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1311844

registered interest
date	23/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Extradition: India
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 accused of murder have been successfully extradited to India since the signing of the UK-India Extradition Treaty in 1992.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	186271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>From the available information, there has been one extradition to India for an individual accused of murder during this timeframe. There have been three extraditions from India to the UK for the same offence during this period.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 29/04/2021 12:47:21 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1311417

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	NHS and Care Workers: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of visas for frontline health and care workers in Northern Ireland that will be extended.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	185885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>On 9 April, the Government announced a further renewal of the free extension for eligible people working in Health and Social Care whose visa expires between 1 April and 30 September. This extension applies to all four nations of our United Kingdom.</p><p>A broad range of people across several different work routes will be covered by the free extension including those with general work rights. Therefore, it is not possible to estimate the number of workers in Northern Ireland who will benefit.</p><p>Since starting the free extensions, we have extended the visas of over 10,000 eligible individuals, across the whole of the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/04/2021 12:23:25 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1311429

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
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, how many EU citizens have been granted settled status to remain in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	185782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>The latest published information on EU Settlement Scheme applications can be found on the Home Office’s ‘EU Settlement Scheme statistics’ web page available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/eu-settlement-scheme-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/eu-settlement-scheme-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/04/2021 12:20:44 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

1311534

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Eritrea
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 reasons for the increase in asylum applications from Eritrean nationals in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	185826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of applications for asylum in the UK, broken down by nationality, in its quarterly Immigration Statistics release. The number of applications made by Eritreans in each year are available in the Immigration Statistics, Asy_01c:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/961749/asylum-summary-dec-2020-tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/961749/asylum-summary-dec-2020-tables.xlsx</a></p><p>All asylum and human rights applications from Eritrean nationals are carefully considered and assessed on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations.</p><p>Each individual assessment is made against the background of the latest available country of origin information and any relevant caselaw. The Eritrean Country Policy and Information Notes (available on gov.uk) outlines our position.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/04/2021 12:26:18 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1311535

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Eritrea
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 support Eritrean refugees with acute mental distress.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	185827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>Refugees can access the same NHS health services as UK citizens, including mental health services.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 29/04/2021 12:40:38 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1311597

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
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, what the average waiting time was for an asylum interview in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	185945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office is unable to state the average waiting time for an asylum interview, in the most recent period for which figures are available, as the Home Office does not publish this information and it could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.</p><p>However, the Home Office does publish data on the number asylum applications awaiting an initial decision by duration, for main applicants only. This data can be found at Asy_04 of the published Immigration Statistics:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2020/list-of-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2020/list-of-tables</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/04/2021 12:08:54 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1311628

registered interest
date	22/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Children
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 13 April 2021 to Question 175906 on British Nationality: Children, what review of fees for immigration and nationality applications has the Department undertaken in response to the Court of Appeal's ruling on citizenship application fees for children.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	185914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>As advised in the answer to PQ 175906, all fees for immigration and nationality applications are kept under regular review and we ensure they are within the parameters agreed with HM Treasury and Parliament, as set out in Section 68 (9) of the Immigration Act 2014.</p><p>The Home Office has acknowledged the recent judgement and is reviewing the fee in line with its duties under Section 55.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 27/04/2021 15:01:23 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1310952

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Naturalisation
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 assess the potential merits of amending the immigration rules to give officials the power in exceptional circumstances to waive the need to have been in the UK at the start of the qualifying period for naturalisation.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	185402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>On 24 March 2021, as part of the New Plan for Immigration, the Home Secretary announced several proposed changes to British nationality law.</p><p>These included a proposal to allow the requirement to have been in the UK at the start of the qualifying period to be waived in exceptional circumstances</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/04/2021 12:12:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1310998

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Death Certificates: Digital Technology
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 introduce digital death certificates by April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	185345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office continues to pursue opportunities to digitise the death registration process, including working with the Department of Health and Social Care on the introduction of an electronic Medical Certificate of Cause of Death.</p><p>There are no current plans to introduce a digital version of a death certificate.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 27/04/2021 15:35:33 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1311036

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Australia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with her Australian counterpart on new reciprocal visa access.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	185456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>As part of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks with Australia, led by the Department for International Trade, Home Office officials have been involved in discussions in line with the government’s published objectives for a UK-Australian FTA on enhanced opportunities for business travel, and Australian proposals on other aspects of UK-Australian mobility, including youth mobility.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/04/2021 15:43:35 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle