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834615

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Concessions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of granting passports with a five year duration to people aged over 75 at a reduced cost.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	126063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>HM Passport Office issues 10 year passports to adults and 5 year passports to children under 16, and there are currently no plans to review this.</p><p>Passports are issued with a shorter validity for children for security reasons, due to the rapid change of appearance as the child grows; this is charged at a lower price due to the costs being spread across all passport fees. Making passports available with a shorter validity to additional age groups would require subsidy by other customers and impact the passport fee.</p><p>A special concession is offered for applicants born before 2 September 1929, who can apply for a passport free of charge. This was introduced for the Second World War generation in recognition of their contribution to the national effort during the war years.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/02/2018 16:43:30 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

834640

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees
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 takes steps to provide support to refugees who receive leave to remain in the time between their receiving their (a) National Insurance number and (b) first universal credit payment; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	126088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>Asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute are provided with accommodation and a cash allowance to cover their other essential living needs.</p><p>If they are granted refugee status this support stops 28 days after they are given notice of the decision and provided with a Biometric Residence Permit, which is the evidence they need to prove that they are able to take employment or apply for mainstream benefits from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP). The permit now contains their national insurance number.</p><p>They are also contacted to see if they wish to apply for benefits and an appointment at a local DWP office is arranged for them if they say they do and require assistance.</p><p>This process is designed to ensure that refugees receive the first payment of any benefit they are entitled to before the 28 days period expires, either by full payment of the benefit or an advance payment of Universal Credit where this is needed.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/02/2018 16:39:54 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

834684

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
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, what steps her Department has taken to ensure the (a) adequacy and (b) consistency of guidance provided in non-straightforward asylum cases.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	126132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The decision to designate a case as ‘non straight forward’ must be discussed and agreed by an officer at least the grade of a Senior Executive Officer to ensure it is applied appropriately. In addition the guidance on these cases has recently been reviewed and redistributed across asylum teams to ensure it is applied consistently and that it does not discriminate against any individual groups.</p><p>Asylum Intake and Casework Senior Management have been in consultation with staff and partners on the new service standards and it is intended that these will be introduced later this year</p><p>Information regarding Asylum data is published as part of the Government’s Transparency agenda the latest release of which can be found at can be found at tab as 01q <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/list-of-tables#asylum" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/list-of-tables#asylum</a>. This shows that in from April to September there were 9,883 asylum decisions made.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 126133 126134 question first answered 06/02/2018 16:38:18 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

834685

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
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, with reference to paragraph 6.3 of The Home Office response to the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s report: An Inspection of the Home Office’s Asylum Intake & Casework April – August 2017, whether her department has identified new customer service standards for non-straightforward asylum cases; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	126133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The decision to designate a case as ‘non straight forward’ must be discussed and agreed by an officer at least the grade of a Senior Executive Officer to ensure it is applied appropriately. In addition the guidance on these cases has recently been reviewed and redistributed across asylum teams to ensure it is applied consistently and that it does not discriminate against any individual groups.</p><p>Asylum Intake and Casework Senior Management have been in consultation with staff and partners on the new service standards and it is intended that these will be introduced later this year</p><p>Information regarding Asylum data is published as part of the Government’s Transparency agenda the latest release of which can be found at can be found at tab as 01q <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/list-of-tables#asylum" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/list-of-tables#asylum</a>. This shows that in from April to September there were 9,883 asylum decisions made.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 126132 126134 question first answered 06/02/2018 16:38:18 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

834686

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
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, what progress her Department has on meeting the target to clear 10,000 asylum decision cases by March 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	126134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The decision to designate a case as ‘non straight forward’ must be discussed and agreed by an officer at least the grade of a Senior Executive Officer to ensure it is applied appropriately. In addition the guidance on these cases has recently been reviewed and redistributed across asylum teams to ensure it is applied consistently and that it does not discriminate against any individual groups.</p><p>Asylum Intake and Casework Senior Management have been in consultation with staff and partners on the new service standards and it is intended that these will be introduced later this year</p><p>Information regarding Asylum data is published as part of the Government’s Transparency agenda the latest release of which can be found at can be found at tab as 01q <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/list-of-tables#asylum" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/list-of-tables#asylum</a>. This shows that in from April to September there were 9,883 asylum decisions made.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 126132 126133 question first answered 06/02/2018 16:38:18 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

834752

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons Review
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 29 January to Question 124249, if she will make it her policy to publish an assessment of the potential merits of the recommendations contained Stephen Shaw's review of the implementation of the recommendations on the welfare in detention of vulnerable persons, before publication of updated guidance on the Adults at Risk policy; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	126178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>As was stated in the answer referred to by the hon. Member, the Government is currently considering the judgment made by the High Court on 10 October 2017 in respect of the statutory guidance relating to the policy on adults at risk in immigration detention. Home Office officials will shortly be meeting a range of bodies with an interest in immigration detention as part of the process of revising the guidance. The Home Office will also carefully consider any further recommendations or findings made by Stephen Shaw.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/02/2018 16:47:05 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

834782

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
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 people referred through the National Referral Mechanism for victims of modern slavery have made claims for asylum in the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	126204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>Data on the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) are published regularly by the National Crime Agency and in the UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery. These reports are available via the following links:<br><a href="http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics" target="_blank">http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics</a><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2017-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2017-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/02/2018 16:41:50 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

834847

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
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 had their British citizenship removed under (a) section 40, Subsection 4A of the British Nationality Act 1981 since 4 November 2015 and (b) section 40, subsection (i) 2 and (ii) 3 of the British Nationality Act 1981 in the past two years.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	126269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government publishes statistics relating to deprivation of citizenship under section 40 subsection (4A) of the British Nationality Act 1981 and section 40 subsection (2) on an annual basis. The figure for January 2015 to December 2015 can be found in the HM Government Transparency Report: Disruptive and Investigatory Powers, published in February 2017:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/02/2018 16:45:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

834231

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: 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 29 January 2018 to Question 124304, on Immigrants: Employment, whether her Department has considered allowing people to use alternative forms of ID to prove their employment status while their immigration documents are processed.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	125864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to expand the list of documents an individual can use to demonstrate a right to work. Acceptable right to work documents are set out in legislation. Employers seeking to verify an individual’s right to work where there is an outstanding immigration application, administrative review or appeal can use the Home Office’s Employer Checking Service. This is designed to ensure that where individuals have a right to work, employment can commence with minimal delay.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/02/2018 14:47:31 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

834324

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Vietnam
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of Vietnamese children who were (a) arrested in and (b) deported from the UK between 2012-17.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	125944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not return unaccompanied children with no lawful basis to remain in the UK, unless we can confirm there are safe and adequate reception arrangements in the country to which they will be returned.</p><p>The Home Office publishes statistics on Vietnam returns (both enforced and voluntary). Those statistics can be accessed here- <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/662535/returns5-jul-sep-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/662535/returns5-jul-sep-2017-tables.ods</a></p><p>Tables rt_05 and rt_05q show returns to destination country.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 05/02/2018 16:45:57 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker