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1652745

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: MOD Wethersfield
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 transferred to MDP Wethersfield since 12 July 2023; and how many people are accommodated at that site.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	193890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>The first group of asylum seekers are now at Wethersfield. We will be using a phased approach, increasing the number of asylum seekers accommodated at the site over time with the practicalities of managing the site under constant review. The site can accommodate 1700 individuals when fully operational.</p><p>From 13 April 2022, all local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales are considered a dispersal area and will need to take part in asylum dispersal. This is to ensure a fair and equitable accommodation spread of asylum seekers across the UK. We have agreed targets for every local authority and region in the UK to deliver by the end of 2023. Scotland is currently not meeting its dispersal accommodation target.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 193893 question first answered 18/07/2023 16:09:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1652746

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: MOD Wethersfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where people accommodated at MDP Wethersfield were previously accommodated; and what the average notice was that those people would be transferred to MDP Wethersfield.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	193891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>We have a statutory duty to provide support and accommodation to destitute asylum seekers. Accommodation is provided on a ‘no choice’ basis at safe, legal and adequate accommodation including the Wethersfield site. If asylum seekers are to be moved from initial accommodation hotels to Wethersfield, service providers give notice as per the Asylum Accommodation &amp; Support Contract (AASC) contractual agreement which is usually 5 days’ notice.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/07/2023 16:16:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1652748

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: MOD Wethersfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people who will be transferred to the MDP Wethersfield site in (a) July and (b) August 2023; and on what dates she estimates that they will arrive.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	193893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>The first group of asylum seekers are now at Wethersfield. We will be using a phased approach, increasing the number of asylum seekers accommodated at the site over time with the practicalities of managing the site under constant review. The site can accommodate 1700 individuals when fully operational.</p><p>From 13 April 2022, all local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales are considered a dispersal area and will need to take part in asylum dispersal. This is to ensure a fair and equitable accommodation spread of asylum seekers across the UK. We have agreed targets for every local authority and region in the UK to deliver by the end of 2023. Scotland is currently not meeting its dispersal accommodation target.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 193890 question first answered 18/07/2023 16:09:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1652751

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: MOD Wethersfield
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 set a (a) minimum and (b) maximum time that people will be accommodated at MDP Wethersfield.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	193896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>Whilst the Home Office anticipates the period asylum seekers may be accommodated at MDP Wethersfield to be between six to nine months, this is dependent on the availability of onward dispersed accommodation. From 13 April 2022, all local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales are considered a dispersal area and will need to take part in asylum dispersal.</p><p>This is to ensure a fair and equitable accommodation spread of asylum seekers across the UK. We have agreed targets for every local authority and region in the UK to deliver by the end of 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/07/2023 16:12:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1652851

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Ukraine
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 12 June 2023 to Question 188007 on Visas: Ukraine, if she will detail what the particular challenges are in obtaining a representative response.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	193939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>There are a number of challenges in surveying this population. In particular, it is expected that those who are in relatively precarious circumstances will be less likely to respond to an online survey of this type.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/07/2023 16:02:22 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1652930

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of her Department's IT systems when processing visa applications.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	194047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>As part of the agreed service standard in Home Office Digital, Data and Technology, operational performance of Home Office IT systems that support visa processing are regularly monitored. We review and improve these systems periodically to ensure they continue to support effective processing of visa applications.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/07/2023 16:18:48 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1652931

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Sudan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on the future visa status of Sudanese nationals who have been given leave to enter the UK.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	194048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>We expect individuals holding a UK visa to comply with the conditions of the leave they have been granted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Help and advice on immigration for those whose visas are expiring can be found on the GOV.UK website.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/07/2023 16:39:30 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1652952

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
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 of accommodating asylum seekers in the UK was in the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	193838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that the use of expensive hotels to house the unprecedented number of asylum seekers crossing the Channel is unacceptable and must end. It is costing the UK taxpayer over £6 million a day. That is why we are shifting to cheaper and basic accommodation and delivering on out plan to stop the boats – which is the enduring way to alleviate unfair pressure on communities and the British taxpayer.</p><p>A link to the most recent published figures:</p><p><a href="https://homeofficemedia.blog.gov.uk/2023/04/03/accommodation-sites-factsheet-april-2023/" target="_blank">https://homeofficemedia.blog.gov.uk/2023/04/03/accommodation-sites-factsheet-april-2023/</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/07/2023 16:17:44 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1652994

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
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 many and what proportion of applications made to the Afghan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme were successful in the period to June 2023.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	194080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>Since 2015, just over half a million people were offered safe and legal routes into the UK. This includes those from country-specific schemes from Hong Kong, Syria, Afghanistan and Ukraine, in addition to global routes through the UNHCR and family reunion schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The latest <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-march-2023" target="_blank">Immigration system statistics, year ending March 2023 - GOV.UK (opens in a new tab)</a> (published on 25 May 2023, next statistics release due Aug 2023), show that since their first arrivals in 2021, the Afghan schemes – the ACRS and the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) - have resettled a total of 21,004 people.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has made one of the largest commitments of any country to support those impacted by events in Afghanistan.</p><p>There is no application process for the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS). Instead, those who are eligible will be prioritised and referred for resettlement to the UK through one of the scheme’s three referral pathways. Further information on the ACRS can be found on the gov.uk website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/afghan-citizens-resettlement-scheme" target="_blank">Afghan citizens resettlement scheme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/07/2023 16:23:04 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1652281

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on and (b) estimate she has made of the number of international students studying in the UK who are required to depart the UK to obtain a further student visa and who have been affected by the University and College Union marking and assessment boycott.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	193677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>The marking boycott is the result of a dispute between education institutions and their employees. The impacts at individual institutions vary and it is not possible for the Home Office to estimate the number of students affected.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 193678 question first answered 17/07/2023 16:40:58 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi