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927716

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking
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 27 February 2018 to Question 129315, if he will develop a cost-effective means of recording in a readily accessible format the route of travel of people who have been illegally trafficked to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	155941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office records and publishes data, broken down by nationality, of all those who make an asylum claim or are referred to the National Referral mechanism (NRM) as a potential victim of trafficking or modern slavery. Information concerning a claimants route of travel to the United Kingdom is not recorded centrally in a readily accessible format, and could only be provided at disproportionate costs by examination of individual interview transcripts and case files. There are no plans to record this information.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/06/2018 11:45:25 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

927717

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
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, with reference to the immigration exemption in forthcoming data protection legislation, if he will make it his policy that no information relating to the case of a member of the Windrush generation, their children or someone who arrived in the UK between 1973 and 1988 will be withheld from that person if they request their personal data.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	155942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>When the Department receives a request for access to personal data, the data will be provided except where to do so would be likely to prejudice effective immigration control.</p><p>The Department will handle any request for access to personal data held by the Home Office on its merits.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 27/06/2018 13:26:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

927727

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
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, for what reasons there are differences in the length of time that it takes to process indefinite leave to remain applications and applications for other forms of leave to remain.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	155908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>Applications for Indefinite Leave to Remain and other forms of leave to remain are subject to a maximum waiting time, the specific time for each route is published on gov.uk. The exact time taken to decide an individual case will depend on the specific circumstances of that case.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 25/06/2018 16:15:25 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

927732

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department was aware of recent concerns raised about cockroaches, rodents and bedbugs and other substandard environmental conditions in privately-run asylum housing properties; and for what reason such properties nonetheless passed all compliance regulations and local authority property standards.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	155943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation, transportation and cash/subsistence support whilst their application for asylum is being considered. UKVI discharges their statutory duty via a suite of COMPASS contracts with three providers; G4S, Serco and Clearsprings Ready Homes. UKVI do not accommodate service users in privately run asylum housing properties</p><p>Accommodation providers are required to provide safe, habitable, fit for purpose and correctly equipped accommodation that complies with the Decent Homes Standard in addition to standards outlined in relevant national or local housing legislation</p><p>The contract requires Providers to inspect each property every month and UKVI inspects a significant proportion of properties each year to ensure standards are being met. Where asylum accommodation is found to be falling short of the required standards UKVI has procedures in place to hold suppliers to account to quickly resolve the issue.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 155944 question first answered 27/06/2018 13:17:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

927733

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans his Department has to review the compliance regulations and local authority property standards of privately-run asylum housing properties.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	155944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation, transportation and cash/subsistence support whilst their application for asylum is being considered. UKVI discharges their statutory duty via a suite of COMPASS contracts with three providers; G4S, Serco and Clearsprings Ready Homes. UKVI do not accommodate service users in privately run asylum housing properties</p><p>Accommodation providers are required to provide safe, habitable, fit for purpose and correctly equipped accommodation that complies with the Decent Homes Standard in addition to standards outlined in relevant national or local housing legislation</p><p>The contract requires Providers to inspect each property every month and UKVI inspects a significant proportion of properties each year to ensure standards are being met. Where asylum accommodation is found to be falling short of the required standards UKVI has procedures in place to hold suppliers to account to quickly resolve the issue.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 155943 question first answered 27/06/2018 13:17:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

927738

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
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, for what reason people with indefinite leave to remain do not receive (a) biometric cards and (b) no time limit status (a) automatically and (b) free of charge.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	155917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The cost to process the biometric residence permit has been included as part of the overall application fee since 2008. Individuals seeking to upgrade legacy documents or replace their biometric residence permits are required to cover the cost of processing the application. There are some limited concessions for certain applicants, such as refugees.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 27/06/2018 13:20:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

927742

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrant workers have been deported as a result of (a) exceeding their 20-day annual limit on unpaid leave from work and (b) participating in strike action.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	155668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The requested information is not published by the Home Office, and could only be compiled manually and at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 27/06/2018 13:16:31 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

927744

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Detainees
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 it his policy to grant discretionary leave to remain in the UK to asylum seekers who have waited a year or longer at immigration detention centres .
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	155670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>Almost all asylum claims are processed in the community. Those who have their claim processed in detention are those who claim only after having been detained for removal, or who are detained for public protection reasons. We may also detain failed asylum seekers for removal if they refuse to leave the UK voluntarily.</p><p>In all cases, the appropriateness of detention is considered through regular reviews and whenever there is new evidence about removability or vulnerability. Detention is kept to the shortest period necessary. It may be maintained only whilst there is a realistic prospect of removal within a reasonable period of time.</p><p>There are no plans to review the Discretionary Leave policy.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 25/06/2018 16:17:45 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

927745

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	NHS: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, what plans he has to ensure that the number of medical professionals entering the UK to work in the NHS in understaffed positions including interventional radiology is maintained when the UK leave the EU.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	155671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government values the contribution which migrants makes to the NHS</p><p>We have commissioned the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to advise on the economic and social impacts of the UK’s exit from the EU and also on how the UK’s immigration system should be aligned with a modern industrial strategy. <br>The Government will want to ensure that decisions on the long-term arrangements are based on evidence. The commission that we have asked the MAC to undertake is very much part of this. The MAC are due to publish their final report by September 2018.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 27/06/2018 13:18:36 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

927749

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has carried out a risk assessment of the planned registration scheme for EU citizens after the UK leaves the EU; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	155841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>As is standard for government’s approach to delivery of programmes, we have in place project management tools designed to detect and mitigate risks, provide additional confidence and ensure safe delivery of the registration scheme for EU citizens after the UK leaves the EU</p><p>We will be providing further detail on the scheme in due course.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 27/06/2018 13:32:40 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire