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919239

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2018 to Question 138367, whether the information requested relating to the proportion of released detainees who were subsequently detained has been published; and in what format that information is held.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	151045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested has not been published.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested with regards to the proportion of released detainees who were subsequently detained within (i) one month of their release and (ii) six months of their release, in a reportable format. The information requested could only be supplied at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/06/2018 15:17:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

892219

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation
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 24 April 2018 to Question 136771 on Deportation, when the Home Office Manual of Escorting Safely (HOMES) was developed; how many times HOMES has been reviewed; the last time HOMES was reviewed; and on what dates HOMES was updated.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	138365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The development of the Home Office Manual for Escorting Safely (HOMES) system started in 2013, following the appointment of the Independent Advisory Panel on Non Compliance Management. The HOMES system was rolled out to overseas and in-country escorts from June 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The redacted version of the HOMES manual was published on 26 November 2016 and can be found at the attached link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-manual-for-escorting-safely" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-manual-for-escorting-safely</a></p><p> </p><p>Changes to the HOMES system were made following an independent review carried out in March 2015. A second review took place in November 2016, resulting in further enhancements to the training package and the supporting manual. The latest update to the HOMES manual took place in April 2018. The HOMES training programme is subject to ongoing review by Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Services.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 01/05/2018 10:19:23 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

892222

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of the 24 April to Question 136754, what the longest period is for a detainee to have been held; and how many and what proportion of released detainees were subsequently detained within (i) one month of their release and (ii) six months of their release.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	138367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested with regard to the proportion of released detainees who were subsequently detained within (i) one month of their release and (ii) six months of their release, in a reportable format. The information requested could only be supplied at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Data on length of detention is available in published figures from Immigration Statistics. The published data, which goes back to 2010 is broken down into quarters and is available within table dt_14 and can be accessed via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/681703/detention-oct-dec-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/681703/detention-oct-dec-2017-tables.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 01/05/2018 10:19:38 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

887190

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
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, if she will make it her policy to end (a) indefinite detention and (b) the employment of detainees to work for £1 per hour at immigration detention centres.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	136754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>It is not possible to detain people indefinitely under Immigration Act powers. To be lawful, detention must last no longer than is reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was authorised, must not be unduly prolonged and, in relation to removal, there must be a realistic prospect of the individual’s removal within a reasonable period of time.</p><p> </p><p>As recommended by Stephen Shaw in his independent review of detainee welfare published in January 2016, the pay rates for detainees have been reconsidered, and have been maintained at current levels.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/04/2018 15:28:47 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

887207

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the safeguards and standards are for Government organisations or sub-contracted companies involved in forced deportation processes.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	136771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office expects the highest standards from staff and contractors working with detainees.</p><p> </p><p>Enforced removals from the UK are carried out on behalf of the Home Office by a private sector provider. Since 2014 the Home Office has required all staff involved in such removals to have successfully completed training in the techniques set out in the Home Office Manual of Escorting Safely (HOMES). HOMES is a bespoke restraint system developed by the National Offender Management Service (now Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service, HMPPS) in consultation with the Independent Advisory Panel for Non Compliance Management and encourages compliance in those being removed to prevent the need for physical restraint techniques.</p><p> </p><p>All uses of restraints or force during an enforced removal from the UK are reviewed by the Home Office Use of Force Monitor with support from HMPPS and specialist medical professionals as required.</p><p> </p><p>Enforced removals processes are also subject to independent monitoring by Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons and Independent Monitoring Boards.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/04/2018 16:36:20 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

846226

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of availability of Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Visas.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	128906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) route demonstrates our commitment to continuing to attract top international talent in the digital technology, science and arts sectors. On 11 January, we doubled the number of places available to applicants from 1000, to 2000, and are confident that this is sufficient to meet demand at this time. We will continue to monitor take up of the route.</p><p>All visa applications are subject to appropriate checks by the Home Office and we reserve the right to refuse applications where they fall for refusal under our general grounds for refusal. This includes where we believe applicants are attempting to abuse the immigration system or where an applicant’s previous character and conduct is not conducive to the public good.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 128909 question first answered 27/02/2018 12:08:46 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

846230

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the (a) extent of and (b) reasons for the rise in the refusal rate for Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) Visa applications.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	128909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) route demonstrates our commitment to continuing to attract top international talent in the digital technology, science and arts sectors. On 11 January, we doubled the number of places available to applicants from 1000, to 2000, and are confident that this is sufficient to meet demand at this time. We will continue to monitor take up of the route.</p><p>All visa applications are subject to appropriate checks by the Home Office and we reserve the right to refuse applications where they fall for refusal under our general grounds for refusal. This includes where we believe applicants are attempting to abuse the immigration system or where an applicant’s previous character and conduct is not conducive to the public good.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 128906 question first answered 27/02/2018 12:08:46 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

839164

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of UK Visas and Immigration's practice of returning important personal documents including (a) passports and (b) birth certificates by standard post.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	127722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>UK Visas and Immigration use various methods when returning valuable documents 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 20/02/2018 12:10:18 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

654511

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Hostels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2016 to Question 51735, on housing benefit: hotels, whether the reference in that Answer to current levels means real terms levels or current cash levels.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	56661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>From 1 April 2019, we will bring in a new funding model which will ensure that supported housing continues to be funded at the same level it would have otherwise been in 2019/20, taking account of our plans on social rents.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/12/2016 17:17:03 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

643168

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, of the 198,200 proactively selected Child Support Agency (CSA) cases and the 16,200 reactively selected CSA cases which had completed the case closure process at the end of June 2016, in how many cases former CSA arrears were (a) written off and (b) transferred to the Child Maintenance Service.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	54655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of selected cases which had completed the case closure process as of the end of June 2016, detailed by the number of cases which have had CSA arrears written off and the number of cases where CSA arrears have been transferred to the Child Maintenance Service.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of proactively selected cases</p></td><td><p>Number of reactively selected cases</p></td><td><p>Total selected cases</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CSA arrears written off</p></td><td><p>48,100</p></td><td><p>4,600</p></td><td><p>52,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CSA arrears transferred to the Child Maintenance Service</p></td><td><p>76,700</p></td><td><p>9,100</p></td><td><p>85,800</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figures rounded to nearest 100</li><li>Figures as at 30<sup>th</sup> June 2016. Selected cases may have CSA arrears written off after this date.</li><li>Cases that have had CSA arrears written off may not have had the entirety of their arrears written off. Cases can therefore have both CSA arrears written off and CSA arrears transferred to the Child Maintenance Service.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 28/11/2016 16:34:38 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe