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991246

registered interest
date	19/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Iran
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many claims his Department has dealt with from asylum seekers from Iran over the last five years; and how many of those claims were (a) accepted and (b) refused.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	181546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of applications and initial decisions (including the number of grants and refusals), broken down by nationality, in the quarterly <em>Immigration Statistics</em> publication. The latest figures, up until June 2018, are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/10/2018 15:05:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

990286

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Windrush Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department holds on the number of people scheduled for removal to Nigeria and Ghana on 28 March 2017 who were eligible for assistance under the Windrush scheme.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	181229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>There were 60 people scheduled for removal to Nigeria and Ghana on a returns charter flight planned for 28 March 2017.</p><p>Any individual who believes they are protected under the provisions of the 1971 Immigration Act is able to contact the Windrush Taskforce, who will help to identify their current status. Information on the Windrush Taskforce is readily available on the Home Office website. None of the individuals have contacted the Taskforce.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/10/2018 15:46:31 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

990324

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
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 plans he has to collect data on how many of the estimated 3.8 million EU nationals living in the UK will still be without valid immigration status when the EU Settlement Scheme closes in June 2021.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	181310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>We will monitor the intake to the EU Settlement Scheme relative to the estimated size of the UK-resident population of EU citizens, including to inform our strategy for communications to encourage applications under the scheme by the 30 June 2021 deadline set out in the draft Withdrawal Agreement.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/10/2018 15:06:54 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

990325

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that minors in Calais with family in the UK are able to access family reunification procedures.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	181311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>We continue to meet our commitments under the Dublin Regulation to ensure unaccompanied children with qualifying family in the UK can be transferred to the UK from Europe to have their asylum claim assessed as quickly as possible.</p><p>We are working closely with French authorities and non-governmental organisations in France to support the identification and transfer of eligible children under Dublin. We have allocated a £3.6 million Dublin development fund, as part of the Sandhurst Treaty signed between the UK and France in January 2018, to identify projects to support eligible claims through the asylum process and ensure those who are ineligible for transfer to the UK are informed of their options.</p><p>The Treaty also includes a commitment to reduce timescales for decisions and transfers under Dublin. A UK asylum liaison officer has been deployed to France to support the process.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/10/2018 15:43:21 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

989479

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits
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 his Department has reduced the validity of biometric residence permits issued to people granted indefinite leave to remain from 10 to six years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	180715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Under existing EU technical specifications, the UK is required to ensure that all Biometric Residence Permits in circulation after 31 December 2024 meet new EU encryption technology standards.</p><p>Therefore, anyone with indefinite leave to remain, issued with a BRP after 31 December 2014 is issued with a shorter validity Permit to ensure it can be replaced with a new document, free of charge, in time for the deadline. As the UK will have left the EU by this point, we are also considering how best to document migrants’ immigration status in the future border and immigration system.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 22/10/2018 16:03:53 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

989608

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) staffing and (b) caseload levels have been in his Department's post-decision casework unit in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	180674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>There is no single overarching post-decision casework unit within UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI). We are therefore unable to provide the staffing, caseload or processing time information requested.</p><p>Within UKVI there are a number of units that consider further applications after an initial decision has been made. The scope and handling of work conducted by these units depends on the category of application originally submitted.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 180675 question first answered 22/10/2018 15:57:11 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

989611

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average and (b) longest processing time was for documents to be issued following a decision by his Department's post-decision casework unit in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	180675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>There is no single overarching post-decision casework unit within UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI). We are therefore unable to provide the staffing, caseload or processing time information requested.</p><p>Within UKVI there are a number of units that consider further applications after an initial decision has been made. The scope and handling of work conducted by these units depends on the category of application originally submitted.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 180674 question first answered 22/10/2018 15:57:11 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

989643

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
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, what provisions he plans to make in the new asylum accommodation contracts to ensure that pregnant women and new mothers have access to adequate maternity care and advice.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	180826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Under the new asylum accommodation contracts, Providers will be contractually required to take account of the needs of all those that they accommodate, including expectant mothers.</p><p>The contract will also ensure that standardised health checks are undertaken whilst Service Users are accommodated in Initial Accommodation and Providers will also be contractually responsible for securing GP registrations for Service Users. This service, where necessary, will include facilitating and providing assistance to attend medical appointments.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 22/10/2018 16:01:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

989659

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Agriculture
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 has made of whether the Government's plans for a skills-based immigration system after the UK leaves the EU will meet the skills requirements of the agri-food sector.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
uin	180695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government will publish a White Paper setting out its plans for the future immigration system later this autumn. We have always been clear that we want decisions about the future immigration system to be based on evidence and we will carefully consider the Migration Advisory Committee’s recommendations in its recent report before setting out our plans.</p><p>The Government announced on 6 September its plans to introduce a pilot scheme for the admission of 2,500 workers from outside the EU to help meet seasonal labour needs in the agricultural sector.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 22/10/2018 16:05:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

989661

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
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, what provisions will be in the new asylum accommodation contracts to ensure accommodation is safe for young children and infants before families are placed.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	180827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The new contracts will require accommodation providers 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 contracts will also include provision for childcare equipment, including cots, high chairs, sterilisation equipment and child safety gates where necessary.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 22/10/2018 15:59:20 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes