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1623996

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Drugs
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 undertaken any investigations into instances of drug dealing within asylum dispersal accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	182865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>Our accommodation providers work closely with the Police and other statutory partners. Any matters relating to suspected criminal activity in asylum dispersal accommodation are reported to the Police.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/05/2023 16:19:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1624021

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Sudan
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 is providing support to Sudanese citizens who are (a) visitors, (b) students and (c) other people with limited leave to enter or remain in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	182815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>Since 2015, we have offered a safe and legal route to the UK to almost half a million people seeking safety, as well as family members of refugees. The safe and legal entry routes are country-specific and global:</p><ul><li>Resettlement, including UNHCR schemes (UK Resettlement scheme, mandate scheme, and community sponsorship), as well as the Afghan Resettlement Programme</li><li>Family reunion visas</li><li>BN(O) Hong Kong visas</li><li>Ukraine Family, Sponsorship and Extension Scheme visas</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, preventing a humanitarian emergency must remain as our focus right now. We continue to work alongside our international partners to maintain the ceasefire and bring an end to fighting.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/05/2023 16:36:32 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1624047

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
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, for what reason Biometric Residence Permits cards expire prior to a holder's right to remain in the UK ends; and what assessment she has made of potential additional administrative costs relating to cards expiring in that way.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	182878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>The maximum validity period of a biometric residence permit (BRP) is 10 years, even if the status holder has indefinite leave. This is to ensure the holder updates their facial image at least once every 10 years, in line with UK passports and UK photo driving licences.</p><p>Our aim is to fully transition to eVisas by the end of 2024 and for this reason we are no longer issuing BRPs with an expiry date after 2024, even when the person’s permission will expire after that date.</p><p>Once we cease issuing BRPs and existing ones have expired and been removed from circulation, there will be no further BRPs issued, and they will have no extant use. Therefore, the administrative costs associated with issuing and maintaining BRP cards will reduce over time.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 03/05/2023 16:27:52 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1624076

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
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 the average time is from submitting an asylum application for a person to be called for their substantive interview.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	182763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not currently report on the average time that is taken between the date of an asylum claim to the date of a substantive asylum interview taking place or the date of a decision outcome as this information is not published or held in a reportable format.</p><p>However, the Home Office does publish data on the number asylum applications awaiting an initial decision by duration, for main applicants only. This data can be found at Asy_04 of the published Immigration Statistics:</p><p>List of tables - GOV.UK (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-december-2022/list-of-tables#asylum-and-resettlement).</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 182764 question first answered 03/05/2023 10:24:52 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Baroness Harman

1624077

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
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 the average time is between a person submitting an asylum application and receiving an outcome.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	182764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not currently report on the average time that is taken between the date of an asylum claim to the date of a substantive asylum interview taking place or the date of a decision outcome as this information is not published or held in a reportable format.</p><p>However, the Home Office does publish data on the number asylum applications awaiting an initial decision by duration, for main applicants only. This data can be found at Asy_04 of the published Immigration Statistics:</p><p>List of tables - GOV.UK (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-december-2022/list-of-tables#asylum-and-resettlement).</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 182763 question first answered 03/05/2023 10:24:52 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Baroness Harman

1624078

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
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 steps her Department is taking to support asylum seekers who have received questionnaires under streamlined asylum processing and are unable to access legal advice or translation services.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	182765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>For those who are unable to return the questionnaire within 20 working days, a reminder will be sent to the claimant allowing a further 10-working days to complete and return it to the Home Office. A further extension can be requested where the timeframe cannot be met, for example because the claimant has serious medical conditions which is impacting their ability to respond to the questionnaire.</p><p> </p><p>The asylum claim questionnaires are in English as is generally the case for immigration paperwork across the Department. If necessary, claimants can utilise legal representatives, Non-Government Organisations and other support networks to help them respond to the questionnaire.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 03/05/2023 16:28:51 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Baroness Harman

1624079

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
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, whether she plans to allocate additional (a) financial resources and (b) other support to local authorities to support asylum seekers who have had their claims rejected under streamlined asylum processing.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	182766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office has a legal obligation, as set out in the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (“the 1999 Act”), to support asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute.</p><p>If an asylum seeker has their asylum claim refused, they usually cease to be eligible to receive support provided under section 95 of the 1999 act 21 days after they are given notice that their asylum claim has been refused, or where there is an appeal, 21 days after their appeal is finally rejected. Asylum claims considered under the Streamlined Asylum Process will not be refused on the basis of the questionnaire alone. Where there is insufficient information in the questionnaire to grant protection status, the claimant will be invited to an interview in order to inform the decision.</p><p>Failed asylum seekers may be supported under section 4(2) of the 1999 Act if they meet certain eligibility criteria.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 03/05/2023 15:41:08 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Baroness Harman

1624175

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Resettlement
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 settled in the UK through the (a) UK Resettlement Scheme, (b) Community Sponsorship Scheme and (c) Mandate Resettlement Scheme between January 2022 and April 2023.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	182989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on resettlement in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on refugees resettled in the UK by scheme can be found in table Asy_D02 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’. Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks. The latest data relate to the year ending December 2022. Data for the year ending March 2023 will be published on 25 May 2023. Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 03/05/2023 14:58:06 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1624176

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
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 steps she is taking to increase the speed of processing asylum claims.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	182994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>To speed up the asylum process for legacy claims, those made before 28 June 2022, around 12,000 asylum seekers from high-grant nationalities within the legacy WIP are being asked to provide information in a new Home Office questionnaire to help determine their case.</p><p>The intention of these questionnaires is to enable claimants to provide any further information about their claims after their initial screening interview upon arrival.</p><p>All asylum claimants are subject to mandatory security checks to confirm their identity and to link it to their biometric details for the purpose of immigration, security and criminality checks. These checks are critical to the delivery of a safe and secure immigration system<em>.</em></p><p>We are driving further productivity improvements by simplifying and modernising our system. This includes: shorter, more focused interviews, making guidance simpler and more accessible; dealing with cases more swiftly where they can be certified as clearly unfounded; and recruiting extra decision makers.</p><p>We have already doubled our decision makers over the last 2 years, and we are continuing to recruit more. This will take our expected number of decision makers to 1,800 by summer and 2,500 by September 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/05/2023 16:40:23 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1623620

registered interest
date	25/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Albania
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of her Department's policies on Albanian people in (a) Coventry South constituency and (b) nationally, and what steps she is taking to help ensure they feel safe in their communities
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	182704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2023 answer text <p>The UK continues to welcome those who travel to the UK legally to work and continue to British society.</p><p>Since 2015, we have offered a safe and legal route to the UK to almost half a million individuals seeking safety, as well as the family members of refugees. Of course, we will seek to return those migrants who have no legal right to be here.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/05/2023 14:57:45 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana