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1660590

registered interest
date	13/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when section 2 of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 will come into force.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	199320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>The Illegal Migration Act received Royal Assent on 20 July 2023.</p><p>As is standard practice for any legislation, commencement of wider measures in the Act will take place over the coming months.</p><p>We have to take away the incentive for people to jump the queue by coming here illegally – and that is what we are focused on delivering through the Illegal Migration Act to break the cycle and stop people-smuggling gangs.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/09/2023 15:26:31 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1661123

registered interest
date	12/09/2023
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 tackle the backlog of asylum applications.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	906431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>We have transformed the productivity of asylum decision making by streamlining processes, creating focused interviews and instilling accountability for performance. And as of 1 September, we have met our commitment to have 2,500 decision makers, an increase of 174% from the same point last year.</p><p>As a result, I am pleased to report to the House that we are on track to clear the legacy backlog by the end of the year, and that recently published provisional figures for July show that the overall backlog fell.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/09/2023 14:53:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1661126

registered interest
date	12/09/2023
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, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on resourcing Kent County Council to look after unaccompanied asylum seeking children.
tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
uin	906434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office and the Department for Education are working closely with HMT to resolve funding arrangements as soon as possible. This is subject to litigation so I am afraid I cannot say much more at this stage.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/09/2023 15:03:32 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

1659434

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Children
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 undertake a comparative review of the cost of (a) getting and (b) renewing a child's passport in (i) the UK and (b) similar sized European countries.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	198606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>British passport fees are set to recover the costs of providing related services, in line with HM Treasury Managing Public Money Guidance.</p><p>Passport fees levied by overseas issuing authorities have no bearing upon the fees agreed by Parliament for applying for a British passport. As such, there are no plans to conduct a comparative review.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 14/09/2023 16:31:23 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1659466

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September to Question 195657 on Afghanistan: Refugees, on what exact date the first cohort of Afghan people arrive in the UK under (a) Pathway 2 and (b) Pathway 3 under the Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	198599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>Exact arrival dates are not contained within the quarterly Immigration system statistics, year ending June 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 14/09/2023 16:10:02 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1659721

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Deportation
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 taking steps to prevent people subject to deportation orders from being able to submit further asylum claims.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
uin	198865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>Work is underway to bring the provisions in the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 relating to priority removal notices and expedited appeals into force as soon as possible. The aim of these measures is to reduce the volume of further claims or repeat claims from those liable to deportation or removal from the UK.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/09/2023 14:31:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1659728

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
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 ensure support from the French authorities in preventing small boats from crossing the Channel.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
uin	198872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>Home Office officials regularly meet with French counterparts to exchange information so that operational activity against these dangerous, illegal and unnecessary crossings is optimised. As a result of those joint efforts nearly 33,000 crossing attempts were prevented in 2022, an increase of over 40% on 2021 and over 16,000 more have been prevented so far this year.</p><p>Measures introduced to tackle illegal migration since the Prime Minister took office include a package of measures agreed with France which will see the deployment of more than double the number of French personnel and enhanced technology to patrol beaches.</p><p>A strengthened partnership with Turkey which includes UK and Turkish law enforcement officers stepping up joint operations to tackle Organised Immigration Crime and disrupt the supply chain of boat parts and other materials used as part of illegal migration journeys.</p><p>A new partnership between social media companies and government to tackle people smuggling content online. Backed by a new Online Capability Centre, it will undermine and disrupt organised crime groups using the internet to facilitate these journeys</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/09/2023 15:09:09 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1659792

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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: Veterans
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 compensation payments made under the Windrush scheme to former armed forces personnel.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	198932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>The Windrush Compensation Scheme is designed to compensate members of the Windrush generation and their families for the losses and impacts they have suffered because they were unable to demonstrate their lawful immigration status.</p><p>The scheme acts as a single gateway for compensation in fourteen categories covering a broad range of impacts, including denial of access to services and a deterioration in mental or physical health. There is no cap on the amount of compensation we will pay. This is in recognition of the wide-reaching ways people have been affected.</p><p>Since its launch, the Home Office has continued to listen and respond to feedback from affected individuals and stakeholders about the scheme, expanding and amending it as our understanding of the way people have been affected has improved. In August 2022 we expanded the homelessness category and introduced a completely new ‘Living Costs’ category for close family members.</p><p>Compensation payments are made as quickly as possible. Decision makers draw upon all the evidence that has been provided and gathered, to make a holistic assessment of the effect on an individual’s life. Each person’s claim is deeply personal and requires careful and detailed consideration to understand their individual circumstances and experiences. All claims are processed with the utmost care and sensitivity.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 198933 198934 question first answered 18/09/2023 15:19:25 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1659793

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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 assessment she has made of the adequacy of compensation payments made under the Windrush Compensation Scheme for people who experienced discrimination from public services because they could not prove their right to stay in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	198933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>The Windrush Compensation Scheme is designed to compensate members of the Windrush generation and their families for the losses and impacts they have suffered because they were unable to demonstrate their lawful immigration status.</p><p>The scheme acts as a single gateway for compensation in fourteen categories covering a broad range of impacts, including denial of access to services and a deterioration in mental or physical health. There is no cap on the amount of compensation we will pay. This is in recognition of the wide-reaching ways people have been affected.</p><p>Since its launch, the Home Office has continued to listen and respond to feedback from affected individuals and stakeholders about the scheme, expanding and amending it as our understanding of the way people have been affected has improved. In August 2022 we expanded the homelessness category and introduced a completely new ‘Living Costs’ category for close family members.</p><p>Compensation payments are made as quickly as possible. Decision makers draw upon all the evidence that has been provided and gathered, to make a holistic assessment of the effect on an individual’s life. Each person’s claim is deeply personal and requires careful and detailed consideration to understand their individual circumstances and experiences. All claims are processed with the utmost care and sensitivity.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 198932 198934 question first answered 18/09/2023 15:19:26 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1659794

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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 assessment she has made of the adequacy of compensation payments made under the Windrush Compensation Scheme to people experiencing psychological trauma resulting from discrimination because they could not prove their right to stay in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	198934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>The Windrush Compensation Scheme is designed to compensate members of the Windrush generation and their families for the losses and impacts they have suffered because they were unable to demonstrate their lawful immigration status.</p><p>The scheme acts as a single gateway for compensation in fourteen categories covering a broad range of impacts, including denial of access to services and a deterioration in mental or physical health. There is no cap on the amount of compensation we will pay. This is in recognition of the wide-reaching ways people have been affected.</p><p>Since its launch, the Home Office has continued to listen and respond to feedback from affected individuals and stakeholders about the scheme, expanding and amending it as our understanding of the way people have been affected has improved. In August 2022 we expanded the homelessness category and introduced a completely new ‘Living Costs’ category for close family members.</p><p>Compensation payments are made as quickly as possible. Decision makers draw upon all the evidence that has been provided and gathered, to make a holistic assessment of the effect on an individual’s life. Each person’s claim is deeply personal and requires careful and detailed consideration to understand their individual circumstances and experiences. All claims are processed with the utmost care and sensitivity.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 198932 198933 question first answered 18/09/2023 15:19:26 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft