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1060566

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Actors: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons UK actors auditioning to work in EU countries are being asked by theatre companies and arts organisations to provide current EU passports; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	220981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>Pre-employment checks by theatre companies and organisations employing UK nationals to work in other EU countries are a matter for those organisations. Until the UK leaves the EU, UK nationals continue to have the same rights to live and work in other EU member states as they do now.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/02/2019 15:39:32 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1060626

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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 costs are incurred by people contacting the dedicated telephone advice service for the EU Settlement Scheme using (a) mobile phones and (b) landlines.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	220942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office will not charge for this service although calls to the Settle-ment Resolution Centre from within the UK will cost the same as dialling any 01 or 02 number. This can be up to 10p per minute from a UK landline and between 3p to 40p from a mobile, depending upon the provider. Applicants may get free calls to some numbers as part of their call package. We also have an 02 number available for those calling from overseas.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 220943 question first answered 18/02/2019 16:45:50 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1060630

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of making the dedicated telephone advice service for the EU Settlement Scheme a freephone service for all those calling from UK phone numbers.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	220943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office will not charge for this service although calls to the Settle-ment Resolution Centre from within the UK will cost the same as dialling any 01 or 02 number. This can be up to 10p per minute from a UK landline and between 3p to 40p from a mobile, depending upon the provider. Applicants may get free calls to some numbers as part of their call package. We also have an 02 number available for those calling from overseas.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 220942 question first answered 18/02/2019 16:45:50 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1060753

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Extradition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many extradition requests from (a) the UK and (b) category 2 territories under Part 2 of the Extradition Act 2003 have been approved in each year since 2003.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	220966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>“Category 2 territories” refers to countries designated as extradition partners under Part 2 of the Extradition Act 2003</p><p>The information on the numbers of extradition requests rejected by the UK or by category 2 territories is not routinely published. <br>Not all the information requested is held centrally. The tables below set out the information which is centrally held by the Home Office. The figures are from local management information, and have not been quality assured to the level of published National Statistics. As such they should be treated as provisional and therefore subject to change.</p><p>Figures for the numbers of people extradited or requests refused in a particular year may include those for whom a request was made in a previous year.</p><p><br>Year Number of people extradited to the UK Number of people extradited from the UK<br>2003 64 55<br>2004 47 50<br>2005 11 62<br>2006 14 45<br>2007 19 29<br>2008 17 17<br>2009 26 38<br>2010 19 27<br>2011 22 27<br>2012 25 38<br>2013 26 28<br>2014 11 32<br>2015 26 23<br>2016 21 24<br>2017 15 38<br>2018 24 15</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 220967 question first answered 18/02/2019 15:52:58 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1060774

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Extradition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many extradition requests under Part 2 of the Extradition Act 2003 from (a) the UK to category 2 territories and (b) category 2 territories to the UK have been rejected in each year since 2003.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	220967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>“Category 2 territories” refers to countries designated as extradition partners under Part 2 of the Extradition Act 2003</p><p>The information on the numbers of extradition requests rejected by the UK or by category 2 territories is not routinely published. <br>Not all the information requested is held centrally. The tables below set out the information which is centrally held by the Home Office. The figures are from local management information, and have not been quality assured to the level of published National Statistics. As such they should be treated as provisional and therefore subject to change.</p><p>Figures for the numbers of people extradited or requests refused in a particular year may include those for whom a request was made in a previous year.</p><p><br>Year Number of people extradited to the UK Number of people extradited from the UK<br>2003 64 55<br>2004 47 50<br>2005 11 62<br>2006 14 45<br>2007 19 29<br>2008 17 17<br>2009 26 38<br>2010 19 27<br>2011 22 27<br>2012 25 38<br>2013 26 28<br>2014 11 32<br>2015 26 23<br>2016 21 24<br>2017 15 38<br>2018 24 15</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 220966 question first answered 18/02/2019 15:52:58 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1060798

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice has been given to Zambrano carers following the rulings in Chen v Home Secretary and Maria Teixeira v London Borough of Lambeth and Home Secretary in the context of (a) the UK's withdrawal from the EU and (b) the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	220909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>In a deal scenario, provision will be made in the Immigration Rules for a non-EU citizen who is resident in the UK as the primary carer of a British citizen, and who currently derives a right of residence from wider EU law (a Zambrano carer), as set out in paragraph 6.12 of the Statement of Intent on the EU Settlement Scheme (published on 21 June 2018). Further de-tails will be provided shortly on the new status which will be available to Zambrano carers in both a ‘deal’ and ‘no deal’ scenario.</p><p>Paragraph 6.12 of the Statement of Intent also set out that, in a ‘deal’ scenario, non-EU citizen family members of British citizens who are lawfully resident in the UK by the end of the implementation period on 31 December 2020, by virtue of regulation 9 of the EEA Regulations (the ‘Surinder Singh’ route), will be eligible to apply for status under the EU Settlement Scheme. Further details will be provided shortly on the immigration status of family members of British citizens returning from the EU in both a ‘deal’ and ‘no deal’ scenario.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 220910 question first answered 18/02/2019 16:43:00 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1060814

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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, what advice his Department has provided to people involved in Surinder Singh immigration cases on the implications for their immigration status of the UK leaving the EU (a) with and (b) without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	220910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>In a deal scenario, provision will be made in the Immigration Rules for a non-EU citizen who is resident in the UK as the primary carer of a British citizen, and who currently derives a right of residence from wider EU law (a Zambrano carer), as set out in paragraph 6.12 of the Statement of Intent on the EU Settlement Scheme (published on 21 June 2018). Further de-tails will be provided shortly on the new status which will be available to Zambrano carers in both a ‘deal’ and ‘no deal’ scenario.</p><p>Paragraph 6.12 of the Statement of Intent also set out that, in a ‘deal’ scenario, non-EU citizen family members of British citizens who are lawfully resident in the UK by the end of the implementation period on 31 December 2020, by virtue of regulation 9 of the EEA Regulations (the ‘Surinder Singh’ route), will be eligible to apply for status under the EU Settlement Scheme. Further details will be provided shortly on the immigration status of family members of British citizens returning from the EU in both a ‘deal’ and ‘no deal’ scenario.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 220909 question first answered 18/02/2019 16:43:00 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1059759

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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, when he plans to publish the details of the refund process for EU nationals who have already paid fees through the EU Settlement Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	220282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister announced on 21 January, there will be no fee for applications under the EU Settlement Scheme when we roll out the scheme in full by 30 March. Anyone who has applied during the pilot phase, or who does so, will have their fee reimbursed. The Home Office will set out further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/02/2019 16:29:11 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1059782

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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, whether his Department remains committed to making decisions on straightforward asylum applications within a target time of six months.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	220305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that asylum claims are considered without unnecessary delay, to ensure that those who need protection are granted as soon as possible and can start to integrate and rebuild their lives, including those granted at appeal. All asylum claims lodged in the UK are carefully considered on a case by case basis, based on their individual merits, against a background of relevant case law and up to date country information.</p><p><br>Until recently, our aim was to decide 98% of straight forward asylum claims within six months of the date of claim. However, many asylum claims are not straight-forward, which meant it was not always possible to make an initial decision within six months of the date of claim. Many of these cases had a barrier that needed to be overcome to make the asylum decision and many of these barriers were outside of the Home Office’s control.</p><p><br>To promote a greater understanding and transparency of the asylum system, we have prioritised deciding older claims and those made by more vulnerable individuals, whose claims are more complex. This has resulted in a reduction in the proportion of claims decided within 6 months.</p><p><br>We are engaging stakeholders as part of our plans to introduce new service standards which will help inform how we will prioritise asylum decision making in the future. This will seek to address the concerns that have been raised with the current arrangements, additionally as part of our wider strategy, we aim to increase the overall number of caseworkers to reduce the total number of outstanding claims.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 220308 question first answered 18/02/2019 16:32:54 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1059783

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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, what the current average waiting time is for a decision to be made on straightforward asylum application.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	220306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>Until recently, our aim was to decide 98% of straight forward asylum claims within six months of the date of claim. However, many asylum claims are not straight-forward, which meant it was not always possible to make an initial decision within six months of the date of claim. Many of these cases had a barrier that needed to be overcome to make the asylum decision and many of these barriers were outside of the Home Office’s control.</p><p><br>To promote a greater understanding and transparency of the asylum system, we have prioritised deciding older claims and those made by more vulnerable individuals, whose claims are more complex. This has resulted in a reduction in the proportion of claims decided within 6 months.</p><p><br>We are engaging stakeholders as part of our plans to introduce new service standards which will help inform how we will prioritise asylum decision making in the future. This will seek to address the concerns that have been raised with the current arrangements, additionally as part of our wider strategy, we aim to increase the overall number of caseworkers to reduce the total number of outstanding claims.</p><p><br>The Home Office does not publish data relating to the average waiting times for decisions to be made on straight forward and non-straight forward asylum claims, but does publish data on the percentage of asylum applications processed within the current service standard to decide 98% of straight forward asylum claims within 6 months of the date of claim.</p><p><br>Data on performance against the current published service standard can be found on tabs Asy_10 and Asy_11 of the Asylum Transparency Data November 2018 at: <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-november-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-november-2018</a></p><p><br>In the November release of the transparency data, the Home Office are still reporting performance against our previous service standard to decide all straight forward asylum cases within 6 months of the date of claim. The next release of transparency data, scheduled for 28 February 2019, will still contain data on performance and will be labelled under the title of percentage of cases decided within 6 months rather than explicitly referring to the service standard.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 220307 question first answered 18/02/2019 16:37:00 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West