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1452770

registered interest
date	21/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of current asylum programs and policies in place for Russians.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	143732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 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 (ECHR).</p><p> </p><p>All asylum claims lodged from within the UK, including those from Russian nationals, are given full and careful consideration so we do not remove anyone who faces persecution or serious harm on return to their country of origin. Protection is normally granted where a claimant has a well-founded fear of persecution under the Refugee Convention or their circumstances engage our obligations under Article 3 ECHR.</p><p>We are monitoring the situation in Russia. Every asylum claim made is carefully considered on its individual merits by assessing all the evidence provided by the claimant against a background of country information from a wide range of credible sources, including the Foreign, Development and Commonwealth Office, the media and non-governmental sources, such as the UNHCR, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/03/2022 12:51:58 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1452803

registered interest
date	21/03/2022
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 introduce an expedited process for family members of EU/EEA Nationals awaiting decisions on applications to the EU Settlement Scheme, to match the announced introduction of an expedited decision-making process for family members of UK nationals.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	143582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>Settled status holders of any nationality, plus EEA and Swiss citizens with EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) pre-settled status based on UK residence before the end of the transition period will be able to sponsor family members under the new Ukraine Family Scheme.</p><p>There are no plans to change the arrangements for the EUSS or EUSS Family Permit.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/03/2022 12:54:06 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1452804

registered interest
date	21/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tier 1 Investor visa applications by people from Russia led to the granting of British citizenship in each year since 2008, broken down by people who subsequently (a) retained and (b) renounced Russian citizenship.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	143540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>The data is not available. Immigration statistics for the year ending December 2021 are published at Migration statistics. While these include statistics for naturalisation as a British citizen based on residence, they do not identify the specific routes of entry used to secure that residence.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/03/2022 12:55:45 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1452857

registered interest
date	21/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Telephone 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 her Department has made of the information available to call handlers supporting individuals looking for application updates via telephony services at HM Passport Office.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	143733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>All Passport Adviceline call handlers have some access to passport application information, and customers can be transferred where more in-depth advice is needed.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work with our supplier to increase the number of call handlers who are dedicated to the Passport Adviceline and have the necessary access to passport application systems. This will help to ensure calls can be transferred in greater volumes, so more complex passport queries can continue to be answered in good time during periods of high customer contact.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/03/2022 12:49:37 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1452431

registered interest
date	18/03/2022
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, how many and what proportion of naturalisation applications were completed within her Department’s target of six months in each of the last four reporting periods for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	142437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>Secretary of State’s Home Department publishes data on naturalisation applications completed within six months, this data for the previous 4 quarters can be found on the Gov.uk website at.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q1-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q1-2021</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q2-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q2-2021</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q3-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q3-2021</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q4-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q4-2021</a></p><p>The last set of data was published on 24<sup>th</sup> February 2022.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 23/03/2022 10:30:25 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1452140

registered interest
date	17/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Compensation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Windrush Compensation Scheme applicants died before receiving compensation, as at 16 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	142048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>It is deeply regrettable when a claimant passes away before a compensation award can be made or an apology sent to them.</p><p>The Windrush Compensation Scheme staff are working hard to ensure where they are aware of claimants with critical or life shortening illnesses, their cases are prioritised.</p><p>In the unfortunate circumstances where a claimant has passed away after submitting a compensation claim, but before the claim is fully resolved, the team continues to work closely with the appointed representative, usually members of the family, to ensure the compensation payment is made as quickly as possible to the family member.</p><p>As at the end of January 2022 in line with the latest Windrush Compensation Scheme published data, out of the 3490 applications made to the Windrush Compensation Scheme, we are aware of 28 cases to date where the claimant had passed away after having submitted a claim but before receiving compensation. We are working closely with the families and legal representatives to determine the right person to whom the compensation can be paid as quickly as possible.</p><p>It must be noted this data is manually recorded and is reliant on the person receiving the information on an applicant notifying the Windrush Compensation Scheme to record this information. The data isn’t recorded in a reportable field in the casework system.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 23/03/2022 11:12:15 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1452255

registered interest
date	17/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: British National (Overseas)
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Hong Kong BNO visas have been issued; and what data her Department holds on where holders choose to live in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	142070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of applications and grants of leave on the British National Overseas (BN(O)) route in the “How many people come to the UK each year (including visitors)?” topic and underlying datasets of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’</a>.</p><p>The latest data relates to 2021. These statistics include data on main applicants and dependants. Data for Q1 2022 will be published on 26 May 2022.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold information on where visa holders might choose to live in the UK as they are free to settle in any part of it.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 23/03/2022 11:10:01 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1451750

registered interest
date	16/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Applications
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 is taking to reduce the case backlog of visa administrative reviews.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	141175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>Following unprecedented levels of administrative review applications since January 2021, plans to increase resource have been in place since early summer 2021. Newly recruited staff are currently being onboarded with more resource following in the coming months. Overall, the expansion programme will more than double the decision makers working on administrative review applications.</p><p>Current timescales for processing administrative review applications are set out at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fask-for-a-visa-administrative-review%2Fif-youre-in-the-uk&amp;data=04%7C01%7CJoanna.Corr%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C2bed7ec7fb3040ba5f3e08d9af4368cb%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637733526316493192%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=cWtmcIsvqZng2RlmkfEqLJWYTw%2FGSPFZ2aKlK5CIlks%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Ask for a visa administrative review: If you're in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>, which states: “Currently, it can take 6 months or more to receive the result of the administrative review. If you haven’t had a decision on your application within 3 months, the Home Office will contact you with an update.”</p><p>Applicants’ rights are not affected by the delay in consideration.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 141176 question first answered 23/03/2022 13:47:05 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 59024 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1451751

registered interest
date	16/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the service standard is for completing visa administrative reviews.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	141176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>Following unprecedented levels of administrative review applications since January 2021, plans to increase resource have been in place since early summer 2021. Newly recruited staff are currently being onboarded with more resource following in the coming months. Overall, the expansion programme will more than double the decision makers working on administrative review applications.</p><p>Current timescales for processing administrative review applications are set out at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fask-for-a-visa-administrative-review%2Fif-youre-in-the-uk&amp;data=04%7C01%7CJoanna.Corr%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C2bed7ec7fb3040ba5f3e08d9af4368cb%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637733526316493192%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=cWtmcIsvqZng2RlmkfEqLJWYTw%2FGSPFZ2aKlK5CIlks%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Ask for a visa administrative review: If you're in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>, which states: “Currently, it can take 6 months or more to receive the result of the administrative review. If you haven’t had a decision on your application within 3 months, the Home Office will contact you with an update.”</p><p>Applicants’ rights are not affected by the delay in consideration.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 141175 question first answered 23/03/2022 13:47:05 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1451848

registered interest
date	16/03/2022
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
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 9 March 2022 to Question 132223 on Asylum: Mental Health, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Adults at Risk policy and other existing guidance and rules at (a) identifying asylum seekers who have experienced (i) rape and (ii) torture, and (b) ensuring their prompt release from immigration detention.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	141164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office regularly reviews its policies, guidance and processes. A number of mechanisms exist to identify vulnerable people in immigration detention. All individuals receive a healthcare screening within 2 hours of a person’s arrival at an Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) and, unless they decline, an appointment with a doctor within 24 hours; Induction interviews with Home Office Detention Engagement Team staff include questions which seek to identify vulnerability; and Rule 35 of the Detention Centre Rules 2001 / Rule 32 of the Short Term Holding Facility Rules 2018 require the medical practitioner to report where they have concerns a person’s health may be injuriously affected by detention, a person may have suicidal intentions, or a person may have been a victim of torture.</p><p>The Adults at Risk in Immigration Detention (AAR) policy strengthens the presumption against the detention of those who are particularly vulnerable to harm in detention. Under the AAR policy, vulnerable individuals will be detained only when the evidence of vulnerability in their particular case is outweighed by the immigration considerations, including expected date of removal, compliance with immigration law, and public protection. Where a decision is taken to maintain the detention of a vulnerable person, safeguards are in place including regular reviews to ensure detention remains lawful, appropriate and proportionate.</p><p>All Home Office staff working in the detention system are given training and support to identify and act upon indicators of vulnerability.</p><p>Detained individuals are advised of their right to legal representation, and how they can obtain such representation, within 24 hours of their arrival at an IRC. The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) operates free legal advice surgeries in IRCs in England. Individuals who are detained are entitled to receive up to 30 minutes of advice regardless of financial eligibility or the merits of their case. Legal visits can take place from both legal providers attending under the Legal Aid Detained Duty Advice Scheme and other legal providers visiting their clients who are in detention. In line with Government advice on social distancing, during the pandemic, face to face legal visits were facilitated in exceptional circumstances, and only if other means of contact (Skype, telephone, email) were not feasible or appropriate. In light of changes to Government guidance, face to face legal visits can now be facilitated. Safe systems of work are in place to ensure the safety of detained individuals, onsite staff and visitors during these visits.</p><p>There is a dedicated welfare team available daily within each IRC who focus on residents’ needs and assist all detained individuals to obtain legal advice.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 141165 question first answered 24/03/2022 12:46:29 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown