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1546848

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date	30/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
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 28 November 2022 to Question 90860 on Visas: Overseas Students, whether her Department holds data it will not publish on the number of recipients of international student visas that are accompanied by five or six dependents for the 2022-23 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	99944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>As part of the visa application process the Home Office records the details of the sponsored migrant a dependant is travelling with or joining.</p><p>The Home Office does not routinely publish data on the number of recipients of international 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: Visas and Citizenship data: Q2 2022.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/12/2022 16:40:24 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1546863

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Ascension Island and Cyprus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration has been given to using (a) Ascension Island and (b) the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia for the offshore processing of asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Paul Bristow
uin	100015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>While individuals are endangering lives making perilous journeys, every possible option must be considered to reduce the draw of the UK.</p><p>We are in constant dialogue with a range of partners about how we can work together. We will not get drawn into speculation on potential options for offshoring of asylum processing or other outsourcing arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/12/2022 16:33:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4792 label Biography information for Paul Bristow

1546885

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Hotels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the average length of time which individual hotels are used to temporarily house asylum seekers; and whether her department sets target dates to vacate these hotels.
tabling member constituency	South Staffordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Gavin Williamson
uin	99826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>Successive years of record numbers crossing the Channel has placed our immigration system under substantial pressure. The use of contingency accommodation is a temporary solution to ensure that we meet our statutory obligation to house destitute asylum seekers.</p><p> </p><p>The length of stay in the contingency hotel accommodation is determined by a number of factors such as overall demand and availability of suitable dispersal accommodation. The government is committed to reducing the flow of people through deepening cooperation with France, implementing the Nationality and Borders Act, and signing returns agreements. The average length of stay in our contingency hotels is 6 to 12 months due to the current accommodation and capacity challenges. The Full Dispersal model, announced on 13 April 2022, aims to reduce, and ultimately, end the use of hotels by allowing the Home Office to procure dispersal properties within the private rental sector in all Local Authority areas across England, Scotland and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 99828 question first answered 08/12/2022 17:56:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson

1546937

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Families
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 received a report from the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration on her Department's management of family reunion applications between 1 January 2022 to 30 September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	99872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>A final inspection report on her department’s management of family reunion applications between 1 January 2022 to 30 September 2022 has not been issued formally by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) to the Secretary of State.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/12/2022 17:46:50 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1546950

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of staff currently working as asylum decision makers are (a) permanently employed by her department as asylum decision makers, (b) on secondment from other roles within the Home Office, (c) on secondment from other government departments and (d) on secondment from private sector employers.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	99873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office currently employs c.1276 Decision Makers.</p><p>Of staff currently working as asylum Decision Makers.</p><p>We do not have any agency staff working as asylum decision makers therefore there is no cost attributed for employing such staff.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 99874 question first answered 08/12/2022 17:13:21 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1546953

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of staff currently working as asylum decision makers are agency staff; and what was the total cost to her Department of employing agency staff as asylum decision makers in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	99874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office currently employs c.1276 Decision Makers.</p><p>Of staff currently working as asylum Decision Makers.</p><p>We do not have any agency staff working as asylum decision makers therefore there is no cost attributed for employing such staff.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 99873 question first answered 08/12/2022 17:13:21 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1547039

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Hotels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long her Department intends to use the two hotels in the South Staffordshire District Council area to temporarily house asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	South Staffordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Gavin Williamson
uin	99828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>Successive years of record numbers crossing the Channel has placed our immigration system under substantial pressure. The use of contingency accommodation is a temporary solution to ensure that we meet our statutory obligation to house destitute asylum seekers.</p><p> </p><p>The length of stay in the contingency hotel accommodation is determined by a number of factors such as overall demand and availability of suitable dispersal accommodation. The government is committed to reducing the flow of people through deepening cooperation with France, implementing the Nationality and Borders Act, and signing returns agreements. The average length of stay in our contingency hotels is 6 to 12 months due to the current accommodation and capacity challenges. The Full Dispersal model, announced on 13 April 2022, aims to reduce, and ultimately, end the use of hotels by allowing the Home Office to procure dispersal properties within the private rental sector in all Local Authority areas across England, Scotland and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 99826 question first answered 08/12/2022 17:56:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson