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1664441

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he Department has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned from external consultants modelling of the potential impact of a reduction of the backlog of asylum applications on the number of people applying to (i) come to and (ii) stay in the UK via a refugee family reunion application.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	202294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s refugee family reunion policy provides a safe and legal route to bring families together.</p><p>We are committed to improving and speeding up processing times for family reunion applications.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/10/2023 12:58:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1650062

registered interest
date	04/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Religion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department collects on the religious affiliations of asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	192427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 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 Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on asylum applications can be found in table Asy_D01 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>’.</p><p>The Home Office does not publish asylum applicants by religion. Whilst we hold information regarding the religion of asylum claimants, this information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost as it would require a manual trawl of case records to retrieve.</p><p>A claimant’s religion will be established during the asylum registration process. Depending on the nature of the claim, further information regarding a claimant’s religion may be requested during a substantive asylum interview.</p><p>For further information, please see: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1134648%2FScreening_and_routing.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CJohanna.Straatman%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C279d4f938a3644579e3808db7d533eca%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638241568712951386%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=xEnv%2FMwp3ZjW9XeBt%2B95J8%2FqTjwfr2vGBe%2FOtHZh2Qw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Screening and routing.docx (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a> and <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1083449%2FAsylum_interview.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CJohanna.Straatman%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C279d4f938a3644579e3808db7d533eca%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638241568712951386%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=K%2Bt1Dh7FeqzhF5TOYCRPP9RAyMkJX9gZ1kVKjgq%2FLcU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Asylum interview.docx (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 192428 question first answered 11/07/2023 16:23:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1650067

registered interest
date	04/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: 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 asylum applications have been submitted by people identifying as Muslim; and if she will provide a breakdown of those figures by sect.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	192428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 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 Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on asylum applications can be found in table Asy_D01 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>’.</p><p>The Home Office does not publish asylum applicants by religion. Whilst we hold information regarding the religion of asylum claimants, this information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost as it would require a manual trawl of case records to retrieve.</p><p>A claimant’s religion will be established during the asylum registration process. Depending on the nature of the claim, further information regarding a claimant’s religion may be requested during a substantive asylum interview.</p><p>For further information, please see: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1134648%2FScreening_and_routing.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CJohanna.Straatman%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C279d4f938a3644579e3808db7d533eca%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638241568712951386%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=xEnv%2FMwp3ZjW9XeBt%2B95J8%2FqTjwfr2vGBe%2FOtHZh2Qw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Screening and routing.docx (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a> and <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1083449%2FAsylum_interview.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CJohanna.Straatman%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C279d4f938a3644579e3808db7d533eca%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638241568712951386%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=K%2Bt1Dh7FeqzhF5TOYCRPP9RAyMkJX9gZ1kVKjgq%2FLcU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Asylum interview.docx (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 192427 question first answered 11/07/2023 16:23:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1625161

registered interest
date	02/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: 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 in her Department are responsible for making decisions on family reunion cases.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	183549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>In 2022 4,473 family reunion visas were issued to partners and children of those granted protection status. Our family reunion policy has granted more than 44,600 family reunion visas since 2015, with over half issued to children. <strong> </strong></p><p>We will prioritise applications where there is a particularly urgent or compelling reason to do so.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/05/2023 15:35:55 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1625162

registered interest
date	02/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Appeals
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 bring into force the provisions in the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 on (a) priority removal notices and (b) accelerated appeals.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	183550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>Work is underway to bring the provisions in the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 relating to (a) priority removal notices and (b) accelerated appeals into force as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/05/2023 15:30:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1605947

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Legal Aid Scheme
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 help people entering the UK by irregular means access legal (a) advice and (b) aid before they are removed.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	170711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2023 answer text <p>All migrants (with the exception of those who are removed within 7 days of refusal of leave to enter at the border) are given a notice period prior to removal allowing time for access to justice, and those detained pending removal are able to access legal aid surgeries.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/03/2023 14:36:14 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1605948

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
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 impact the Illegal Migration Bill on victims of (a) slavery and (b) human trafficking.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	170712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to my response to Question 161356 on 22 March: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-03-08%2F161356&amp;data=05%7C01%7CTarum.Bans%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca42b6801b0f54f794d8b08db2acbc7fd%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638150826936896151%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=NNeRH%2FURV%2FLqXX7zVUgLdGNrPbQZ5h%2BnkEWKU%2BS1UQY%3D&amp;reserved=0" 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 09:18:09 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1589082

registered interest
date	24/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits
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 impact of IT issues in her Department on (a) the production of Biometric Resident Permits since 1 March 2022, (b) the number of individuals who have had a permit printed and (c) individuals waiting for permits.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	152299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>Due to disproportionate costs UKVI does not hold the recourse to determine how many technical faults have affected (a) the production of Biometric Resident Permits since 1 March 2022, (b) the number of individuals who have had a permit printed and (c) individuals waiting for permits.</p><p>However, where an application may require technical intervention or support, our processes and procedures have been strengthened to proactively address technical issues as they are identified.</p><p> </p><p>If you require further information regarding Visa processing times, this can be found on the UKVI website at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fvisa-decision-waiting-times-applications-outside-the-uk&amp;data=05%7C01%7CFarooq.Belai%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cb5417da9a199416c6d1a08db189276fe%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638130789559288950%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=XBSzkYb%2BHGDHg1XHczl2ohG4n81Mm85%2FYuRDx%2FuIqcc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Visa decision waiting times: applications outside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> and <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fvisa-decision-waiting-times-applications-inside-the-uk&amp;data=05%7C01%7CFarooq.Belai%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cb5417da9a199416c6d1a08db189276fe%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638130789559288950%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=hhU7vTd%2B%2BHR7S24j6jPgxpgeUqDuxHvPid9n8Xu7aLg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Visa decision waiting times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. UKVI are currently processing applications on all its main visa routes within customer service standards.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 01/03/2023 10:52:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1587153

registered interest
date	20/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits: ICT
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 impact of IT failures in her Department on the processing times of UKVI applications since 1 August 2022.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	148778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p>Visa processing times are published on the UKVI website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visa-decision-waiting-times-applications-outside-the-uk" target="_blank">Visa decision waiting times: applications outside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visa-decision-waiting-times-applications-inside-the-uk" target="_blank">Visa decision waiting times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. UKVI are currently processing applications on all its main visa routes within customer service standards.</p><p>Where an application may require technical intervention, and to ensure these are given the appropriate support, we have strengthened our processes and procedures in this area to proactively address technical issues as they are identified.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/02/2023 13:13:01 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1562875

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
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, how many decision makers in her Department were fully trained to make decisions on unaccompanied asylum seeking children’s claims as of 19 December 2022.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	113422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2023 answer text <p>e Home Office takes our duty of care towards children and young people extremely seriously, and we prioritise applications from children and young people.</p><p>The Home Office does not publish the data requested. However we are able to provide data on the number of initial decisions on asylum applications from unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC), which can be found in the latest Immigration statistics, year ending September 2022: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2022/list-of-tables#asylum-and-resettlement" target="_blank">List of tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</a></p><p>UASC generally enter the care system to be accommodated and supported by a local authority as looked after children. The Home Office budget provides significant support to local authorities in this area in addition to existing local Government funding. The latest published statistics from the Department for Education, for the year ending 31 March 2022, show there were 5,540 UASC being cared for in England alone, an increase of 34% from the previous reporting year. This does not include the high intake seen this summer.</p><p>The Home Office has a comprehensive training programme and mentoring framework in place for all asylum decision makers. Decision makers who specifically deal with children’s claims complete an additional training on Keeping Children Safe and have an additional period of mentoring.</p><p> </p><p>Our aim is for Asylum Casework to have 2,500 caseworkers by August 2023, with around 10% dedicated to children's casework and we have recruitment plans in place to ensure we reach those numbers.</p><p> </p><p>The Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (NABA) came into force on 28 June 2022. In accordance with NABA, all new asylum claims made on or after 28 June 2022 will be considered and processed under the new legislation, whilst existing claims will be worked through under previous legislation and asylum policies.</p><p> </p><p>The Asylum Casework team are working to reintroduce service standards and are aligning with changes being introduced through the NABA. Our intention to reintroduce service standards aligns with the recommendation from the recent Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s (ICIBI) published report - An inspection of asylum casework (November 2021). The re-induction will also include children’s asylum claims.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 113423 113424 113425 113426 113427 113428 question first answered 11/01/2023 17:42:33 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan