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937748

registered interest
date	10/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Heathrow Airport
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 2 July 2018 to Question 157630 on UK Border Force: Heathrow Airport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that UK Border Force has the capacity deal with the forecast increase in the number of passengers in the summer.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	162472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>Border Force is taking a number of steps to ensure passengers are dealt with quickly, including through investment in technology and maximising available staff at the busiest times of the day.</p><p>Border Force is committed to providing an excellent service. During the first quarter of 2018, over 95% of passengers seeking entry to the UK at Heathrow were dealt with within the service level agreements.</p><p>We have also increased resources that are available to the busiest ports. For example, Border Force is putting in 200 additional staff to help process passengers at Heathrow this summer. They will remain at Heathrow throughout the busiest summer-period to help ensure Border Force delivers an excellent service while continuing to protect the security of the border.</p><p>The experience for British and other EEA nationals is further enhanced where those passengers travel using biometric passports as they can use our ePassport gates</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/07/2018 16:56:47 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

937753

registered interest
date	10/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Heathrow Airport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Answer of 2 July to Question 157630 on UK Border Force: Heathrow, how many times UK Border Force did not meet its target for processing non-EEA nationals at Heathrow in the first six months of this year and what the comparable figure was for 2017.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	162473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>Border Force service standards are that 95% of British and other European Economic Area (EEA) passengers, from the point they join an immigration queue, are seen by an officer within 25 minutes. For non-EEA passengers, the service standard is that 95% of passengers are seen by an officer within 45 minutes.</p><p>We do not publish data on performance at individual ports. Published data on the clearance of passengers at the border can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/border-force-transparency-data-may-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/border-force-transparency-data-may-2018</a>.</p><p>Data relating to Border Force activity at Heathrow is published on the Heathrow Airport website at <a href="https://www.heathrow.com/company/company-news-and-information/performance/airport-operations/border-force" target="_blank">https://www.heathrow.com/company/company-news-and-information/performance/airport-operations/border-force</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/07/2018 16:55:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

934743

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
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, when he plans to respond to the letter of the right hon. Member for Warley of 24 May 2018 in respect of Amandeep Singh.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	160686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>I apologise for the delay in responding. A substantive response was sent on 5 July 2018.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/07/2018 14:45:56 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

931356

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Heathrow Airport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) efficiency of UK Border Force in processing arriving passengers at Heathrow airport.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	157630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The number of visitors to the UK continues to grow, with record levels of visitors expected in 2018. We recognise the importance of the experience at the border for visitors and every effort is made to keep delays at the border to a minimum while always maintaining the security of the UK Border. Over 95% of all passengers seeking entry at Heathrow in 2018 have been dealt with within the service level agreements</p><p>Border Force is taking a number of steps to ensure passengers pass through the border at ports including Heathrow as quickly as possible, including through investment in technology and increasing the availability of staff at the busiest times of the day.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 02/07/2018 09:17:47 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

890359

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: 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 respond to Questions 136120 and 136440 tabled for a named day on 17 and 18 April 2018 respectively.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	137425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>UIN 136120 was answered on 10th May 2018 and UIN 136440 was answered on 26th June 2018.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/06/2018 15:32:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

890360

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has produced an impact assessment of the decision on the new contract to produce UK passports.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	137426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>A comprehensive assessment was carried out to inform the decision to award the contract to produce UK passports, as part of the procurement process, and this included analysis within a number of areas. The information captured within these assessments is commercially sensitive and the Home Office has no plans to publish this information on that basis.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 30/04/2018 15:11:31 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

886245

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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	o ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Ministers of her Department first were made aware of immigration status difficulties affecting the Windrush generation; and what steps they took as a result.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	136440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department was made aware of the immigration status difficulties of individual cases, as flagged by members of the House and the media. The wider issue around the immigration status difficulties affecting some of the Windrush generation has come to the fore, and the attention of Ministers, in recent months. On the 16 April we set up a Taskforce to help those affected get documents they need and on 30 May, the Windrush Scheme came into force. This Scheme is designed to ensure that members of this generation, their children born in the UK and those who arrived in the UK as minors will be able to apply for citizenship, or various other immigration products, free of charge.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/06/2018 13:36:37 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

885255

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Management
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her oral contribution of 16 April 2018, Official Report, Column 27, on Windrush Children (Immigration Status), what plans she has to review the management of the immigration directorate in her Department.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	136120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>What happened with the Windrush cohort should not have happened. We value the contribution made by Commonwealth citizens who have made a life in the UK and would not want anyone to feel unwelcome or to be in any doubt of their right to remain here.</p><p>We have established a dedicated taskforce to help the Windrush Generation and other long-term residents ensure they have evidence to demonstrate their right to be in the UK and to access the necessary services and benefits.</p><p>We will also put in place 50 senior caseworkers across the country to ensure where more junior members of staff are unsure about a decision they can speak to someone with experience to ensure discretion is properly exercised.</p><p>The Home Secretary announced that there was already a lessons-learned review under way in the Department. This will have independent oversight and will seek to draw out how members of the Windrush generation came to be entangled in measures designed for illegal immigrants, why that was not spotted sooner and whether the right corrective measures are now in place.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/05/2018 10:38:45 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

885276

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
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, when the Minister of State for Immigration plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Warley of 13 March 2018 regarding Miss Shouqat Harrum.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	136141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>I apologise for the delay in responding to the Honourable Member. I will respond separately.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/04/2018 09:09:21 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

885439

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Answer of 16 April 2018 to Question 904765, Official Report, column 21, if she will publish (a) the evidential basis for the contract for the printing of passports being estimated as saving £120 million and (b) details of that proposed contract; over what time period those savings are estimated to accrue; and what proportion of the cost of the contract those estimated savings represent.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	136302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The new contract will run for 11.5 years. Costs will be considerably lower than the current contract, with the savings delivered over the lifetime of the contract. This underlines our commitment to deliver value for money to our passport customers and the tax payer.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the procurement process, all bidders were evaluated against their individual pricing proposal. Proposals relating to unsuccessful bids are commercially sensitive, and therefore no evidence relating to differences between the bids will be published.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/04/2018 09:10:21 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar