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1518816

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Compensation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the total amount of additional compensation that has been awarded to claimants who have received increased offers of compensation after requesting a Tier 1 Windrush Compensation Claim Review.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	58910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office have received your Freedom of Information request, dated 28 September 2022, requesting the same data as this question and will respond to this question in that FOI response.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 59178 question first answered 17/10/2022 16:33:38 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1518853

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Postal Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports handled by the Passport Office have been lost in the post in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	58932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2022 answer text <p>The data is not held in the requested format.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 14/10/2022 14:27:44 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1518862

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Visas
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 Cabinet colleagues on the adequacy of the Skilled Worker visa for increasing the level of labour in key sectors in the context of a decline in immigration from Europe since the UK left the EU.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
uin	59064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on a range of subjects, including immigration. Discussions among Cabinet colleagues are considered confidential. Any policy changes will be announced to Parliament in due course.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 13/10/2022 16:29:50 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1518863

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls
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 make an assessment of the impact points-based immigration system on availability of labour in (a) manufacturing, (b) transport and (c) other sectors; and if she will take steps to help tackle these skills shortages.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
uin	58957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>Visa routes under the points-based immigration system allow firms to attract skilled workers across a range of sectors including manufacturing and transport.</p><p> </p><p>However, labour market issues should not be resolved through Government intervention alone. Immigration must be considered alongside investment in, and development of, the UK’s domestic labour force.</p><p> </p><p>An early insights evaluation of the Skilled Worker route was published on 15 July 2022: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-the-future-borders-and-immigration-system-early-insights-research-with-skilled-workers-and-employer-sponsors/skilled-worker-visa-early-insights-evaluation" target="_blank">Skilled Worker visa: early insights evaluation - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The Home Office is continuing to develop plans to evaluate immigration routes introduced under the points-based immigration system.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 13/10/2022 16:27:49 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1518900

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Pathway 3 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme will open for the next round of applications.
tabling member constituency	Tunbridge Wells
tabling member printed	Greg Clark
uin	58963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Afghan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) will provide up to 20,000 women, children, and others at risk with a safe and legal route to resettle in the UK over the coming years.</p><p> </p><p>Under the first year of Pathway 3 of the ACRS, we will offer resettlement places to up to 1,500 people from the three identified cohorts (British Council and Gardaworld contractors and Chevening alumni). This includes the principal and their eligible family members in Afghanistan and the region.</p><p>The online referral process for this pathway closed on 15 August 2022. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) will be in touch with those eligible to support them through the next steps.</p><p> </p><p>Beyond the first year of Pathway 3, the Government will work with our international partners and NGOs to welcome wider groups of Afghans at risk. Further information on future years will be made available in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on ACRS Pathway 3 in the first year can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/afghan-citizens-resettlement-scheme-pathway-3-eligibility-for-british-council-and-gardaworld-contractors-and-chevening-alumni" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/afghan-citizens-resettlement-scheme-pathway-3-eligibility-for-british-council-and-gardaworld-contractors-and-chevening-alumni</a>.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 59166 question first answered 18/10/2022 15:52:53 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark

1518905

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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, (a) how many asylum decision-makers are currently working in her Department and (b) how this number compares to the number of asylum decision-makers who were working in her Department in each calendar year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	59016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office currently employs c.1074 asylum decision makers. There are recruitment strategies in place, with the aim of increasing staffing and reducing the number of cases awaiting a decision and increasing outputs.</p><p>The Home Office can provide the number of asylum decision makers from year ending 2012 up to year ending 2022. The data shows that we currently have the highest number of asylum decision makers since year ending 2012.</p><p>This data can be found in ASY_04 of the published transparency data:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-q2-2022" target="_blank">Immigration Enforcement data: Q2 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 13/10/2022 11:03:27 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1518925

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sponsors of refugees from Ukraine arriving in the UK been found to have had criminal convictions.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	58977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>Appropriate checks are carried out on each sponsor; however, the information requested is not published.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 13/10/2022 16:28:40 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1518973

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Pakistan
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 publish the UK-Pakistan Readmissions Agreement signed with the Government of Pakistan on 17 August 2022.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	59011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely publish Memorandums of Understanding on returns. Publication of such agreements could prejudice relations between the United Kingdom and our international partners. On this occasion we will not be publishing the UK-Pakistan Readmissions Agreement.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 18/10/2022 14:33:54 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1519013

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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 her Department intends to reply to correspondence from the hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton dated (a) 25 May 2022, (b) 5 July 2022 and (c) 5 August 2022, reference AK50924.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	59165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>I apologise for the delay. UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded on 11 October 2022.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 13/10/2022 13:10:36 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1519016

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Compensation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the total amount of additional compensation that has been awarded to claimants who have received increased offers of compensation after requesting a Tier 2 Windrush Compensation Claim Review.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	59178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office have received your Freedom of Information request, dated 28 September 2022, requesting the same data as this question and will respond to this question in that FOI response.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 58910 question first answered 17/10/2022 16:33:38 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor