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1503606

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Sports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total amount spent on her Department’s sports and wellbeing day was on 22 July 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	45329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>No Departmental funding was granted for this event.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 20/09/2022 14:03:17 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1483464

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Climate Change: Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of climate change on migration to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	25827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>The UK recognises the need to better understand the complex links between migration, climate change and environmental degradation to inform our policy and action. All Government departments include climate change impact as part of their policy development and analysis where relevant.</p><p> </p><p>Initial analysis is climate change does not cause the direct migration of large groups of people to the UK but instead works in combination with other drivers, influencing individuals’ decisions to migrate and with its main impact being felt through increased pressure on existing trends.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 06/07/2022 13:30:50 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1483463

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Biometrics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of immigration checks into the UK are conducted through electronic passport gates.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	25826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>Border Force does not hold the data in an easily accessible format on the proportion of immigration checks conducted through electronic passport gates, but the gates conduct the same immigration checks as the systems used by the officers on the manned desks.</p><p>However, the Home Office published data on the clearance of passengers at the border in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/border-force-transparency-data-q1-2022" target="_blank">Border Force transparency data: Q1 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. 85% of inbound passenger volumes based on nationality eligibility can use eGates.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/07/2022 11:16:22 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1457696

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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 minimum amount of time is that must elapse between when an asylum application is rejected and the same applicant can make a second application.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	153906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>The further submissions process provides a mechanism to consider additional evidence provided after an asylum claim has been refused and appeal rights are exhausted, and before a failed asylum seeker has left the UK.</p><p>So, there is no minimum time period which must have elapsed before a further submission can be made.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/04/2022 13:47:47 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1379349

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
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, how many people are waiting to be removed from the UK having exhausted the appeals process in their asylum applications.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	76651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2021 answer text <p>Information regarding the number of failed asylum seekers still living in the UK can be found on tables ASY03 and RCM02 of the most recently published immigration and protection transparency data:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fimmigration-and-protection-data-q2-2021&amp;data=04%7C01%7Creturnspreparationsecretariat%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C8a629ec95f1641a462de08d9ab5a7721%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637729227286734878%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=VieiGMRe1koSAKjlRJ2IgQX5AnvmeP6xp%2BS%2FLGInNj0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-and-protection-data-q2-2021</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/11/2021 14:25:42 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1379350

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Deportation
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 who have been denied asylum have been removed from the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	76652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of returns from the UK in each quarter in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly release</a>’. The latest data on Asylum related returns go to the end of March 2021 and are published in Ret_04 and Ret_05 of the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1011643/returns-summary-jun-2021-tables.ods" target="_blank">returns summary tables</a>.</p><p>The Home Office seeks to return people who do not have any legal right to stay in the UK, which includes people who:</p><ul><li>enter, or attempt to enter, the UK illegally (including people entering clandestinely and by means of deception on entry);</li><li>overstay their period of legal right to remain in the UK;</li><li>breach their conditions of leave;</li><li>are subject to deportation action; for example, due to a serious criminal conviction and</li><li>have been refused asylum.</li></ul> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/11/2021 14:27:18 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1357944

registered interest
date	23/09/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Afghanistan
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 it her policy to permit an automatic extension of stay for with Leave to Remain visas if they are unable to return from Afghanistan.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	53881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>If an Afghan national holds a valid visa, or permission to stay, and is able to travel safely they will be able to return to the UK during the period covered by their visa.</p><p>If they have not yet travelled, they can reapply for a visa vignette, and will be able to make a further application in the UK on return on a route for which they meet the requirements, and which permits them to switch.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 25/10/2021 10:41:14 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 26346 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1344670

registered interest
date	07/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are in place to audit information provided to her Department by (a) regulatory bodies and (b) non-departmental public bodies.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	29022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2021 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 16/07/2021 12:48:43 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1344682

registered interest
date	07/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Hong Kong
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 bringing forward legislative proposals to extend the provisions of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 to include people from Hong Kong who hold British National (Overseas) status.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	29032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2021 answer text <p>The British Overseas Territories Act 2002 specifically related to territories which were British Dependent Territories in 2002. There are no plans to amend the Act to cover people from Hong Kong or other British nationals.</p><p>We have introduced a specific route to settlement for those who hold British National (Overseas) status and their dependent family members. This enables them to live, work and study, whilst also providing a pathway to British citizenship. This is in addition to the routes available under our wider immigration system which BN(O)s can apply to.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 16/07/2021 12:34:59 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1240265

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the waiting time is for an applicant to HM Passport Office to receive a passport.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	98947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2020 answer text <p>In the week ending 4 October 2020, the median average processing time for passport applications was six working days.</p><p>Please note the processing time does not include the time taken to deliver the passport to the customer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 09/10/2020 08:55:42 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord