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registered interest
date	18/07/2022
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 her Department has made of the potential merits of removing fees for priority passport services when individuals have already waited beyond the stated usual service standard time of 10 weeks for their passport application to progress.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	38708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text <p>Upgrades to urgent services are only required where an applicant needs a passport sooner than ten weeks. For the small percentage of customers whose applications take longer than ten weeks, there is an expedited service at no additional cost to help ensure they receive their passport ahead of any planned travel.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 25/07/2022 09:42:03 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 15020 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1490145

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
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, what progress her Department has made in directing local authorities, which have previously not been involved, to participate in asylum dispersal.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	38604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text <p>Since the Full Dispersal Scheme was announced in April 2022 we have begun procuring asylum accommodation in cooperation with local authorities (LAs). We have seen an increase in dispersed accommodation capacity, with new areas now engaged. We are committed to working collaboratively with local authorities to implement the full dispersal model and an informal consultation with partners to shape the redesign of the asylum dispersal system closed on 1 July.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the informal consultation, we developed regional plans incorporating contributions from LAs across the UK and to support implementation of a reformed asylum dispersal model which is fair, sustainable, innovative and responsive to changing demands and needs over the long term. We have taken on board the representations made during the informal consultation period and are building the feedback into our plans for regional allocations. We will communicate these to Local Authority partners as soon as we can.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 25/07/2022 09:40:58 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 15018 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1490285

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made in the last six months on providing decisions for outstanding asylum claims made in 2020; and whether targets are in place to reduce outstanding applications for (a) leave and indefinite leave to remain, (b) citizenship and (c) passports.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	38662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office are progressing decisions for outstanding asylum claims made since 2020 by investing in a programme of transformation and business improvement initiatives that will speed up and simplify our processes, reduce the time people spend in the asylum system and decrease the number of people who are awaiting an interview or decision.</p><p>We continue to develop existing and new technology to help build on improvements such as digital interviewing and are streamlining and digitising the case working process to increase the numbers of decisions made.</p><p>The Home Office has prioritised capacity to Ukraine Visa Schemes applications in response to the humanitarian crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Resources are now being returned to focus on visa routes impacted by these prioritisation decisions. The Home Office continues to prioritise any urgent and compassionate cases across all visa routes.</p><p> </p><p>Citizenship continues to work through cases as quickly as possible and the latest transparency data shows 98.4% of straightforward applications are decided within Service Standard.</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgov.uk%2Fgoverment%2Fpublications%2Fvisas-and-citizenship-data-q1-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAsylumOpsSecretariat%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C472613292c5240c793fd08da69764664%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637938253945646035%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=mYJQKjzaklsT7FGBlHJ836IJeYzswAwpAHJLtlWqxDE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://gov.uk/goverment/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q1-2022</a></p><p>Since April 2021, people have been advised to allow up to 10 weeks when applying for their passport from the UK. The vast majority of people continue to receive their passport within this timeframe, with 97.7% of UK standard applications completed within 10 weeks between January and June.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 25/07/2022 09:45:37 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 15017 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1490332

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Turkey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) the Turkish Government on sending people seeking asylum in the UK from the UK to Turkey.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	38682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2022 answer text <p>The UK is interested in working with multiple international partners to break the business model of people smuggling gangs and fix the broken asylum system.</p><p>We continue to pursue multiple Third Country Asylum Partnerships with those countries who are interested but we will not be drawn into speculation on which nations this includes.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/07/2022 08:13:29 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 15016 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1490386

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Identity Cards: 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 proportion of European Union identity cards seized by Border Force since 2010 were in the possession of people (a) under the age of 18 and (b) on organised visits from educational institutions.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	38526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text <p>Border Force does not hold this data in an easily accessible format.</p><p> </p><p>For the financial year beginning from 01/04/2021 to 31/03/2022, there were 1235 forged/counterfeit documents, and 153 imposters encountered at the UK Border.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 25/07/2022 09:46:35 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 15014 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1490421

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme
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 14 July 2022 to Question 31838 on Visas: Applications, for what reason her Department did not inform Homes for Ukraine applicants regarding the IT incident; how many applicants were affected by the IT incident; and what the average time taken was to resolve affected cases.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	38665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2022 answer text <p>A small number of Ukraine Scheme Visa applications were affected by an IT issue on 20<sup>th</sup> May 2022, which resulted in a delay.</p><p>The root cause was quickly identified and was fixed for all new applications, with those applications that had been affected proceeding through to casework consideration.</p><p>Those who were required to take any action were contacted to do so. Of 16 cases which were formerly unresolved, 13 cases have now been decided or are in the process of being decided, with 3 still to upload a valid photograph, for which support is being offered.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/07/2022 09:43:42 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 15013 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1489303

registered interest
date	14/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new staff her Department plans to appoint to roles within HM Passport Office in (a) July 2022 and (b) August 2022.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	36774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text <p>Since April 2021, Her Majesty’s Passport Office has added over 850 additional staff to help meet the current unprecedented demand for passports.</p><p> </p><p>A further 350 staff will be added across the summer, which delivers against both the capacity plan for the remainder of this year, and in preparation for 2023.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 25/07/2022 09:43:08 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 14120 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1489375

registered interest
date	14/07/2022
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: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vacancies there are for roles within UK Visas and Immigration; and what proportion of those vacancies are being advertised for.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	36776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2022 answer text <p>The information requested on the number of vacancies is not readily available in the format requested as a manual trawl would have to be conducted, which would infer disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/07/2022 08:21:08 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 14119 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1488220

registered interest
date	12/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission an independent inquiry into any deaths by suicide of (a) asylum-seekers living in Home Office-provided accommodation and (b) unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and young adult care-leavers in the care of local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	34794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office and its providers have robust processes in place to support those within the accommodation we provide.</p><p>As with the general population deaths can occur within Asylum Support accommodation, and our thoughts are with the families of those who pass away. In most cases these are as a result of existing and medical conditions or natural causes.</p><p>The Home Office does not routinely hold public enquiries into suicides that occur whilst someone is in receipt of asylum support. The Police and local coroner will investigate deaths in accordance with established processes and the Home Office will assist them to do so.</p><p>The Home Office supports the work of safeguarding boards and coroner services and complies with all enquiries and investigations they conduct.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 33669 question first answered 21/07/2022 13:22:01 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 14122 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1488299

registered interest
date	12/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
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 21 June 2022 to Question 11682 on Asylum: Children and with reference to the 355 children aged 11 to 17 who were housed by her Department between 22 February and 1 June 2022, how many local authorities did she direct to look after those children using her powers under section 72 of the Immigration Act 2016; how many local authorities refused to do so; and if she will publish those local authorities.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	34940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>All local authorities with children’s services in the UK have been directed to participate in the NTS. This means they are required to accept transfers of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) into their care, providing crucial placements to these children.</p><p>Only one local authority has challenged the direction to participate in the scheme. Given this matter is currently subject to legal challenge, I am unable to comment further at this time.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/07/2022 14:44:38 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 13286 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck