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1535374

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Albania
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Albanian nationals were originally considered for removal from the UK on 12 October 2022 through the accelerated removals procedure; and how many were taken out of the process as a result of (a) making an asylum claim and (b) being identified as potential victims of modern slavery.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	69869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>We do not routinely comment on individual cases.</p><p>All those arriving in the UK by small boat, regardless of nationality, are given the opportunity to raise any protection claims. No one has been removed whilst they had a pending claim for protection or as a potential victim of modern slavery.</p><p>Our facilities at Western Jetfoil and Manston both have medical facilities staffed 24/7. Following a full health check by a medical professional, individuals are provided clean dry clothes. Messaging at both sites encourages individuals to make known any medical, welfare or individual needs they may have. Where vulnerable individuals are identified, appropriate care pathways are established.</p><p>All individuals arriving in the UK may be examined to establish whether they require leave (permission) to enter the UK, including those arriving via an unauthorised or irregular route. In those circumstances, the presence of a legal representative is not necessary to determine the purpose of an individual’s arrival in the UK, and there is no legal right to such representation. Where an individual is unwilling to answer questions about the purpose of their arrival, the Border Force officer cannot be satisfied of the individuals eligibility to enter the UK and they may be refused.</p><p>Where an individual mentions any fear of return to their home country, or indicates they may be a victim of modern slavery or trafficking then officers are required to follow the relevant processes to ensure that those claims are properly considered in line with our international and domestic legal obligations.</p><p>Where interviews are being conducted in accordance with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE), officers will be compliant with the codes of practice including the right to legal representation.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 69870 69871 question first answered 28/10/2022 09:54:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 28458 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1535375

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Albania
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a full welfare assessment was conducted for every Albanian national selected for removal from the UK on 12 October 2022; where the assessment took place; and who undertook the assessment.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	69870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>We do not routinely comment on individual cases.</p><p>All those arriving in the UK by small boat, regardless of nationality, are given the opportunity to raise any protection claims. No one has been removed whilst they had a pending claim for protection or as a potential victim of modern slavery.</p><p>Our facilities at Western Jetfoil and Manston both have medical facilities staffed 24/7. Following a full health check by a medical professional, individuals are provided clean dry clothes. Messaging at both sites encourages individuals to make known any medical, welfare or individual needs they may have. Where vulnerable individuals are identified, appropriate care pathways are established.</p><p>All individuals arriving in the UK may be examined to establish whether they require leave (permission) to enter the UK, including those arriving via an unauthorised or irregular route. In those circumstances, the presence of a legal representative is not necessary to determine the purpose of an individual’s arrival in the UK, and there is no legal right to such representation. Where an individual is unwilling to answer questions about the purpose of their arrival, the Border Force officer cannot be satisfied of the individuals eligibility to enter the UK and they may be refused.</p><p>Where an individual mentions any fear of return to their home country, or indicates they may be a victim of modern slavery or trafficking then officers are required to follow the relevant processes to ensure that those claims are properly considered in line with our international and domestic legal obligations.</p><p>Where interviews are being conducted in accordance with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE), officers will be compliant with the codes of practice including the right to legal representation.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 69869 69871 question first answered 28/10/2022 09:54:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 28462 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1535376

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Albania
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what legal advice was available to and accessed by the Albanian nationals who were removed from the UK on 12 October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	69871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>We do not routinely comment on individual cases.</p><p>All those arriving in the UK by small boat, regardless of nationality, are given the opportunity to raise any protection claims. No one has been removed whilst they had a pending claim for protection or as a potential victim of modern slavery.</p><p>Our facilities at Western Jetfoil and Manston both have medical facilities staffed 24/7. Following a full health check by a medical professional, individuals are provided clean dry clothes. Messaging at both sites encourages individuals to make known any medical, welfare or individual needs they may have. Where vulnerable individuals are identified, appropriate care pathways are established.</p><p>All individuals arriving in the UK may be examined to establish whether they require leave (permission) to enter the UK, including those arriving via an unauthorised or irregular route. In those circumstances, the presence of a legal representative is not necessary to determine the purpose of an individual’s arrival in the UK, and there is no legal right to such representation. Where an individual is unwilling to answer questions about the purpose of their arrival, the Border Force officer cannot be satisfied of the individuals eligibility to enter the UK and they may be refused.</p><p>Where an individual mentions any fear of return to their home country, or indicates they may be a victim of modern slavery or trafficking then officers are required to follow the relevant processes to ensure that those claims are properly considered in line with our international and domestic legal obligations.</p><p>Where interviews are being conducted in accordance with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE), officers will be compliant with the codes of practice including the right to legal representation.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 69869 69870 question first answered 28/10/2022 09:54:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 28460 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1535436

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Economic Growth
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 October 2022 to Question 66008 on Overseas Students, what assessment the Government has made of the contribution of immigration to growth; and when that assessment will be published.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	69658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>Our offer to international students is extremely competitive and ensures that we continue to attract the best and brightest students from around the world.</p><p>The Government’s International Education Strategy set out a target of attracting 600,000 international Higher Education students to the UK by 2030, which we have achieved almost a decade early.</p><p> </p><p>The public also rightly expects us to control immigration and ensure we have a system that works in the UK’s best interests.</p><p> </p><p>In launching the Student and Graduate immigration routes we published detailed impact assessments, and we continue to routinely publish Impact Assessments where they are required as a result of any changes to our routes.</p><p> </p><p>As the Growth Plan set out, the Government is looking at how immigration contributes to growth and will set out further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/10/2022 09:52:15 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 28442 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1535438

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Missing Persons: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what responsibility her Department has towards children who go missing from accommodation provided by her Department; and if she will make an assessment of the reasons for which some children have gone missing (a) before arriving and (b) while at accommodation provided by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	69659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>Any child going missing is extremely serious, and we work with the police and local authorities to seek to urgently locate them and ensure they are safe.</p><p> </p><p>We are considering all options available to ensure unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) receive the critical care they need and to end the use of hotels. We have safeguarding procedures in place to ensure all unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in hotels are as safe and supported as possible as we seek urgent placements with a local authority.</p><p> </p><p>Young people are supported by team leaders and support workers who are on site 24 hours a day. Further care is provided in hotels by teams of social workers and nurses.  Staff, including contractors, receive a number of briefings and guidance on how to safeguard children.</p><p> </p><p>Records are kept and monitored of children leaving and returning to the hotel. Support workers will accompany children off site on activities and social excursions, or where specific vulnerabilities are identified.  The Home Office has no power to hold children in hotels or any temporary accommodation if they wish to leave.</p><p> </p><p>When a child who has gone missing from a hotel appears in another local area they should be treated as a child in need under section 17 of the Children Act 1989, and under section 20 of the Act, every local authority must provide accommodation for any child in need within their area who appears to them to require accommodation. As such the local authority where the child presents themselves must take responsibility for the child and should seek to accommodate them as appropriate in accordance with section 20.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/10/2022 10:25:29 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 28452 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1524674

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: 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 17 October 2022 to Question 60996, whether a letter from the Chief Social Work Officer confirming the identity of an unaccompanied asylum seeking child (UASC), that they are travelling to a receiving local authority and that they need to travel by air would enable them to travel without an application reference card if they are accompanied by a member of staff from the receiving authority.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	67879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>A decision on the documentation that an airline would accept on a domestic flight would need to be made by the airline themselves, not the Home Office. It is open to receiving local authorities themselves to arrange the transport and to accompany the child on their journey from/to their care placement.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/10/2022 10:21:19 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 28457 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

1524078

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Manston Asylum Processing Centre: Overcrowding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment the Government has made of the potential health and safety implications of overcrowding at the former Ministry of Defence site in Manston, Kent; and what is the maximum capacity of that facility.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	67047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>The facility at Manston draws on resources from the Home Office, Ministry of Defence and contracted services. There is no fixed capacity of the site - facilities and staffing are kept flexible in order to meet demand and changing requirements. We take the safety and welfare of those in our care extremely seriously. That’s why there are 24/7 health facilities provided at Manston and why risk assessments of all activities are subject to regular review.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/10/2022 10:19:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 28438 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1524119

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Applications
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 reduce the service standard for visas from 24 weeks back to 12 weeks.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	67236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office has been prioritising Ukraine Visa Schemes applications in response to the humanitarian crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As such earlier this year the service standard was changed from 60-days to 120-days as a direct result.</p><p> </p><p>The bulk of resource has now returned to the route, along with an additional investment of new staff.</p><p> </p><p>We are keeping the service standard level under review.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/10/2022 10:14:30 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 28440 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1524120

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Graduates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many graduate student visa holders are accompanied by five or six dependents.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	66943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely publish data on the number of recipients of graduate student visas who are accompanied by dependants.</p><p>Information on our immigration routes is available as part of our transparency data and can be found at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1100322/UKVI_VC_Transparency_Q2_2022_Published.ods" target="_blank">Visas and Citizenship data: Q2 2022</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/10/2022 09:58:04 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 28441 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1524124

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Graduates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many graduate student visa holders are accompanied by five or six dependents.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	67182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely publish data on the number of recipients of graduate student visas who are accompanied by dependants.</p><p>Information on our immigration routes is available as part of our transparency data and can be found at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1100322/UKVI_VC_Transparency_Q2_2022_Published.ods" target="_blank"><strong>Visas and Citizenship data: Q2 2022</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/10/2022 10:10:30 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 28451 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden