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1581875

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Citizenship: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many citizenship certificate requests were on hold due to IT issues preventing mandatory checks being completed as of 30 January 2023.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	135293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office, and wider government, work closely with Local Authorities to discuss proposed accommodation sites in their area before any decision being made to use accommodation. We are committed to engaging with Local Authorities and local partners to understand risks, including impact on local services.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">No requests for a Citizenship certificate are on hold due to IT issues affecting mandatory checks being completed.</ins></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/02/2023 16:54:23 question first ministerially corrected 03/02/2023 10:33:13 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 52531 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1581507

registered interest
date	27/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Wind Power: Migrant Workers
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 16 January 2023 to Question 120952 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, when this concession was last reviewed; how many officials were involved in that review; and if she will list the stakeholders her officials have consulted over this concession since it was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	133971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>Officials from policy and operational teams across the Home Office were involved in the review of the Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession. The Department does not record the number of staff working on individual pieces of work at any one time.</p><p>Home Office officials regularly meet various stakeholders to discuss a wide range of matters relating to immigration, including external stakeholders and other government departments, such the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Department for International Trade, DEFRA, and the Department for Transport.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/02/2023 13:25:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1581546

registered interest
date	27/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Sefton
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 most recently discussed with Sefton Council the potential placement within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton of people claiming asylum.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	134035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office are engaged with a number of local authorities on sourcing appropriate accommodation for asylum seekers. We are committed to engaging with local authorities and local partners to support successful delivery. The Home Office most recently met with Sefton Council on 12<sup>th</sup> January 2023 to discuss asylum support in the area.</p><p>As detailed in the Prime Minister’s statement to the house on 13<sup>th</sup> December, the Home Office are identifying options to provide alternative accommodation to support asylum seekers, this includes exploring the use of holiday parks. The Home Office are engaged with a number of local authorities, including Sefton Council, on sourcing appropriate accommodation for asylum seekers.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 134036 question first answered 01/02/2023 17:26:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1581547

registered interest
date	27/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Sefton
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 has discussed with Sefton Council the use of holiday parks in the borough as accommodation for people claiming asylum.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	134036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office are engaged with a number of local authorities on sourcing appropriate accommodation for asylum seekers. We are committed to engaging with local authorities and local partners to support successful delivery. The Home Office most recently met with Sefton Council on 12<sup>th</sup> January 2023 to discuss asylum support in the area.</p><p>As detailed in the Prime Minister’s statement to the house on 13<sup>th</sup> December, the Home Office are identifying options to provide alternative accommodation to support asylum seekers, this includes exploring the use of holiday parks. The Home Office are engaged with a number of local authorities, including Sefton Council, on sourcing appropriate accommodation for asylum seekers.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 134035 question first answered 01/02/2023 17:26:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1581143

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's news story entitled Immigration enforcement surge since pledge to tackle illegal working, published on 23 January 2023, what the timescales are for the planned recruitment of 200 new Immigration Enforcement staff; which unit within Immigration Enforcement those staff will be recruited to; and whether the planned 200 new Immigration Enforcement staff are included in the target to recruit 700 new staff to the Small Boats Operational Command, announced by the Prime Minister on 13 December 2022.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	133606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>A campaign for 200 criminal and financial investigators within Immigration Enforcement will launch next month. We expect these officers to be in post by the summer. These roles are not part of the 700 new staff being recruited into the Small Boats Operational Command.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 31/01/2023 18:08:09 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1581144

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan and 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 and what proportion of applications for family reunion with a refugee or person with humanitarian protection which were submitted by (a) Afghan and (b) Ukrainian nationals in 2022 received a decision within (i) 12 and (ii) 24 weeks.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	133607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>Our family reunion policy is intended to allow those granted refugee status or humanitarian protection in the UK to sponsor their spouse or partner and/or children under the age of 18 to join them, if they formed part of the family unit before the sponsor fled their country of origin.</p><p>Information regarding processing times and nationality of applicants is not routinely published and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>We are committed to improving and speeding up processing times for family reunion applications. We are reviewing processes to streamline decision making to enable us to provide a better service to our applicants.</p><p>We continue to prioritise applications where there is an evidenced urgent or compelling reason to do so.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/02/2023 15:10:42 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1581145

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Temporary Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for an International Agreement visa (Temporary Work) were (a) received and (b) approved in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	133608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on visas in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on the number of entry clearance visa applications and outcomes of applications for ‘International Agreement (Temporary Worker)’ visas, by nationality, are published in tables Vis_D01 and Vis_D02, respectively, of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2022/list-of-tables#entry-clearance-visas" target="_blank">entry clearance visas applications and outcomes detailed dataset.</a></p><p>The latest data relates up to, and including, the third quarter (July to September) of 2022.</p><p>The Home Office does not routinely publish data on fees from International Agreement visa applications. It also does not publish immigration health surcharges broken down by visa routes.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 133609 133610 question first answered 31/01/2023 18:00:05 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1581146

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Temporary Employment
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 applications for an International Agreement visa (Temporary Work) were from nationals of (a) EU member states and (b) non-EU member states in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022; and how many and what proportion of those applications were approved in each year.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	133609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on visas in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on the number of entry clearance visa applications and outcomes of applications for ‘International Agreement (Temporary Worker)’ visas, by nationality, are published in tables Vis_D01 and Vis_D02, respectively, of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2022/list-of-tables#entry-clearance-visas" target="_blank">entry clearance visas applications and outcomes detailed dataset.</a></p><p>The latest data relates up to, and including, the third quarter (July to September) of 2022.</p><p>The Home Office does not routinely publish data on fees from International Agreement visa applications. It also does not publish immigration health surcharges broken down by visa routes.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 133608 133610 question first answered 31/01/2023 18:00:05 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1581147

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Temporary Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total amount received by her Department from (a) application fees and (b) health surcharge payments in relation to applications for an International Agreement visa (Temporary Work) was in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	133610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on visas in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on the number of entry clearance visa applications and outcomes of applications for ‘International Agreement (Temporary Worker)’ visas, by nationality, are published in tables Vis_D01 and Vis_D02, respectively, of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2022/list-of-tables#entry-clearance-visas" target="_blank">entry clearance visas applications and outcomes detailed dataset.</a></p><p>The latest data relates up to, and including, the third quarter (July to September) of 2022.</p><p>The Home Office does not routinely publish data on fees from International Agreement visa applications. It also does not publish immigration health surcharges broken down by visa routes.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 133608 133609 question first answered 31/01/2023 18:00:05 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1581163

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Married People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 25 January 2023 to Question 125286 on Visas: Married People, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing the Minimum Income Requirement on levels of (a) family and (b) spousal separation.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	133563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>The Minimum Income Requirement (MIR) was implemented in July 2012, following advice from the Migration Advisory Committee, reflecting the income at which a British family could no longer access income-related benefits. It was introduced to ensure family migrants are supported at a reasonable level, do not become a burden on the taxpayer and can participate sufficiently in everyday life to facilitate their integration into British society.</p><p>The level of the MIR has not increased since it was introduced in 2012.</p><p>The Home Office considers the impact on families, particularly children, in the review and implementation of all its policies.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/02/2023 15:23:20 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne