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1459002

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships
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 enabling the registration of deaths to take place remotely, rather than requiring attendance at a register office to formally register a death.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	156570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>Regulations have been introduced which will allow information to be collected by telephone before attendance at a register office to formally register a death.</p><p>The General Register Office for England and Wales is exploring options to bring forward amendments to primary legislation which would allow for registration to be completed by telephone in the future.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 27/04/2022 14:04:37 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 65256 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1458500

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial support is available for individuals who enter the UK under the Ukraine Family Visa Scheme and their UK based families.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	155884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>Ukrainian nationals coming to the UK under the Ukraine Family Scheme are given access to work, benefits and public services as laid down in the Appendix Ukraine to the Immigration Rules, details of which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-ukraine-scheme?msclkid=6ffc5ee6b57e11eca218cf61d0cbedaf" target="_blank">Immigration Rules Appendix Ukraine Scheme - Immigration Rules - Guidance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 27/04/2022 16:16:08 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 65268 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1453665

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Scientists: Ukraine
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 establishing and funding a route for Ukrainian scientists to travel to and work in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	145963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>We have established the Ukraine Family Scheme and the Homes for Ukraine scheme which allow those from Ukraine to come to the UK for a period of up to 36 months.</p><p>Those arriving under these schemes will have full unrestricted work rights, allowing them to work for any employer, in any sector and in any role. People on both schemes will have full and unrestricted access to benefits, healthcare, employment and other support. Both schemes are free to apply and there will be no limit to the number of Ukrainians who can benefit.</p><p>Separately, other routes continue to exist such as Skilled Worker and Global Talent which would allow Ukrainian scientists to come to the UK using the points-based system.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/03/2022 16:51:57 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1435309

registered interest
date	24/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Resettlement
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 have been resettled through the Community Sponsorship Scheme in each year since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	129215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on resettlement in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on people who have been resettled through the Community Sponsorship Scheme, by nationality, are published in table Asy_D02 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’.</p><p>Resettlements through the Community Sponsorship Scheme have been published as standalone figures since February 2021. Previously these figures were included within the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-resettlement-schemes-factsheet-march-2021/vulnerable-persons-and-vulnerable-childrens-resettlement-schemes-factsheet-march-2021" target="_blank">Vulnerable Person Resettlement Scheme (VPRS)</a> and Vulnerable Children Resettlement Scheme (VCRS) data but weren’t separately identifiable.</p><p>Figures on the total number of people resettled through community sponsorship scheme prior to this can be found in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2021/how-many-people-do-we-grant-asylum-or-protection-to" target="_blank">'How many people do we grant asylum or protection to?'</a> chapter of the Immigration Statistics, year ending March 2021 release, (section ‘1.1 Resettlement’). The data are not available broken down by year or nationality prior to February 2021.</p><p>Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to December 2021. Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the ‘<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1055845/asylum-summary-dec-2021-tables.ods" target="_blank">summary tables</a>’. The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and resettlement.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 129216 question first answered 01/03/2022 18:06:30 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 54379 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1435310

registered interest
date	24/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Resettlement
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 have been resettled through the Community Sponsorship Scheme in each year since 2016, broken down by country of origin.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	129216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on resettlement in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on people who have been resettled through the Community Sponsorship Scheme, by nationality, are published in table Asy_D02 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’.</p><p>Resettlements through the Community Sponsorship Scheme have been published as standalone figures since February 2021. Previously these figures were included within the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-resettlement-schemes-factsheet-march-2021/vulnerable-persons-and-vulnerable-childrens-resettlement-schemes-factsheet-march-2021" target="_blank">Vulnerable Person Resettlement Scheme (VPRS)</a> and Vulnerable Children Resettlement Scheme (VCRS) data but weren’t separately identifiable.</p><p>Figures on the total number of people resettled through community sponsorship scheme prior to this can be found in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2021/how-many-people-do-we-grant-asylum-or-protection-to" target="_blank">'How many people do we grant asylum or protection to?'</a> chapter of the Immigration Statistics, year ending March 2021 release, (section ‘1.1 Resettlement’). The data are not available broken down by year or nationality prior to February 2021.</p><p>Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to December 2021. Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the ‘<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1055845/asylum-summary-dec-2021-tables.ods" target="_blank">summary tables</a>’. The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and resettlement.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 129215 question first answered 01/03/2022 18:06:30 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 54380 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1379071

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Fees and Charges
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 she has made of the potential merits of removing the non-administrative costs of British citizenship application fees.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	75979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on citizenship applications and grants at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-statistics-data-tables-year-ending-june-2021#citizenship" target="_blank">Immigration statistics data tables, year ending June 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>An incomplete payment is just one of a number of reasons which could lead to an application being rejected and included under the ‘<em>rejected applications’</em> heading in Table 4.</p><p>The Home Office does not have accessible management information on applications rejected in Wales specifically, as a result of being unable to pay the non-administrative costs of citizenship fees.</p><p>Fees are regularly reviewed and set within the parameters agreed by Parliament in section 68 of the Immigration Act 2014.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 75980 question first answered 19/11/2021 11:49:04 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1379072

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Fees and Charges
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 eligible applicants in (a) Wales and (b) the rest of the UK who cannot make an application for British citizenship as a result of being unable to pay the non-administrative costs.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	75980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on citizenship applications and grants at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-statistics-data-tables-year-ending-june-2021#citizenship" target="_blank">Immigration statistics data tables, year ending June 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>An incomplete payment is just one of a number of reasons which could lead to an application being rejected and included under the ‘<em>rejected applications’</em> heading in Table 4.</p><p>The Home Office does not have accessible management information on applications rejected in Wales specifically, as a result of being unable to pay the non-administrative costs of citizenship fees.</p><p>Fees are regularly reviewed and set within the parameters agreed by Parliament in section 68 of the Immigration Act 2014.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 75979 question first answered 19/11/2021 11:49:04 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1363459

registered interest
date	26/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Contact Tracing: Travel Requirements
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 8 September 2021 to Question 45228 on Immigration Controls: Coronavirus, how travellers without access to the internet are able to complete the Passenger Locator Form for a return journey to the UK, in the context of there being a 48 hour window for people to complete that form before arriving in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	63840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2021 answer text <p>As stated in the Government’s response to Questions 45228, all passengers must complete the Passenger Locator Form online, however, once completed they can print off their finished form to show carriers before departing to the UK.</p><p>Passengers may seek assistance, from family, friends or another third party, to complete on their behalf.</p><p>There are dedicated helplines for members of the public who are encountering issues with completing the PLF form. Whilst these helplines can provide advice, they cannot complete the form on behalf of the passenger.</p><p>The contact telephone number from within the UK is 0800 678 1767 and is open Monday to Friday between the hours of 9am to 5pm. These calls are free of charge.</p><p>The contact telephone number when outside the UK is 0044 207 113 0371 and is open Monday to Friday between the hours of 9am to 5pm. These calls are charged dependant on the network provider.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 29/10/2021 13:55:53 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1345387

registered interest
date	08/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Relatives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of potential sponsors who have left the UK since 2013 as a result of close relatives not being able to join them under the Adult Dependency visa rule.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	29879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>It is not possible to make such an estimate as the Home Office does not record the reason why individuals leave the UK.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/07/2021 16:45:55 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1277601

registered interest
date	18/01/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of foreign or commonwealth citizens residing in the UK who have not made an application for indefinite leave to remain despite being eligible upon their discharge from HM forces since 2000.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	139108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>This Government hugely values every member of our outstanding Armed Forces and we are humbled when non-UK nationals choose to serve our country. It is for these reasons we explicitly provide for non-UK veterans discharged from HM Forces to obtain settlement in the UK.</p><p>Home Office guidance gives caseworkers the flexibility to consider cases outside the Immigration Rules for discharged members of HM Forces who have not yet regularised their immigration status:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-forces-applications-on-discharge" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-forces-applications-on-discharge</a></p><p>It is not possible to estimate the number of non-UK former members of HM Forces living in the UK who have not made an application for indefinite leave to remain despite being eligible to do so, as there are other options available to those who discharge. Some may choose to return to their country of nationality, while others may naturalise as British citizens during their service.</p><p>The Home Office is engaging with MPs, campaigners and members of the public to assess whether those who have served in the Armed Forces should continue to pay settlement fees. The Home Secretary recently met the Defence Secretary to consider how we can offer greater flexibility and support for such people, and their families, in future. Subject to collective agreement, the Ministry of Defence will be launching a public consultation on this issue in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 139109 139110 question first answered 21/01/2021 16:15:07 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake