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850644

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will take steps to prevent one parent obtaining a passport for their children without the consent of the other.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	129897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to change the current policy on who can apply for a child’s passport. Her Majesty’s Passport Office already has in place provisions for someone to inform them of concerns regarding safeguarding and abduction.</p><p>HM Passport Office also recommends that where issues occur, parents, guardians or a legal representative seek direction from the courts and if informed HM Passport Office will allow a period of time for this to be obtained before a passport is issued.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/03/2018 19:30:48 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

850675

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Middle East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to take steps independently of the United Nations to increase the number of Christians from Syria and Iraq receiving resettlement in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	129924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>Our resettlement schemes prioritise the most vulnerable refugees regardless of race, religion or ethnicity – we do not discriminate in favour of, or against, any particular group. This is why we work closely with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which has well-established procedures and criteria for identifying and resettling the most vulnerable refugees. Apart from the criteria we set for each scheme, we do not seek to influence which cases are referred to us by UNHCR.</p><p>However, we recognise how important it is that UNHCR is accessible to the most vulnerable refugees, including members of minority religions, and this is why we are working with UNHCR and their partners to intensify their outreach to groups that might otherwise be reluctant to register. This includes people in formal refugee camps, informal settlements and host communities. The efforts undertaken by UNHCR include mobile registration teams, outreach teams, and Help Desks for areas where different minority groups are concentrated to facilitate registration and access to services.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 05/03/2018 19:19:25 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

850734

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
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 judgment in the case of PK (Ghana) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether victims of modern slavery with a positive conclusive grounds decision will remain in receipt of National Referral Mechanism support until (a) her Department publishes its updated guidance on discretionary leave to remain and (b) a decision has been made on those cases in accordance with that updated guidance.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	129973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The Court of Appeal issued a judgment in the case of (PK(Ghana) v SSHD) on 13 February 2018. We are considering the implications of the judgment.</p><p>Whilst we consider next steps interim guidance has been issued to caseworkers to put on hold any refusals of discretionary leave to remain decisions for confirmed victims of modern slavery on. Grants of discretionary leave are continuing. This guidance is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/interim-operation-guidance-discretionary-leave-for-victims-of-modern-slavery" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/interim-operation-guidance-discretionary-leave-for-victims-of-modern-slavery</a></p><p>In line with standard practice, support providers under the Victim Care Contract can seek an extension of support for confirmed victims who are awaiting a discretionary leave decision.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 129972 question first answered 06/03/2018 19:14:13 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

850752

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	ICT: Skilled Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on enabling skilled technology entrepreneurs to enter and work in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	129988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK has a comprehensive offer for skilled technology entrepreneurs seeking to work in the United Kingdom.</p><p>Migrants wishing to establish, set up or take over a business in the UK may apply under our Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visa route if they can demonstrate a credible business plan and have £50,000 funding to invest in their business from a specified source, or £200,000 from any source.</p><p>For migrants who have studied at UK universities and now wish to set up their own technology business, the Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur visa route is also available. This route requires applicants to be endorsed by a Higher Education Institution but does not require any minimum investment funds and allows applications to work part time to support themselves as they develop their business. The independent Migration Advisory Committee’s review of the route in 2015, concluded that the Graduate Entrepreneur scheme works well; it has limited numbers and attracts high quality people. The Government is currently considering the MAC’s wider recommendations from that review.</p><p>For skilled technology entrepreneurs who are at the very top of their profession that can demonstrate exceptional skills or potential the UK also maintains an exceptional talent route. The Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) route has 5 endorsing bodies of which Tech City provides endorsement for those in the digital technology sector. On 11 January 2018, we doubled the number of exceptional talent places available each year to 2000 places, recognising the contribution that these highly skilled migrants make to the UK. Exceptional talent visas do not require applicants to have a sponsoring employer and thus represents an attractive offer to the very best potential technology entrepreneurs.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/03/2018 19:06:54 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

850844

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) lesbian, (b) gay, (c) bisexual and (d) transgender asylum seekers have been granted refugee status in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	130069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>While the information relating to sexual orientation and gender identification of foreign nationals who are granted refugee status is not routinely recorded, the Home Office remains committed to publishing information on the number of people claiming asylum on the basis of sexual orientation.</p><p>While the Department does not hold pre-July 2015 data in a reportable format and does not currently break down the data into the separate lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender categories, experimental data on asylum claims lodged on the basis of sexual orientation, including the number of claimants who were granted asylum, between 1 July 2015 and 31 March 2017 is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/asylum-claims-on-the-basis-of-sexual-orientation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/asylum-claims-on-the-basis-of-sexual-orientation</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/03/2018 19:10:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

850846

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Arts: Immigration Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) musicians and (b) artists have been refused entry into the UK due to them being deemed not conducive to the public good.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	130070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 05/03/2018 19:22:06 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

850852

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Lost Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports have been reported lost or mislaid by her Department and its agencies during immigration applications in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	130075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The specific data requested is not published by the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/03/2018 15:57:41 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

850853

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Postal Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the policy of UK Immigration and Visas is on returning passports to immigration applicants by (a) recorded delivery, (b) first class post, (c) second class post and (d) other means.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	130076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>UK Visas and Immigration use various methods when returning valuable documents (including passports) to its customers, this is clearly set out to customers as part of the application process. Customers have the option to arrange recorded or special delivery should they wish. Or to apply using our premium routes which allows them to make an application without giving their documents up at all.</p><p>When we are informed of errors we work promptly to rectify them, including the loss of valuable documents. Customer feedback, including complaints, are taken into account to ensure we offer value for money; which includes improving the services we offer, the quality of the decisions we make and the provision of an excellent customer service.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/03/2018 19:00:29 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

850862

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) British citizens, (b) EEA nationals and (c) individuals with leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain have been wrongfully detained in immigration detention centres in each of the last five years; and will she make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	130084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>Providing the information requested would require a manual check of individual records which could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p>All complaints to Immigration Enforcement are investigated. An apology will be offered where it is found that an error has been made.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/03/2018 19:35:13 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

850871

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
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 the average time taken was for a decision on settlement or indefinite leave to remain applications from submission to response in (a) Barnsley and (b) England in each of the last 3 years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	130092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>We do not publish this specific data, however information on the average time for a decision to be taken on an Indefinite Leave to Remain application, by geographical area, is not held by the Home Office.</p><p>The current maximum waiting time for a straightforward application for indefinite leave to remain under the settlement route is six months, there are currently no plans to change this.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 130093 question first answered 06/03/2018 19:17:03 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock