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917321

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of leave to remain applications that have exceeded the six months deadline.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	150230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not included in statistics published by the Home Office.</p><p>However, published information on the number of applications for leave to remain in all categories, as well as data on UK Visa and Immigration performance against service standards for applications made in the UK and from overseas, can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/06/2018 11:51:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

917329

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make training on how to assess asylum applications on the grounds of religious persecution compulsory for his Department's asylum caseworkers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	150119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to delivering an asylum process that is sensitive to the needs of the claimants so that sufficient information can be obtained to facilitate fair and sustainable decisions on asylum claims. All interviewing and decision making personnel receive extensive training on interviewing and considering asylum claims, and must follow published Home Office policy guidance when conducting screening and substantive asylum interviews and considering asylum claims<em>.</em></p><p>Specialist training to assist decision making staff consider asylum claims based upon religious persecution is currently being developed and will be rolled out to staff as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/06/2018 11:26:30 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

917330

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that vulnerability on religious grounds is adequately assessed by his Department when determining resettlement needs.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	150120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>With regards to resettlement, the UK works according to the humanitarian principles of impartiality and neutrality which means that we do not take into consideration the ethno-religious origins of people requiring assistance as we resettle solely on the basis of needs, identified by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).</p><p>UNHCR is the internationally recognised and mandated agency for dealing with refugees. It has a global presence and 65 years’ experience in handling refugee crises. UNHCR is uniquely placed to help the UK authorities identify and refer vulnerable refugees who would benefit from resettlement in this country.</p><p>The seven vulnerability criteria used by the UNHCR are Legal and or Physical Protection Needs; Survivors of Torture and/or Violence; Medical Needs; Women and Girls at Risk; Family Reunification; Children and Adolescents at Risk and Lack of Foreseeable Alternative Durable Solutions. Individuals are not specifically identified for resettlement based on their religion or ethnicity but members of minority communities may well meet one of the other vulnerability criteria set out by UNHCR.</p><p>We are working with UNHCR and other partners to intensify their outreach to groups that might otherwise be reluctant to register for fear of stigma or discrimination and unaware of the safe space and options available to them. This includes all religious minorities.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/06/2018 11:48:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

917388

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
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 Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules (HC 194) of 2012-13, what plans the Government has to undertake a review of the Rules and publish a report.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	150102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The Immigration Rules are under continuous review and we make changes regularly to ensure they continue to work appropriately in the national interest.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/06/2018 12:15:00 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

917389

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to extend the destitute domestic violence concession to women who have experienced violence but are not on a spousal visa.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	150103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to tackling violence against all women and girls, regardless of their background, and, through the Tampon Tax, has provided £250,000 to Southall Black Sisters to fund research to support women and girls on non-spousal visas without recourse to public funds who face abuse.</p><p>We have consulted on what more can be done to protect domestic abuse victims with no recourse to public funds through the Domestic Abuse Bill, which closed on 31 May. We are currently analysing the 3,200 plus responses received and will carefully consider what future courses of action are necessary.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/06/2018 11:23:57 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

917391

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women (a) applied for and (b) were granted destitute domestic violence concession in each year since the introduction of that consession.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	150105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>We do not publish this specific data, however details of individuals granted Leave to Remain in the United Kingdom as a whole can be found as part of published Migration Statistics:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/06/2018 11:42:42 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

917433

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Shipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of the number non-EEA seafarers who have taken up employment as crew on vessels engaged in offshore wind maintenance and construction projects in UK territorial waters since June 2017.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	150056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>This concession, which operates outside of the Immigration Rules, has been introduced, and extended until 21 April 2019, to afford the industry opportunity to take steps to regularise its arrangements for employing non-EEA crew of vessels engaged in the construction and maintenance of wind farms located in UK territorial waters.</p><p>The concession is not subject to a mandatory visa requirement and the Home Office does not have information on the number of non-EEA workers admitted to work in territorial waters under these arrangements. The Home Office provides guidance on the operation of the concession at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/offshore-wind-workers-immigration-rules-concession-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/offshore-wind-workers-immigration-rules-concession-2017</a>, and other available immigration employment routes at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas</a>.</p><p>.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 150057 150058 question first answered 08/06/2018 11:29:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

917434

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Shipping
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 5 July 2017 to Question 2290, what the grounds were for the decision to grant a further time-limited concession for employers in the offshore wind industry up to 21 April 2019.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	150057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>This concession, which operates outside of the Immigration Rules, has been introduced, and extended until 21 April 2019, to afford the industry opportunity to take steps to regularise its arrangements for employing non-EEA crew of vessels engaged in the construction and maintenance of wind farms located in UK territorial waters.</p><p>The concession is not subject to a mandatory visa requirement and the Home Office does not have information on the number of non-EEA workers admitted to work in territorial waters under these arrangements. The Home Office provides guidance on the operation of the concession at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/offshore-wind-workers-immigration-rules-concession-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/offshore-wind-workers-immigration-rules-concession-2017</a>, and other available immigration employment routes at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas</a>.</p><p>.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 150056 150058 question first answered 08/06/2018 11:29:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

917435

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Shipping
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 5 July 2017 to Question 2290, whether his Department provides guidance to employers on how to regularize arrangements for employing non-EEA crew on construction and maintenance vessels in the offshore wind sector; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	150058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>This concession, which operates outside of the Immigration Rules, has been introduced, and extended until 21 April 2019, to afford the industry opportunity to take steps to regularise its arrangements for employing non-EEA crew of vessels engaged in the construction and maintenance of wind farms located in UK territorial waters.</p><p>The concession is not subject to a mandatory visa requirement and the Home Office does not have information on the number of non-EEA workers admitted to work in territorial waters under these arrangements. The Home Office provides guidance on the operation of the concession at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/offshore-wind-workers-immigration-rules-concession-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/offshore-wind-workers-immigration-rules-concession-2017</a>, and other available immigration employment routes at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas</a>.</p><p>.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 150056 150057 question first answered 08/06/2018 11:29:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

917499

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Educational Testing Service
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 contribution of the Minister for Immigration of 4 June, Official Report, column 22, what progress has been made on his Department's review of the cases of people whose leave to remain was curtailed in response to information received from Educational Testing Service but remain in the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	149895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>We are continuing to review the position for those who remain in the UK who have live litigation. As a result of the Immigration Act 2014 there is now only a right of appeal where claims raising asylum, humanitarian protection or human rights claims are refused.</p><p>Similar provisions are set out in the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016<em>. </em>Some of those refused as a result of an allegation of ETS fraud have made a Human Rights claim and will have an in country right of appeal if refused (unless the claim is clearly unfounded).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/06/2018 14:59:44 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms