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1504602

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan and Ukraine
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 with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that refugees fleeing Ukraine and Afghanistan have access to appropriate (a) housing, (b) education and (c) employment opportunities.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	901274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>Through our resettlement and relocation schemes we have already welcomed tens of thousands of vulnerable Afghans and Ukrainians.</p><p>Our cross-government approach is supporting families to rebuild their lives, find work, pursue education, and integrate with local communities.</p><p>We continue to explore options to unlock local authority capacity and identify appropriate housing for those resettling in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/09/2022 15:36:34 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1504603

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
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, what recent estimate she has made of the number of Afghan citizens referred to her Department as eligible for relocation under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy who remain in Afghanistan awaiting permission to enter the UK.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	901275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>An estimated 6,500 people, who are eligible for the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy, remain in Afghanistan.</p><p>Securing safe passage out of Afghanistan continues to present a barrier to the international community’s efforts to relocate eligible people and their families. There are no direct flights and some will need to consider very carefully what is the best option to travel safely through the country in order to reach a third country.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/09/2022 15:38:07 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1504605

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Newport West
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 backlog of passport applications from residents of Newport West constituency.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	901277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>HM Passport Office carries work in progress across the year as part of normal operational planning.</p><p>Across 2022, approximately 800,000 passport applications have been processed on average each month, with 96.4% of standard UK applications being processed within the published ten-week timeframe.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/09/2022 15:41:26 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1491406

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Youth Mobility Scheme
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 reallocating the number of places available for foreign nationals to enter the UK under Youth Mobility Scheme agreements each year from countries where the level of uptake in the annual allocation is low to countries where that level is high.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	42126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>Youth Mobility Scheme (YMS) allocations are set on an annual basis and are written into the Immigration Rules for clarity for individual partner countries.</p><p>The quota is largely based on the number of British nationals being afforded youth mobility visas by said partner country in the preceding year, rather than based on an overall number across all YMS schemes.</p><p>The approach ensures fair allocation for partner countries on the basis of reciprocal offers to young British nationals.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/09/2022 09:32:04 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1491407

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Youth Mobility Scheme: EU Countries
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 a comparative assessment of the potential merits of entering into a Youth Mobility Scheme agreement with (a) the EU and (b) individual EU member states on a bilateral basis.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	42127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>We remain open to negotiating Youth Mobility Scheme (YMS) arrangements with other countries and territories including the EU or individual nations within it.</p><p>However, as each YMS is subject to a reciprocal agreement which also provides benefit to UK nationals with the detail negotiated and agreed between the relevant parties, we are unable to disclose the status of negotiations as they occur.</p><p>Further details of additional YMS agreements will be announced once they are concluded.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/09/2022 09:24:35 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1491408

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Youth Mobility Scheme
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 negotiating and entering into Youth Mobility Scheme agreements with (a) Brazil, (b) Switzerland and (c) the US.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	42128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>We remain open to negotiating Youth Mobility Scheme (YMS) arrangements with other countries and territories, where those countries and territories can offer schemes similar to our YMS.</p><p>However, as each YMS is subject to a bilateral, reciprocal agreement which also provides benefit to UK nationals with the detail negotiated and agreed between the relevant parties, we are unable to disclose the status of negotiations as they occur.</p><p>Further details of additional YMS agreements will be announced once they are concluded.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/09/2022 09:12:23 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1491409

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Youth Mobility Scheme: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish the guidance on the India Young Professionals Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	42129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The India Young Professionals Scheme has not yet opened, therefore Indian nationals cannot yet apply.</p><p>We are working with the Government of India to ensure a reciprocal scheme for UK Nationals is launched in line with the commitments made by both countries in the Migration and Mobility Partnership agreement, signed in May last year.</p><p>More information about the scheme will be provided on our gov.uk web pages, including details of the ballot process and how to make an application once the scheme has launched.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/09/2022 09:26:06 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1491411

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Identity Cards: EU Nationals
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 economic impact of withdrawing the ability of minors from the European Union to travel to the UK on their identity cards on (a) London, (b) the South East, (c) England, (d) Northern Ireland, (e) Wales and (f) Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	42130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>We expect all EU, EEA and Swiss citizen visitors to hold a valid passport in order to enter the UK, in the same way as we do for visitors from any other country.</p><p> </p><p>An impact assessment was undertaken of this change prior to implementation. Almost a year’s notice was provided to allow people and groups to plan ahead and obtain passports where they did not already have them before they travel.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/09/2022 09:08:23 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1491455

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: 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 passport applications were (a) submitted and (b) processed in each month between July 2021 and July 2022.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	42099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>Data for applications submitted are published quarterly with the latest quarter available at :<br> <br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-passport-office-data-q1-2022" target="_blank">HM Passport Office data: Q1 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>(b) Applications Processed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-21</p></td><td><p>350,451</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-21</p></td><td><p>353,444</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-21</p></td><td><p>411,172</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-21</p></td><td><p>480,861</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-21</p></td><td><p>552,053</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-21</p></td><td><p>405,624</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-22</p></td><td><p>438,448</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-22</p></td><td><p>734,072</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-22</p></td><td><p>1,030,359</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-22</p></td><td><p>898,205</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-22</p></td><td><p>1,068,072</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-22</p></td><td><p>898,777</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Between March and May, over 90% of applications were processed within 6 weeks, and 98.5% within the 10 week standard timeframe.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/09/2022 08:40:39 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1491456

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: 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 passport applications exceeded HM Passport Office’s service delivery timescales in (a) June 2022 and (b) June 2019.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	42100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>Since April 2021, people have been advised to allow up to ten weeks when applying for their British passport as more than 5 million people delayed applying due to the pandemic.</p><p>Across the first 6 months of 2022, Her Majesty’s Passport Office processed 97.7% of UK standard applications within 10 weeks.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/09/2022 09:52:02 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith