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1439761

registered interest
date	10/03/2022
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, whether an applicant to the Ukraine family scheme who does not have a visa will be permitted travel to the United Kingdom without incurring carrier liability fees.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	138146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>Those eligible for the Ukraine family scheme should ensure they obtain the correct permission to come to the UK. Those eligible for the scheme who hold a valid Ukrainian Passport no longer need to go to a Visa Application Centre and can apply online, they will be able to give their biometrics once they have arrived in the UK.</p><p>Carriers’ liability legislation will apply as normal and guidance for carriers on discharging their obligations will be updated as necessary.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 15/03/2022 17:28:00 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1420696

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
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 received representations from Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit on their concerns that children seeking asylum in the UK are at a higher risk of criminal exploitation, self-harm and dying by suicide; and what steps she is taking to tackle the backlog of children seeking asylum.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	120904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office regularly receive representations from Greater Manchester child and migrants’ rights organisations on children seeking asylum in the UK.</p><p>The department most recently received a courtesy copy of an open letter dated 16 December 2021, from the Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU) in which 25 child and migrant rights organisations wrote to us and we replied to this on the 20 January 2022.</p><p>The department maintains a working relationship with GMIAU and other regional organisations through our strategic partnerships; including the Strategic Engagement Group (SEG) and National Asylum Stakeholder Forum (NASF), who continue to work collaboratively to ensure asylum claims from children and young people remains one of our top priorities.</p><p>The Home Office have established two dedicated case working Hubs for deciding children’s asylum claims which are now fully operational. The hubs have established improved focus on and greater control of children’s cases to build expertise, identify efficiencies and provide a consistency of decision making (and quicker outcomes) for our customers.</p><p>We continue to work collaboratively with Local Authorities nationally on the remote interview process for Accompanied and Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children and young people utilising digital interviewing video capabilities to complement in person interviews.</p><p>Since May 2021 we have increased Local Authority opt in for digital interviewing to 108 Local Authorities helping to speed up processes, reduce delays and the numbers of children and young people who have an outstanding claim.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to recruit additional decision-makers who will be trained to process children’s asylum claims to further reduce the number outstanding.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/02/2022 10:51:08 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1420374

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: Children
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 number of days taken to process claims for unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the UK is; and how many days her Department took to reach a decision on claims by children seeking asylum in (a) 2021, (b) 2020 and (c) 2019; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	119806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office is unable to state what the average number of days taken to process claims unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the UK and how many days it took to reach a decision on claims by children seeking asylum in 2021, 2020 and 2019 as this information is not collected in a format which can published.</p><p>The Home Office has established two dedicated case working Hubs for deciding children’s asylum claims which are now fully operational. The hubs have established improved focus on and greater control of children’s cases, to build expertise, identify efficiencies and provide a consistency of decision making (and quicker outcomes) for our customers.</p><p>We continue to work collaboratively with Local Authorities nationally on the remote interview process for Accompanied and Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children and young people utilising digital interviewing video capabilities to complement in person interviews.</p><p>Since May 2021 we have increased Local Authority opt in for digital interviewing to 108 Local Authorities helping to speed up processes, reduce delays and the numbers of children and young people who have an outstanding claim.</p><p>We are continuing to recruit additional decision-makers who will be trained to process children’s asylum claims.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 10/02/2022 13:12:36 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1420375

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: Employment
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 lift the ban on people seeking asylum having the right to work.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	119807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office already allows asylum seekers the right to work in the UK if their claim has been outstanding for 12 months or more, through no fault of their own. Those permitted to work are restricted to jobs on the Shortage Occupation List, which is based on expert advice from the independent Migration Advisory Committee.</p><p> </p><p>Being able to acquire a right to work simply by making an asylum claim would act as a significant incentive to lodge unmeritorious claims. Our policy is intended to deter people from undercutting the resident labour market and supports wider changes to fix the broken asylum system.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 10/02/2022 12:51:45 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

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

1360702

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: 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 from the hon. Member for Manchester Gorton of 24 September 2021 regarding Godwin Ojo.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	58495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office responded on 18 October 2021.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/10/2021 16:11:44 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1359142

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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 18 August 2021 regarding Mr Mohamed Elboraee.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	56192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p><strong>PQ 03518 – </strong>MPAM/0184552/21 – I apologise for the delay. UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded on 18 October 2021.</p><p><strong>PQ 03600 – </strong>MPAM/0182609/21 - I apologise for the delay. UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded on 18 October 2021.</p><p><strong>PQ 03590 – </strong>MPAM/0179849/21 - I apologise for the delay. UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded on 19 October 2021.</p><p><strong>PQ 03604 – </strong>MPAM/0171774/21 - I apologise for the delay. UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded on 19 October 2021.</p><p><strong>PQ 03603 – </strong>MPAM/0177314/21 - I apologise for the delay. UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded on 20 October 2021.</p><p><strong>PQ 03591 – </strong>There was no trace of this correspondence being received. A copy of the correspondence was received on 18<sup>th</sup> October and was closed off on 19 October through your surgery call with the MP Engagement team.</p><p>UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team is pursuing enquiries on the following case and aims to respond as below:</p><p><strong>PQ 03503 – </strong>MPAM/0182754/21 Further enquiries are being made and a substantive response will be issued to the MP by Friday 29 October 2021. UKVI MP Engagement team will contact you if it is not possible to provide full responses within this timeframe.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 56194 56196 56428 57313 57318 question first answered 22/10/2021 10:51:40 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1359214

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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 24 August 2021 regarding Adebukola Adewumi.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	56194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p><strong>PQ 03518 – </strong>MPAM/0184552/21 – I apologise for the delay. UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded on 18 October 2021.</p><p><strong>PQ 03600 – </strong>MPAM/0182609/21 - I apologise for the delay. UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded on 18 October 2021.</p><p><strong>PQ 03590 – </strong>MPAM/0179849/21 - I apologise for the delay. UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded on 19 October 2021.</p><p><strong>PQ 03604 – </strong>MPAM/0171774/21 - I apologise for the delay. UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded on 19 October 2021.</p><p><strong>PQ 03603 – </strong>MPAM/0177314/21 - I apologise for the delay. UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded on 20 October 2021.</p><p><strong>PQ 03591 – </strong>There was no trace of this correspondence being received. A copy of the correspondence was received on 18<sup>th</sup> October and was closed off on 19 October through your surgery call with the MP Engagement team.</p><p>UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team is pursuing enquiries on the following case and aims to respond as below:</p><p><strong>PQ 03503 – </strong>MPAM/0182754/21 Further enquiries are being made and a substantive response will be issued to the MP by Friday 29 October 2021. UKVI MP Engagement team will contact you if it is not possible to provide full responses within this timeframe.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 56192 56196 56428 57313 57318 question first answered 22/10/2021 10:51:40 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1359215

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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 17 August 2021 regarding Asad Aqeel.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	56196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p><strong>PQ 03518 – </strong>MPAM/0184552/21 – I apologise for the delay. UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded on 18 October 2021.</p><p><strong>PQ 03600 – </strong>MPAM/0182609/21 - I apologise for the delay. UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded on 18 October 2021.</p><p><strong>PQ 03590 – </strong>MPAM/0179849/21 - I apologise for the delay. UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded on 19 October 2021.</p><p><strong>PQ 03604 – </strong>MPAM/0171774/21 - I apologise for the delay. UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded on 19 October 2021.</p><p><strong>PQ 03603 – </strong>MPAM/0177314/21 - I apologise for the delay. UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded on 20 October 2021.</p><p><strong>PQ 03591 – </strong>There was no trace of this correspondence being received. A copy of the correspondence was received on 18<sup>th</sup> October and was closed off on 19 October through your surgery call with the MP Engagement team.</p><p>UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team is pursuing enquiries on the following case and aims to respond as below:</p><p><strong>PQ 03503 – </strong>MPAM/0182754/21 Further enquiries are being made and a substantive response will be issued to the MP by Friday 29 October 2021. UKVI MP Engagement team will contact you if it is not possible to provide full responses within this timeframe.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 56192 56194 56428 57313 57318 question first answered 22/10/2021 10:51:40 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1359395

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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 10 September 2021, regarding Dr Jahanbeen Jahangir.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	56428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p><strong>PQ 03518 – </strong>MPAM/0184552/21 – I apologise for the delay. UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded on 18 October 2021.</p><p><strong>PQ 03600 – </strong>MPAM/0182609/21 - I apologise for the delay. UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded on 18 October 2021.</p><p><strong>PQ 03590 – </strong>MPAM/0179849/21 - I apologise for the delay. UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded on 19 October 2021.</p><p><strong>PQ 03604 – </strong>MPAM/0171774/21 - I apologise for the delay. UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded on 19 October 2021.</p><p><strong>PQ 03603 – </strong>MPAM/0177314/21 - I apologise for the delay. UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded on 20 October 2021.</p><p><strong>PQ 03591 – </strong>There was no trace of this correspondence being received. A copy of the correspondence was received on 18<sup>th</sup> October and was closed off on 19 October through your surgery call with the MP Engagement team.</p><p>UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team is pursuing enquiries on the following case and aims to respond as below:</p><p><strong>PQ 03503 – </strong>MPAM/0182754/21 Further enquiries are being made and a substantive response will be issued to the MP by Friday 29 October 2021. UKVI MP Engagement team will contact you if it is not possible to provide full responses within this timeframe.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 56192 56194 56196 57313 57318 question first answered 22/10/2021 10:51:40 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan