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1605269

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
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, what recent progress her Department has made on reducing the use of hotels as contingency accommodation for asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	904175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>This government does not want to continue the use of hotels for a day longer than necessary. We are as frustrated as the public are at the cost to the taxpayer.</p><p>Our strategy is to limit hotels wherever possible by increasing dispersal accommodation agreed with local authorities and by making use of large sites. We are working with the MoD to make use of disused military sites.</p><p>Migrants will be housed in decent, but not luxurious accommodation, that does not create a pull factor to the UK.</p><p>The Government can’t build it’s way out of this challenge, nor can the UK taxpayer afford to do so. The only sustainable answer is to deter individuals from making this dangerous, unnecessary and illegal journey, as we will be doing through our Illegal Migration Bill.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/03/2023 16:09:53 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1605270

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Scotland
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 potential effect of her immigration policies on the (a) population of and (b) labour market in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	904179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>The UK’s immigration system enables individuals to enter UK for work purposes from all parts of the world where they have a suitable job offer and meet our criteria. This is helping fill skills gaps, boosting our economy and through specific visa offers, such as the Health and Care visa, supporting our public services.</p><p>There is no compelling argument that Scotland should have a different immigration system to the rest of the UK. Indeed it’s economy benefits from the simplicity and clarity of having one single system for our country. Scotland’s economically active rate is closely aligned with UK average. Minor variations are accounted for in the Scotland specific Shortage Occupation List.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/03/2023 16:15:11 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1605271

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Interviews
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of waiting times for asylum interviews.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	904181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>Activity is underway to reduce the waiting time to be interviewed through a number of process improvements, including conducting shorter, more focused interviews and giving more flexibility over the process of making asylum decisions.</p><p>I am pleased to report we are on track and have doubled the number of caseworkers on cases. We have also prioritised those eligible for removal through a new dedicated unit staffed by 400 new specialists considering claims from Albanian illegal migrants.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/03/2023 16:17:30 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1605450

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Naturalisation
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 potential merits of changing the requirement for naturalisation applicants to have been in the UK for five years before the qualifying period, in the context of people's inability for people to travel during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	169331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>The Nationality and Borders Act 2022 introduced the power to allow the Secretary of State to waive the requirement for an applicant to be in the UK at the start of the residential qualifying period for naturalisation. Published guidance sets out when discretion would normally be exercised and covers absence due to the pandemic. Guidance also makes it clear that we would apply the same approach to extended period of absences from the UK due to covid restrictions.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 169332 question first answered 23/03/2023 10:09:04 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1605451

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Naturalisation
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 changing the requirement for naturalisation applicants via the spousal route to have been in the UK for three years before the qualifying period, in the context of people's inability to travel during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	169332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>The Nationality and Borders Act 2022 introduced the power to allow the Secretary of State to waive the requirement for an applicant to be in the UK at the start of the residential qualifying period for naturalisation. Published guidance sets out when discretion would normally be exercised and covers absence due to the pandemic. Guidance also makes it clear that we would apply the same approach to extended period of absences from the UK due to covid restrictions.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 169331 question first answered 23/03/2023 10:09:04 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1605492

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Visas
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 processing time for a Homes for Ukraine Scheme visa was in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	169212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>UKVI aims to assess all Ukraine Schemes visa applications as quickly as possible and straightforward applications are processed within a matter of days. It is right, however, that visas are only issued after all necessary checks have been completed which may take longer on some cases.</p><p>UKVI have issued thousands of visas under the Ukraine Family Scheme and the Homes for Ukraine Scheme. The latest published figures can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukraine-family-scheme-application-data/ukraine-family-scheme-and-ukraine-sponsorship-scheme-homes-for-ukraine-visa-data--2" target="_blank">Ukraine Family Scheme, Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine) and Ukraine Extension Scheme visa data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 169213 question first answered 23/03/2023 11:56:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

1605493

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications under the Homes for Ukraine scheme have currently been outstanding for more than (a) one month, (b) three months and (c) six months.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	169213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>UKVI aims to assess all Ukraine Schemes visa applications as quickly as possible and straightforward applications are processed within a matter of days. It is right, however, that visas are only issued after all necessary checks have been completed which may take longer on some cases.</p><p>UKVI have issued thousands of visas under the Ukraine Family Scheme and the Homes for Ukraine Scheme. The latest published figures can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukraine-family-scheme-application-data/ukraine-family-scheme-and-ukraine-sponsorship-scheme-homes-for-ukraine-visa-data--2" target="_blank">Ukraine Family Scheme, Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine) and Ukraine Extension Scheme visa data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 169212 question first answered 23/03/2023 11:56:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

1605515

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Albania
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 Albanian nationals who have applied for (a) asylum, (b) refugee status and (c) protection under modern slavery legislation have been granted leave to remain in the UK by gender in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	169209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on initial decisions of all asylum applications raised in a period by nationality can be found in table Asy_D04 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’. A breakdown by gender is not available. People who successfully apply for asylum are granted refugee status or other leave.</p><p>Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. the latest available data is for 2021, and data are accurate as of June 2022. Data for 2022 will be published in August 2023. Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p><p>The Home Office does not publish data on referrals to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) for potential victims of modern slavery that have been granted leave to remain in the UK.</p><p>Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, as well as quality and availability of data.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/03/2023 11:55:14 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1605542

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what process the Home Secretary decides whether to (a) predetermine an application before a person attends a Visa Application Centre and (b) excuse the requirement to attend a Visa Application Centre to enrol their biometrics for a visa.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	169468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave to UIN 130066 on 30<sup>th</sup> January 2023: <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-01-23/130066" target="_blank">Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/03/2023 09:20:52 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1605545

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to Question 162494 tabled by the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North on 10th March 2023.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	169221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>A response will be provided in due course.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/03/2023 17:53:54 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson