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1438384

registered interest
date	07/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas her Department has issued under the Ukraine Family Visa scheme as of 7 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	135646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p><em>Information on the number of applications issued under the Ukraine Family Scheme can be found in our published data on the GOV.UK webpage: </em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukraine-family-scheme-application-data" target="_blank">Ukraine Family Scheme: application data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/03/2022 18:00:47 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 57772 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1420292

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Mental Health Services
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 implications for her policies of the finding in the report entitled We want to be strong, by the British Red Cross and the VOICES Network, that for many women the asylum system is not sensitive to gender or trauma-related needs.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	119814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2022 answer text <p>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to the most vulnerable people in genuine need, including women, and this will not change. This government remains committed to delivering a gender-sensitive asylum system ensuring that all those who seek asylum are treated with dignity and respect.</p><p>The Nationality and Borders Bill will deliver the Government’s New Plan for Immigration – the most comprehensive reform in decades, to fix the broken asylum system. The reformed asylum system will continue to strive to provide a system which is sensitive to gender and trauma-related needs, for example continuing to provide the opportunity for all those claiming asylum to be interviewed by an individual of the same gender and a trauma informed approach to actively avoid the re-traumatisation whilst an individual is in the asylum system.</p><p>We are taking into account the recently received report ‘We want to be strong’, commissioned research, experiences of those seeking asylum and welcome engagement through our stakeholder networks. Engagement, including on the New Plan for Immigration, is already underway, as we build a system that is fair, but firm; which safeguards those who may be vulnerable; and protects against any unintended consequences.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 119815 119816 119817 question first answered 15/02/2022 10:53:14 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1420293

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Interviews
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 take steps in response to findings from the VOICES Network and the British Red Cross report entitled We want to be strong, that her Department is not consistently offering women the option to be interviewed by a woman for their asylum interviews.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	119815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2022 answer text <p>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to the most vulnerable people in genuine need, including women, and this will not change. This government remains committed to delivering a gender-sensitive asylum system ensuring that all those who seek asylum are treated with dignity and respect.</p><p>The Nationality and Borders Bill will deliver the Government’s New Plan for Immigration – the most comprehensive reform in decades, to fix the broken asylum system. The reformed asylum system will continue to strive to provide a system which is sensitive to gender and trauma-related needs, for example continuing to provide the opportunity for all those claiming asylum to be interviewed by an individual of the same gender and a trauma informed approach to actively avoid the re-traumatisation whilst an individual is in the asylum system.</p><p>We are taking into account the recently received report ‘We want to be strong’, commissioned research, experiences of those seeking asylum and welcome engagement through our stakeholder networks. Engagement, including on the New Plan for Immigration, is already underway, as we build a system that is fair, but firm; which safeguards those who may be vulnerable; and protects against any unintended consequences.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 119814 119816 119817 question first answered 15/02/2022 10:53:14 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1420294

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with women who have first-hand experience of seeking asylum about (a) their experiences of the asylum system in the UK and (b) potential changes to the asylum system that would benefit women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	119816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2022 answer text <p>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to the most vulnerable people in genuine need, including women, and this will not change. This government remains committed to delivering a gender-sensitive asylum system ensuring that all those who seek asylum are treated with dignity and respect.</p><p>The Nationality and Borders Bill will deliver the Government’s New Plan for Immigration – the most comprehensive reform in decades, to fix the broken asylum system. The reformed asylum system will continue to strive to provide a system which is sensitive to gender and trauma-related needs, for example continuing to provide the opportunity for all those claiming asylum to be interviewed by an individual of the same gender and a trauma informed approach to actively avoid the re-traumatisation whilst an individual is in the asylum system.</p><p>We are taking into account the recently received report ‘We want to be strong’, commissioned research, experiences of those seeking asylum and welcome engagement through our stakeholder networks. Engagement, including on the New Plan for Immigration, is already underway, as we build a system that is fair, but firm; which safeguards those who may be vulnerable; and protects against any unintended consequences.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 119814 119815 119817 question first answered 15/02/2022 10:53:14 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1420295

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
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, for what reason there is no mention of creating an asylum system that is sensitive to gender or trauma-related needs in her Department’s New Plan for Immigration.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	119817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2022 answer text <p>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to the most vulnerable people in genuine need, including women, and this will not change. This government remains committed to delivering a gender-sensitive asylum system ensuring that all those who seek asylum are treated with dignity and respect.</p><p>The Nationality and Borders Bill will deliver the Government’s New Plan for Immigration – the most comprehensive reform in decades, to fix the broken asylum system. The reformed asylum system will continue to strive to provide a system which is sensitive to gender and trauma-related needs, for example continuing to provide the opportunity for all those claiming asylum to be interviewed by an individual of the same gender and a trauma informed approach to actively avoid the re-traumatisation whilst an individual is in the asylum system.</p><p>We are taking into account the recently received report ‘We want to be strong’, commissioned research, experiences of those seeking asylum and welcome engagement through our stakeholder networks. Engagement, including on the New Plan for Immigration, is already underway, as we build a system that is fair, but firm; which safeguards those who may be vulnerable; and protects against any unintended consequences.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 119814 119815 119816 question first answered 15/02/2022 10:53:14 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1402244

registered interest
date	12/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Common Travel Area
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to write the Common Travel Area into domestic UK law.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	102770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>The Common Travel Area (CTA) is an administrative arrangement between the UK and Ireland, as well as the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey.</p><p>It allows British and Irish citizens to travel freely between the UK and Ireland and reside in either jurisdiction. It also facilitates the enjoyment of associated rights and privileges including the right to work, to study and to access social security benefits and health services.</p><p>We have always been clear on the shared commitment to protect the rights of our citizens in each other’s state and this is already underpinned by domestic legislation, which will be updated as necessary to ensure the agreed CTA rights and privileges are properly reflected.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/01/2022 14:46:08 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1400443

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Country Nationals: Afghanistan
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 vulnerability of people who supported British aims in Afghanistan to criminal smugglers and traffickers.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	99052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>We are immensely grateful for Afghan Citizens who supported UK aims and who may be at risk. As a result, in addition to our Afghanistan Relocations and Assistance policy, we relocated a number of individuals who supported UK aims under Op Pitting; and is why <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fafghan-citizens-resettlement-scheme&amp;data=04%7C01%7CFiona.McGrail%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cd29e271958b0416895b508d9d1feb073%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637771714071225139%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=keHhPBu9GxrSYn6eZJYGI71f6Ey3LeRzBiZ5Ae5GAUk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">the Afghan Citizen’s Resettlement Scheme</a> will prioritise those who have assisted the UK efforts in Afghanistan and stood up for values such as democracy, women’s rights, freedom of speech, and rule of law<em>. </em></p><p>The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme launched on 6 January 2022, and will provide up to 20,000 Afghan women, children and others at risk with a safe and legal route to resettle in the UK. It demonstrates the Government’s New Plan for Immigration in action, as we expand and strengthen our safe and legal routes to the UK, for those in need of protection.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 12/01/2022 16:06:48 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1386903

registered interest
date	10/12/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether British citizens must be formally notified of any proposals to revoke their citizenship by the Government.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	90945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2021 answer text <p>Section 40(5) of the British Nationality Act 1981 (BNA) requires the Secretary of State to give a person notice of a decision to deprive them of their citizenship before making the deprivation order.</p><p>The Nationality and Borders Bill allows for someone to be deprived of their citizenship without prior notice but only in exceptional circumstances. Those circumstances are where we do not know the person’s whereabouts, where it would not be reasonably practicable to give notice or where notice cannot be given for reasons of national security, in the interests of the relationship between the UK and another country or otherwise in the public interest.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 20/12/2021 10:30:14 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1385334

registered interest
date	06/12/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Embassies
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 giving asylum seekers the ability to claim asylum at British embassies across the globe.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	87836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2021 answer text <p>The UK has a proud record of providing protection for people who need it, in accordance with our obligations under the Refugee Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights.</p><p> </p><p>However, there is no provision within our Immigration Rules for someone to be allowed to travel to the UK to seek asylum or temporary refuge. Whilst we sympathise with people in many difficult situations around the world, we are not bound to consider asylum claims in British Embassies or High Commissions from the very large numbers of people overseas who might like to come here. Opening an opportunity to claim asylum would also make the operation of these locations impractical if large numbers sought to do so.</p><p> </p><p>Those who need international protection should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach – that is the fastest route to safety.</p><p> </p><p>We already welcome vulnerable people in need of protection to the UK through our resettlement schemes. These schemes have provided safe and legal routes for tens of thousands of people to start new lives in the UK.<em> </em>Through these routes we have resettled more refugees than any EU country since 2015. They include the UK Resettlement Scheme, the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy, the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme, and the Nationality and Borders Bill will establish in law safe and legal routes.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/12/2021 15:35:20 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1362519

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Standards
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 applications are decided within (a) six and (b) 12 months; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	61202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office is committed to ensuring all applications are considered without unnecessary delay. Information on our immigration routes with service standards and whether they have been processed against these standards is available as part of our transparency data at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</a></p><p> </p><p>If an application is deemed complex and expected to take longer than the standard processing timescale, UKVI will write to the customer within the standard processing time and explain what will happen next.</p><p> </p><p>The published information on processing times for complex/ non straightforward visa applications is published as part of the Migration Transparency data, available at</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 01/11/2021 15:45:11 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones