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1216765

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date	23/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Repatriation: Charter Flights
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 effectiveness of UK Visas and Immigration working with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in relation to the (a) prioritisation of cases and (b) availability and scheduling of repatriation flights.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	63414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office and Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office work closely together to support British citizens and their dependants who are seeking to use repatriation flights. The FCO are ultimately responsible for the scheduling of flights and who is able to access them.</p><p>Some UK Visa Application Centres (VACs) are resuming services where local restrictions allow, and an effective service can be provided. Services will reopen in phases. For updates to the status of VACs, customers can check with:</p><p>TLS contact if they are in Europe, Africa and parts of the Middle East</p><p>VFS global for all other countries</p><p>Anybody who has immigration queries related to coronavirus can email the Coronavirus Immigration Help Centre. Email: CIH@homeoffice.gov.uk. Their email must be in English.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 29/06/2020 16:14:18 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1216772

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Au Pairs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what status and rights au pairs will have in the Government's new immigration policy.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	63373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The UK’s points-based immigration system will not offer a dedicated route for au pairs, as has been the case since 2008. However, there are other immigration routes which will exist for people who may wish to take up these roles, such as the Youth Mobility Scheme (YMS).</p><p> </p><p>We have indicated our desire to negotiate a YMS with the EU, or with individual countries within it, ensuring young people can continue to enjoy the social, cultural and educational benefits of living in the EU and the UK.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 29/06/2020 16:04:07 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1216824

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: NHS
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 grant indefinite leave to remain to NHS staff who have worked during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	63347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>NHS workers from overseas have made a huge contribution in tackling the current pandemic. We are extending the leave of key NHS frontline health workers and their dependants by one year, free of immigration fees and health surcharge, if it was due to expire before October 2020. This offer has also been extended to cover those working in key healthcare roles in the independent health and care sector. However, indefinite leave to remain is based on a number of requirements, including a period of lawful residence in the UK without excess absences, sufficient knowledge of the English language and life in the UK, and any specific requirements of the visa route they are in.</p><p> </p><p>Families and dependants of all health workers who sadly pass away due to contracting the COVID-19 virus will be offered immediate indefinite leave to remain, without a requirement to pay a fee. We hope the number of people who find themselves in this position is very small. Our thoughts go out to the families and friends of all medical professionals who have passed away while fighting to keep us safe.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 29/06/2020 16:09:23 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1216825

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: 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 potential merits of extending the termination of the Immigration Health Surcharge to the families of NHS staff.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	63348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>On 21 May, it was announced that the Home Secretary and the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care were to work together to exempt NHS and health and care staff from the Immigration Health Surcharge. Officials in the Home Office and the Department of Health and Social Care are working through how to implement this change. Arrangements are being worked out and more details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 29/06/2020 16:10:29 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1216854

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
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 assessment she has made of the effect on national security of moving the UK passport contract from De La Rue to French-based company Gemalto.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	63309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>Prior to inviting tenders for the latest contract to design, manufacture, and personalise British passports, the Home Office engaged with Centre for the Protection for National Infrastructure (CPNI) and National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The solution has been assured in line with the UK Security Policy Framework.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010 a proportion of British passports have been made overseas with no security or operational concerns. All passports continue to be personalised with the passport holder’s details such as name and photograph, in the United Kingdom. This ensures no personal data will leave the UK.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 29/06/2020 16:08:12 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1216950

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travel: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support is available to people who have travelled to the UK without quarantine accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	63563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>We have been clear that people should arrange their accommodation before they travel to the UK and the vast majority of travellers have complied.</p><p> </p><p>For the small minority who don’t, the Government will support them in finding appropriate accommodation, upon arrival, and this will be at their own expense.</p><p> </p><p>In the scenario where an arrival presents (at the UK border) as symptomatic, and they do not have suitable accommodation, they will be housed in a government facility for the duration of their self-isolation.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 29/06/2020 16:11:41 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1216951

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travel: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department is providing to people travelling to the UK without access to quarantine accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	63564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>Guidance for traveling to the UK and how to self-isolate when you travel to the UK can be found on the.gov.uk website at the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcoronavirus-covid-19-how-to-self-isolate-when-you-travel-to-the-uk%2Fcoronavirus-covid-19-how-to-self-isolate-when-you-travel-to-the-uk&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7Cc36879c0b30a423cc41a08d81841dcb0%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637286018431319945&amp;sdata=i8r8wJBCZDBkr49wHkxBgO3WN8ggwkw1HFunBczerIg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-how-to-self-isolate-when-you-travel-to-the-uk/coronavirus-covid-19-how-to-self-isolate-when-you-travel-to-the-uk</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 29/06/2020 15:10:23 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1216954

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travel: Coronavirus
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 is taking to verify that people travelling to the UK comply with quarantine measures by staying at a specified address.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	63566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2020 answer text <p>Unless they fall into an exempt category, anyone travelling to the UK should complete a Passenger Locator Form that specifies where they will be self-isolating. Border Force officers carry out spot checks at the border to ensure this form is completed</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England undertake assurance calls against those not exempt from quarantine arrangements. In cases of concern or where they haven’t been able to reach a passenger, the details are passed to Border Force, who undertake further scrutiny of the data before passing the details to the police for enforcement action. The devolved administrations have their own individual arrangements for enforcement and access to the data captured by the Passenger Locator Form.</p><p> </p><p>Anyone found failing to comply with the quarantine measures may be liable to a fixed penalty notice of £1000 in England.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/07/2020 07:52:57 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1217118

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Priority Service and Super Priority Service for visa and indefinite leave to remain applications will resume.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	63234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>International students travelling to the UK to commence courses in the Autumn semester are not considered under the indefinite leave to remain route.</p><p> </p><p>We continually review our global visa operation to improve performance and ensure value for money while maintaining excellent customer service.</p><p> </p><p>We have not yet re-introduced Super Priority and Priority visa services, but are keeping the position under constant review as more of our visa application centres reopen. The decision to reopen visa application centres is taken in conjunction with our commercial partners and is subject to the easing of restrictions in locations by host Governments. As centres reopen details of these will be published on our commercial partner websites.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 63235 question first answered 29/06/2020 16:06:41 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1217120

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
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 indefinite leave to remain decisions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the suspension of the priority and super priority services on the ability of international students to start university courses in September 2020.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	63235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>International students travelling to the UK to commence courses in the Autumn semester are not considered under the indefinite leave to remain route.</p><p> </p><p>We continually review our global visa operation to improve performance and ensure value for money while maintaining excellent customer service.</p><p> </p><p>We have not yet re-introduced Super Priority and Priority visa services, but are keeping the position under constant review as more of our visa application centres reopen. The decision to reopen visa application centres is taken in conjunction with our commercial partners and is subject to the easing of restrictions in locations by host Governments. As centres reopen details of these will be published on our commercial partner websites.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 63234 question first answered 29/06/2020 16:06:41 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams