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1674019

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time taken was to process an EU settlement scheme application in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	4380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The following link contains more details in regards to EUSS processing times: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Feu-settlement-scheme-application-processing-times%2Feu-settlement-scheme-pilot-current-expected-processing-times-for-applications&amp;data=05%7C01%7CChris.Jones16%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C59d36908a9ba481b3a6108dbf27e603f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638370396809611597%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=2ausOQDz9DZo3LOkUiW8%2FqfnEJDmoAO0Rl3%2FDPLgnxA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">EU Settlement Scheme: current estimated processing times for applications - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>All applications made under the scheme are determined on a case-by-case basis depending on their individual circumstances.</p><p>The latest link to our quarterly statistics can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Feu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-september-2023&amp;data=05%7C01%7CChris.Jones16%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C59d36908a9ba481b3a6108dbf27e603f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638370396809611597%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=GjYOVTE9z5%2B5%2B8GCSq%2BQVer2fGaTv17auzOTENuyK0M%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-september-2023</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/12/2023 17:44:35 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1673496

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Skilled 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 November to Question 1561 on Visas: Applications, what is the (a) target time and (b) average time taken to process a skilled worker visa.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	4149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office makes every attempt to meet the service level agreement standard, but in certain cases additional checks are required which can mean visa requests take longer to process.</p><p>Data on performance against service standards is published through migration transparency data and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</a></p><p>The Home Office also publishes information on visa processing times for applications inside and outside the UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/visa-processing-times" target="_blank">Visa processing times - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/12/2023 16:57:34 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1673528

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Employment
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 27 November 2023 to Question 2778 on Immigration: Employment, and Freedom of Information release 31192, published on 11 June 2014, how many illegal working enforced visits were made by the UK Border Agency by employment sector in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	4058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>To maintain the highest standards of accuracy, the Home Office refers to published data, as this has been subject to rigorous quality assurance under National Statistics protocols prior to publication.</p><p>Information about the number of illegal working enforcement visits conducted by Immigration Enforcement by employment sector is not available in our published data.</p><p>Our published data on enforcement visits (including illegal working visits) is available at the following link - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-relating-to-the-illegal-migration-bill" target="_blank">Statistics relating to the Illegal Migration Act - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/12/2023 17:45:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1673568

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was for (a) financial support and (b) accommodation for people (i) seeking asylum and (ii) arriving through other humanitarian routes in each of the last 10 years, broken down by local authority.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	4251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide accommodation and other support to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute while their application for asylum is being considered. Costs are subject to change depending on numbers being accommodated within the asylum system. The Home Office is currently spending around £8.3m per day on hotel accommodation. Total expenditure on asylum and humanitarian routes is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, available at HO annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p><p>The Home Office does not publish a breakdown which disaggregates the cost of financial support and accommodation for asylum seekers and refugees by local authority.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/12/2023 17:26:18 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1673613

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
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, with reference to the Answer of 5 November 2019 to Question 4944 on Passports: Republic of Ireland, how many British passports were printed for residents of the Republic of Ireland whose applications were processed by the Belfast passport office between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	4080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>Following the introduction of a new passport application processing system that distributes work digitally across all available work locations, the data for the number of applications processed is not broken down by office. The information requested is therefore not held in a reportable format from 2020 onwards.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/12/2023 16:59:03 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1673646

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Seized Articles
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) e-cigarette and vaping and (b) tobacco products were seized at UK borders in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	4231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>On point a, Border Force does not hold data on eCigarettes and vaping in an easily accessible format.</p><p>Border Force regularly publishes data on tobacco products seized at the UK border.</p><p>The latest transparency returns can be found at the link here; Border Force transparency data: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fmigration-transparency-data&amp;data=05%7C01%7CBFSecretariat%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cee9c7fad26944220b9f608dbf0e4e6ff%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638368638135483044%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=CVp4HAMcf2VGQgTMYoYzqTx87uUhxthJyN1taMKB5Wc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/12/2023 16:55:55 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1673129

registered interest
date	27/11/2023
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, how long his Department expects to keep open the second stage of Pathway 3 referrals for the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	3742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>The resettlement of eligible Afghans remains a top priority for this government. As of September 2023, around 24,600 vulnerable people affected by the events in Afghanistan have been brought to safety. This includes the first individuals to be relocated under Pathway 3 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS).</p><p>In the second stage of Pathway 3, our commitment to work with international partners and NGOs to welcome wider groups of Afghans still stands. We are not able to open for referrals at this present time for the second stage of Pathway 3 but further information will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 30/11/2023 16:34:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1673131

registered interest
date	27/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Families
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 been granted (a) permission to stay and (b) to join their families in the UK through the family reunion process in each year from 2018 to 2022.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	3743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish information on how many people have been granted permission to stay through the family reunion process, (in-country grants of leave to remain).</p><p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of Family Reunion visas granted, in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data covering the period January 2010 onwards are published in table FAM_D01 (with more detailed data in the Data – FAM_D01 tab) from <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/655bae1f544aea0019fb30e2/family-reunion-visa-grants-datasets-sep-2023.xlsx" target="_blank">Family reunion visa grants detailed datasets, year ending September 2023</a>. (Downloads new file).</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 30/11/2023 17:27:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1673133

registered interest
date	27/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Rwanda on the number of Home Office officials that will be sent to help Rwanda upgrade its asylum processing capabilities.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	3845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>We have been working at pace with the Government of Rwanda to help strengthen the operation of their asylum system. We will continue to progress this, in light of the Supreme Court judgment, and a range of options for further support are being considered. Conversations between governments remain confidential.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 30/11/2023 16:49:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1673137

registered interest
date	27/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Borders: Guard Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the spend by the Border Force on the (a) upkeep, (b) care and (c) maintenance of border security dogs was in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	3821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>Border Force does not hold the spend on the upkeep, care and maintenance of border security dogs in each year since 2015 in an easily accessible format.</p><p>Home Office overall annual reports and accounts are available on the <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> website, which includes Border Force.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/12/2023 16:52:38 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott