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1650809

registered interest
date	06/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Operation Gull is still operating in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	192772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>Operation Gull is an intelligence led operation and is deployed on that basis.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/07/2023 15:40:52 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1650842

registered interest
date	06/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Afghanistan
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 take steps to expedite visa applications in cases involving Afghan nationals (a) whose family reunion visa applications have not been responded to within her Department's 60-day service standard, (b) who have provided medical evidence that they are suffering from (i) suicidal inclination and (ii) other mental ill-health and (c) where a family member referred to in the application is at risk of deportation to Afghanistan from (A) Pakistan and (B) another third country; if she will hold discussions with the hon. Member for Brighton Pavilion on a family reunion case of an Afghan national; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	192823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s refugee family reunion policy provides a safe and legal route to bring families together.</p><p>We are committed to improving and speeding up processing times for family reunion applications. We are reviewing processes to streamline decision making.</p><p>We prioritise all applications where the application has been made by an unaccompanied child under the age of 18. We will also prioritise applications where there is an evidenced urgent or compelling reason.</p><p>I would be happy to look into this case for you if the Hon. Member provides detail in writing.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/07/2023 16:10:08 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1650844

registered interest
date	06/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Ukraine
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 it her policy to allow Ukrainian national students who are applying to multi-year courses in higher education to extend their leave to remain for the duration of these courses.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	192900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>Ukrainians in the UK under our Ukraine Schemes can apply for other types of leave where they are eligible, including leave as a student. If their study is ongoing after their 36 months leave, they are able to apply for a student visa to extend their leave at any time during their Ukraine scheme leave. A student visa is granted for the duration of the course, so can be applied for before the end of the three-year visa to ensure a student has the leave required to complete their course. More information can be found at Ukrainian nationals in the UK: visa support - GOV.UK (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/appendix-student" target="_blank">Immigration Rules - Immigration Rules: Appendix Student - Guidance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>).</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is keeping the broader potential need for an extension of leave, for sanctuary after 36 months, under review, in line with the developments of the situation in Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/07/2023 15:39:27 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1650858

registered interest
date	06/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: El Salvador
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 adequacy of the visa application process for people from El Salvador.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	192763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office contracts two commercial partners, VFS and TLS Contact, to operate its global network of Visa Application Centres (VACs) who provide application centres in over 230 locations across 138 countries.</p><p>There is a biometric enrolment location in San Salvador, run by our commercial partner VFS, which normally operates two to four times per month, in line with seasonal demand, at which customers can submit their UK visa application. This provision is sufficient to meet demand levels. VFS monitor capacity and provide additional dates as necessary, to ensure appointment capacity is in line with customer demand. Customers are able to purchase a service in advance of their appointment which allows them to keep their passport with them whilst their visa application is being processed, if they require it for other purposes.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/07/2023 15:34:52 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1650285

registered interest
date	05/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: British National (Overseas)
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 have settled in the UK with a British Nationals (Overseas) visa in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	192483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of applications and grants of leave of people from Hong Kong on the British National Overseas (BN(O)) route in the “How many people come to the UK each year (including visitors)?” topic and underlying datasets of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’(opens in a new tab)</a>.</p><p>The latest data for the BN(O) route relates to the year ending March 2023. These statistics include data on main applicants and dependants.</p><p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of grants of settlement, broken down by category of leave, in table Se_D02 in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/managed-migration-datasets" target="_blank">Settlement datasets(opens in a new tab)</a>. The latest data relates to the year ending March 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 10/07/2023 16:45:40 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1650310

registered interest
date	05/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sudan: Entry Clearances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) Sudanese and (b) non-Sudanese nationals have been granted entry clearance since 15 April 2023; and how many of those granted clearance came to the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	192472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office is committed to publishing transparency data on applications by nationality as part of the immigration quarterly statistics release, which is available on the GOV.UK website.</p><p>The next quarterly statistics release for Q2 (April – June 2023) is due for release in August.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/07/2023 15:39:11 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1650399

registered interest
date	05/07/2023
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 plans to take to clear the backlog of asylum applications.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	192551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>We have taken immediate action to speed up asylum processing whilst maintaining the integrity of the system. This includes simplifying guidance, reducing interview length and streamlining processes.</p><p> </p><p>We have more than doubled our decision makers over the last 2 years, and we are continuing to recruit more. This will take the headcount of our expected number of decision makers to 2,500 by September 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The latest Home Office statistics show asylum decisions are up in the year ending March 2023, with a 35% increase in asylum decisions from the previous year.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/07/2023 15:37:59 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1650400

registered interest
date	05/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mental health support is available to asylum seekers who are awaiting results of their asylum claim.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	192552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government is under a legal obligation to provide support to all asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute.</p><p>Asylum seekers have access to free NHS care, which includes mental health services. In addition, asylum seekers can access Migrant Help, who the Home Office contract to provide advice and guidance to asylum seekers, should they have an issue.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/07/2023 15:30:24 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1650440

registered interest
date	05/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department plans to respond to the correspondence of 9 May, 7 and 21 June 2023 from the hon. Member for Glasgow East, reference DL15425.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	192639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p>An official response was dispatched on 5 July 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 10/07/2023 08:54:16 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1649907

registered interest
date	04/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Republic of Ireland
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 5 November 2019 to Question 4944 on Passports: Republic of Ireland, how many passport applications from residents of the Republic of Ireland were processed by HM Passport Office in each year since April 2019; and how many such applications were processed by each regional passport office in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	192269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p>The data requested is not held in a reportable format.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 10/07/2023 16:48:51 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell