by which individuals should regularise their stay in the United Kingdom and, secondly, because a person’s status in immigration detention is not permanent and can change.</p><p>The use of immigration detention in all cases is subject to regular reviews and consequently a change in circumstance may result in a different consideration. It is quite possible that an immigration detainee is referred to the National Referral Mechanism during a detention period and is released into the community at any point during that process.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/06/2019 16:07:04 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1133177

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offenders: Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders are awaiting deportation from the UK by (a) nationality and (b) type of offence.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	266725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p><br>The Home Office does not routinely comment on the nationalities of Foreign National Offenders (FNO).</p><p>Providing the information requested on the type of offence would require a manual check of individual records which could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Home Office do however publish quarterly statistics on the numbers of FNOs who have completed their custodial sentence and are being pursued for removal from the UK. This data can be found by accessing the following:</p><p><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-may-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-may-2019</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 27/06/2019 15:32:29 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1133193

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
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, with reference to the global resettlement scheme announced on 17 June 2019, whether refugees entering under that scheme will be granted (a) indefinite leave to remain, (b) refugee status, with five years of leave attached or (c) another form of leave.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	266867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>On 17 June 2019, the Home Secretary reaffirmed the UK’s commitment to refugee resettlement by announcing a new, global scheme, which will begin in 2020 and aims to resettle in the region of 5,000 refugees in its first year of operation. It is right that we continue to offer safe and legal routes to the UK for the most vulnerable, for whom resettlement is the only durable solution.</p><p>This announcement is a clear statement of intent and the department will work to secure longer-term funding for the future of resettlement through the next Spending Review. We continue to engage with international and domestic delivery partners and stakeholders as we prepare to transition to the new scheme in 2020 and work through detailed policy of the new scheme, including the form of leave to be granted to refugees arriving under it.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 266868 question first answered 24/06/2019 14:49:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1133194

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
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, what plans he has to continue to resettle 5,000 refugees a year after 2021.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	266868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>On 17 June 2019, the Home Secretary reaffirmed the UK’s commitment to refugee resettlement by announcing a new, global scheme, which will begin in 2020 and aims to resettle in the region of 5,000 refugees in its first year of operation. It is right that we continue to offer safe and legal routes to the UK for the most vulnerable, for whom resettlement is the only durable solution.</p><p>This announcement is a clear statement of intent and the department will work to secure longer-term funding for the future of resettlement through the next Spending Review. We continue to engage with international and domestic delivery partners and stakeholders as we prepare to transition to the new scheme in 2020 and work through detailed policy of the new scheme, including the form of leave to be granted to refugees arriving under it.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 266867 question first answered 24/06/2019 14:49:03 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1133233

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Non-binary People
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 International Civil Aviation Organisation's permitting of the use of X (unspecified) on passports, for what reasons the Government does not issue non-gendered X passports for people who do not identify as either male or female.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	266756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>United Kingdom legislation only recognises two legal sexes or genders; male and female. There is no legal recognition of a third gender. Her Majesty’s Passport Office can therefore only issue passports indicating ‘male’ or ‘female’.</p><p>The Government is aware of an increasing number of people who identify as neither exclusively male nor female. We have committed to carrying out a call for evidence on the experiences of people who have a non-binary gender identity. The evidence gathered from this exercise will inform the Government’s next steps in this area.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/06/2019 16:09:23 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1133252

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugee Week
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what activities he (a) has taken and (b) will take part in to highlight Refugee Week 2019.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	266766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The UK government is committed to humanitarian efforts to support refugees at home and abroad.</p><p><br>On Monday 17 June, at the start of Refugee Week, the Home Secretary announced that the UK will continue to resettle thousands of refugees under a new scheme to start in 2020. Details can be found on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-global-resettlement-scheme-for-the-most-vulnerable-refugees-announced" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-global-resettlement-scheme-for-the-most-vulnerable-refugees-announced</a></p><p>On the same day, the Home Secretary chaired a roundtable with faith leaders to discuss refugee resettlement and asylum matters; and the Minister of State for Immigration met with refugees, community sponsor groups and representatives from Lambeth Council to hear their experiences of resettlement.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/06/2019 14:45:08 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1133293

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has received in fees from super priority service for a biometric residence permit replacement in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	266790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does record fees for Biometric Residence Permit applications and extensions, including the super-priority Biometric Resident Permit replacement service.</p><p>However the Home Office does not record payments received for this service separately to a unique account code within our accounting software. <br>Consequently there is no available management information to break down the income into this specific category.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/06/2019 15:30:21 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady