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1041450

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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, with reference to the Government's white paper on The UK’s future skills-based immigration system, published in December 2018, whether he plans to introduce a second immigration Bill to implement the proposals contained in that White Paper.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	208426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government published a White Paper on 19 December 2018 outlining the UK’s future skills-based immigration system. The Government also introduced the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill on 20 December 2018 which will end free movement and provide the legal basis for the future immigration system.</p><p>We will implement most of the future immigration arrangements in UK Immigration Rules as is the case now. If primary legislation is required to implement any details of the future system, we will bring forward that legislation when Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/01/2019 16:08:57 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1039581

registered interest
date	11/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
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 10 January to Question 206043 on Undocumented Migrants: Boats, for what reason his Department does not routinely publish that data; and if he will make it his policy to publish that data routinely.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	207607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">As set out in the Immigration White Paper, the future system will be a single global immigration system, where students of all nationalities will apply under the new student route.Under the new route all students studying at a Masters’ level, or at Bachelors’ level and an institution with degree awarding powers, will be eligible for the increased 6-month post study leave period. Doctoral students will be eligible for a 12-month post study leave period.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Border Force does not routinely publish data that does not meet the Home Office standard for publication or that could impact its operational effectiveness. There are no current plans to routinely publish this data in the future.Border Force transparency data can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/border-force-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/border-force-statistics</a></ins></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/01/2019 18:31:59 question first ministerially corrected 17/01/2019 16:16:00 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes previous answer version 95807 answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1038486

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there was any interruption for users of the portal for making Immigration Health Surcharge payments in the two working days prior to the Surcharge increase
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	206876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>In common with any other IT system, from time to time there are planned off-line periods for routine maintenance.</p><p>During these periods a banner informing customers that the system was down for planned maintenance.</p><p>We do not comment on specific operational matters regarding our IT services.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/01/2019 16:57:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1037174

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
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 migrants that attempted to enter the UK using small boats were intercepted by the French Authorities in (a) the last three months of 2017 (b) 2017, (c) 2016 and (d) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	206043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>Border Force does not routinely publish this level of data however you will be aware the Home Secretary delivered a statement on the 7th January 2019 stating the below.</p><p>Over 500 migrants - mostly Iranian - attempted to travel to the UK on small vessels in 2018. 80% of them attempted this in the last three months of the year. Around 40% of the attempts were either disrupted by French law enforcement or returned to France via French agencies.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/01/2019 17:14:03 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1027622

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how (a) payments or assistance provided under the Windrush Scheme: support in urgent and exceptional circumstances policy may be taken into account in any subsequent claim under the Windrush Compensation Scheme and (b) applicants can anticipate how applying for urgent and exceptional support might affect their application to the compensation scheme.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	203360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>We will be announcing details of the Compensation Scheme and how to apply as soon as possible. It is right that any compensation payments may take into account funding or assistance already provided.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/01/2019 12:46:41 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1027625

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what form the review of the Windrush Scheme: Support in urgent and exceptional circumstances policy will take; how long it will take for those applying under the Windrush Compensation Scheme to receive payments; and whether there will be specific provision in the Windrush Compensation Scheme to ensure those in urgent need will receive funds rapidly.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	203361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Paragraphs 9-11 of the policy statement on urgent and exceptional payments sets out that the Home Office will advise the claimant whether their application has been successful within 10 working days and earlier if possible. A letter informing them of the outcome will be sent within a further 48 hours and if the offer is accepted, any payment will be made as soon as possible and no later than 14 days.</p><p>Claims assessed by the Taskforce to be particularly urgent will be prioritised. The policy for the Windrush Compensation Scheme is still being defined, but timing of payments will be dependent on when individuals submit their applications.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/01/2019 12:47:37 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1027626

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
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 Annex A of the Windrush Scheme: Support in urgent and exceptional circumstances policy statement, published 17 December 2018, what effect having previously been denied entry to the UK will have on a claimant's application under the scheme.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	203362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Paragraph 4 of the policy statement on urgent and exceptional payments specifies that one of the factors to be considered in assessing whether a claim meets the policy intention is “whether the claimant has previously been denied entry to the UK”.</p><p>However, the list is not intended to be exhaustive and there may be other examples of exceptional and urgent situations.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/01/2019 12:45:13 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1027628

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
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 Annex A of his Department's policy statement entitled Policy Statement: Windrush Scheme: Support in urgent and exceptional circumstances, published in December 2018, whether support will be offered under that annex to people who do not have the funds to return to the UK but are not deemed to have urgent circumstances.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	203456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The policy is designed to support people in urgent and exceptional circumstances. Where a situation is not urgent, claims will be considered through the Windrush Compensation Scheme, which will be launched as soon as possible.</p><p>Should a claimant’s situation become urgent then they should contact the Taskforce on the freephone number or via email for assistance.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/01/2019 12:44:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1027403

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
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 publish the evidential basis for the decision that an application for the Windrush Scheme: Support in urgent and exceptional circumstances should not cost more than £5000.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	202880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government has committed to setting up a compensation scheme that will redress what went wrong and to assist those affected in the Windrush generation as quickly and carefully as possible.</p><p>The policy on support in urgent and exceptional circumstances applies where a specific support requirement is identified which requires immediate funding ahead of the Windrush Compensation Scheme being established. The policy statement published on 17 December includes among the factors for consideration that the cost should normally be less than £5,000.</p><p>This sum is arrived at following a small number of cases in which this kind of exceptional support has been provided by the Windrush Taskforce to date. If the urgent requirement exceeds £5,000 the Home Office will consider such claims.</p><p>The Windrush update provided to the Home Affairs Committee on 17 December includes details of exceptional financial support to the end of October 2018.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/01/2019 12:27:29 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1027404

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
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 point six of the Windrush Scheme: Support in urgent and exceptional circumstances, what criteria his Department will use to assess a reasonable degree of evidence; and whether evidence supplied as part of this scheme will be (a) used for any other purpose by the Home Office, and (b) shared with other Government Departments.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	202881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Taskforce has adopted a flexible approach to evidence in helping people to establish and demonstrate their immigration status under the Windrush Scheme. The Home Office will adopt the same flexible approach in considering requests for support in urgent and exceptional circumstances and will provide assistance to applicants in considering what information they might provide to support their request.</p><p>Evidence supplied by applicants in requesting such support will only be taken into account by the Home Office for the purposes of a future compensation claim.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/12/2018 17:17:16 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan