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987800

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
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, when he plans to publish the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration's report on Asylum Accommodation and the Government response to that report.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	179243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The Asylum Accommodation report and Government response will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/10/2018 15:02:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

987852

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
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 he plans to involve local authorities in existing dispersal areas in the process of finalising the new asylum accommodation contracts with providers.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	179244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The transition of the contracts is not a point at which we intend to revisit or revise the contractual arrangements with new accommodation providers.</p><p>Regional Transition Leads are working in partnership with local authorities via the Strategic Migration Partnerships (SMPs) to ensure appropriate liaison and engagement leading up to contract award. This proactive engagement will result in local authorities shaping the narrative around placements of asylum seekers in their communities but also form the beginnings of Joint Partnership Boards which will monitor and manage the transition to the new contracts.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/10/2018 15:04:36 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

987889

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Christianity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions has he had with the House of Bishops on the criteria used by the immigration authorities to assess whether a person has satisfactory grounds for using conversion to Christianity as a reason to be granted leave to remain.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	179080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>Home Office policy is clear that when considering asylum claims based on religious belief or lack of belief, caseworkers must ask appropriate and sensitive questions based on an understanding of religious concepts, philosophical viewpoints and forms of persecution a person may be subjected to in their country. Where caseworkers need to establish credibility of a conversion to any faith, the approach taken is to explore with that individual their personal experiences and journey to their new faith, both in their country and in the UK, rather than test their knowledge of religious facts.</p><p>Home Office officials regularly discuss religious-based claims with a broad range of faith groups to ensure we are considering such claims appropriately. This includes working closely with the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on International Freedom of Religion or Belief and engaging with a range of groups in order to improve our policy guidance and develop specialist training for caseworkers to drive further improvement in this important and complex area. The Home Office has not engaged directly with the House of Bishops on this matter.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/10/2018 14:59:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

987917

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Stoke on Trent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what options were considered when taking the decision to close the Stoke reporting and offender management centre.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	179263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office have been unable to find a suitable location in Stoke for staff and the reporting population so utilised police stations. Staffordshire Police have subsequently rationalised their estate and could not provide the Home Office with accommodation to conduct the full range of functions required.</p><p>In the absence of any suitable accommodation in the area, which also took into account security, safety of signers and staff, the reporting function was moved to Manchester reporting centre.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/10/2018 15:10:05 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

987918

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Stoke on Trent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he made of the needs of asylum seekers in Stoke-on-Trent when the decision to close the Stoke Reporting Centre was taken.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	179264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office assessed the needs of all types of reportees, not only asylum seekers.</p><p>The assessment looked at travel times and reporting frequencies of individuals as well as those with special needs, such as pregnant subjects or those recovering from surgery and how we could reimburse eligible individuals for travel.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/10/2018 15:11:29 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

987977

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
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, if he will publish his Department’s evaluation of the first phase of the roll-out of the EU settlement scheme.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	179317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>As I set out in my Written Statement on the EU Settlement Scheme on 11 October, I have written to the Rt Hon Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford, the Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, with our early findings from the initial private beta phase and placed a copy of that letter in the Library.</p><p>We will continue to monitor findings and will publish a full report with our findings once this first phase, which runs until later this month, has been completed.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 179318 179319 question first answered 18/10/2018 14:51:22 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

987978

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
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, how many people applied for the first phase of the EU settlement scheme; and how many of those applications were (a) successful, (b) unsuccessful, (c) awaiting a decision.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	179318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>As I set out in my Written Statement on the EU Settlement Scheme on 11 October, I have written to the Rt Hon Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford, the Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, with our early findings from the initial private beta phase and placed a copy of that letter in the Library.</p><p>We will continue to monitor findings and will publish a full report with our findings once this first phase, which runs until later this month, has been completed.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 179317 179319 question first answered 18/10/2018 14:51:22 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

987979

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
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, what was the average time taken by his Department was to process an application for the first phase of the EU settlement scheme.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	179319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>As I set out in my Written Statement on the EU Settlement Scheme on 11 October, I have written to the Rt Hon Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford, the Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, with our early findings from the initial private beta phase and placed a copy of that letter in the Library.</p><p>We will continue to monitor findings and will publish a full report with our findings once this first phase, which runs until later this month, has been completed.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 179317 179318 question first answered 18/10/2018 14:51:22 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

987980

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
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, what progress his Department has made on enabling people to apply to the EU settlement scheme on (a) Apple and (b) other smartphones.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	179320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The EU Settlement Scheme will be a streamlined, user-friendly, digital application system with multiple service options to meet the needs of a varied cus-tomer base. Applicants will be able to complete the application on a computer, tablet, smartphone or using an assisted digital service.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/10/2018 14:53:37 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

987981

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
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, what additional support he plans to provide to vulnerable people applying for the second phase of the EU settlement scheme.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	179321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>As we have previously said, the EU Settlement Scheme will be a streamlined, user-friendly, digital application system with multiple service options to meet the needs of a varied customer base including vulnerable applicants. As such, we are engaging with stakeholders who represent local authorities, community groups, employers and users to help build a system that is fit for purpose.</p><p>We are working in partnership with community organisations and a number of local authorities to support a range of vulnerable applicants through the second phase of the EU Settlement Scheme private beta. A list of these local authorities and community organisations are provided in the Immigration Rules.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 179322 question first answered 18/10/2018 14:56:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan