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1362985

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date	25/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Care Workers
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 adding entry level social care staff to the shortage occupation list.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	62710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>Senior care workers were added to the Shortage Occupation List (SOL) in April 2021, joining other key health and care occupations such as nurses, occupational therapists and social workers. Yet we do not believe it would be appropriate to create an immigration route which gives social care employers an opportunity to recruit at or near the minimum wage, with no work based training requirements, as an alternative to offering the type of rewarding packages which will attract UK based workers.</p><p>In July, I commissioned the MAC to review the impact of ending free movement on the social care sector. The MAC have issued a call for evidence with stakeholders and we look forward to receiving their report in April 2022.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/10/2021 15:24:17 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1362987

registered interest
date	25/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gender: Registration
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 will take to ensure the recording of biological natal sex on all records in her Department's remit.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Mark Jenkinson
uin	62849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2021 answer text <p>The General Register Office records sex as part of a birth registration. Her Majesty’s Passport Office currently use the sex recorded on the customer’s birth certificate to record the customer’s gender on the passport and in passport records.</p><p>The Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 and associated regulations prescribe the information to be recorded in a birth entry.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/11/2021 14:00:28 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4752 label Biography information for Mark Jenkinson

1363053

registered interest
date	25/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: 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 replicate the use of Secure QR code technology used in the Government’s Covid certification for EU citizens who wish to have printed proof of their immigration status under the EU Settlement Scheme.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	62869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2021 answer text <p>Home Office officials have already met with the 3million group to discuss the use of a QR code system for this purpose.</p><p>We are actively considering the feasibility of the suggested approach and will respond more fully to the suggestion in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/11/2021 14:04:27 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1363072

registered interest
date	25/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to provide a substantive response to the correspondence sent by the hon. Member for Manchester Gorton on 1 September 2021 regarding Jan Muhammad.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	62833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office responded by MP Engagement telephone call on 26 October 2021</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/10/2021 15:29:48 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1363275

registered interest
date	25/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Care Workers
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 22 October 2021 to Question 53853, on Social Services: Vacancies, if she will add all social care workers to the shortage occupation list alongside senior care workers in response to workforce shortages across the care sector.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	62684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>Senior care workers were added to the Shortage Occupation List (SOL) in April 2021, joining other key health and care occupations such as nurses, occupational therapists and social workers. Yet we do not believe it would be appropriate to create an immigration route which gives social care employers an opportunity to recruit at or near the minimum wage, with no work based training requirements, as an alternative to offering the type of rewarding packages which will attract UK based workers.</p><p>In July, I commissioned the MAC to review the impact of ending free movement on the social care sector. The MAC have issued a call for evidence with stakeholders and we look forward to receiving their report in April 2022</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/10/2021 15:38:27 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley