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1197460

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
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 asylum support rates are lower in 2020 than they were in 2002; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	49636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>Asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute are provided with free accommodation (with utility bills and council tax paid) and a weekly cash allowance to meet their other essential living needs (the legal test).</p><p>The current level of the allowance is £37.75 per week for each person in the asylum seeker’s household and is assessed using a methodology adopted in 2014. The methodology has been recognised by the Court of Appeal as rational and lawful. Details of how it works are set out in the reports published at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-on-review-of-cash-allowance-paid-to-asylum-seekers</p><p>The allowances provided in 2002 were generally linked to mainstream benefits provided by the Department of Work and Pensions. The amount provided depended on a variety of factors, including the age of the asylum seeker. Those asylum seekers aged over 25 received a higher rate (£37.77) than those aged between 18-24 (£29.88). From 2009, however, all new asylum seekers were placed on the lower rate previously only applicable to those aged under 25.</p><p>The current asylum support allowances are not linked in any way to mainstream benefit levels.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/06/2020 10:11:48 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1197473

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
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 her Department has made of the adequacy of the asylum support rate of £37.75 per week during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	49810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>We are currently reviewing the level of the cash allowances, as we do each year, to ensure that they remain capable of meeting the essential living needs of asylum seekers</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/06/2020 10:13:09 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1197493

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre
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 20 May 2020 to question 34992, on Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre: Coronavirus, how many new detainees that centre has accepted since the start of covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	49711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>The safety and health of people in the detention estate are of the utmost importance. We are following all Public Health England guidance and have robust contingency plans in place.</p><p>The Home Office publishes data on people in immigration detention in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the number of entries into immigration detention by place of initial detention are published in table DET_D01 of the immigration detention detailed datasets. Figures covering the first quarter of 2020 were released on 21st May 2020. In this dataset, figures for Yarl’s Wood include the individuals entering the Yarls Wood immigration removal centre, and clandestine arrivals entering the adjacent Midlands Intake Unit (a short-term holding facility) who are processed before being dispersed through appropriate routes. Those being held for processing spend very short periods of time at the Yarl’s Wood short-term holding facility and may only be held for a maximum of seven days.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’.</p><p>There are currently no cases of COVID-19 in IRCs</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/06/2020 10:15:21 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1197741

registered interest
date	20/05/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Development Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department first appointed a Director of Official Development Assistance, and what the (a) salary and (b) job description is for that position.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	49891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>Currently the Home Office does not have a dedicated Director of Official Development Assistance (ODA). The ODA work falls under the remit of the International Directorate, and the International Director.</p><p> </p><p>A new role of Director of Official Development Assistance has been created, and the vacancy is live on the Civil Service jobs website. The closing deadline for this application is 17<sup>th</sup> June.</p><p> </p><p>The role is to build and lead a new ODA Directorate for the Home Office and enact transformative change to focus the Department’s activities on strategic upstream interventions.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/06/2020 16:37:21 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1196980

registered interest
date	19/05/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer the letter to her dated 7 April 2020 from the hon Member for Manchester, Gorton regarding Ms D McDowell.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	49112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>A reply was sent by the Minister for Immigration Compliance and the Courts on 20 May 2020.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/06/2020 10:09:44 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1197178

registered interest
date	19/05/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passengers
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 18 May 2020 to Question 46045, if she will ensure that statistics on how many passenger arrivals to the UK there were by (a) air, (b) sea and (c) rail on each day between 1 January and 11 May 2020 are included in the (i) next quarterly Immigration Statistics due for publication on 21 May and (ii) statistical release titled Statistics relating to Covid-19 and the immigration system, May 2020, due for publication on 28 May.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	48975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>The Immigration Statistics publication on the 21 May included data on total passenger arrivals, up to the end of March 2020. In addition, on 28 May, the Home Office published an ad hoc statistical release ‘Statistics relating to Covid-19 and the immigration system, May 2020’, which provided further information on the number of arrivals to the UK up to the end of April 2020.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/06/2020 07:53:34 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1197182

registered interest
date	19/05/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Border Force: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times UK Border Force officials have requested assistance from Public Health England officials to deal with suspected cases of covid-19 at each UK Port of Entry in each of the last five months.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	49010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>Border Force does not hold the detailed data requested.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/06/2020 10:18:59 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1196392

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Aviation: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, what steps the Government plans to take to enforce the 14-day quarantine restrictions on people entering the UK during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	48432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2020 answer text <p>Given the high levels of compliance we have seen to our Covid-19 measures to date, we would hope that the majority of people would do the right thing and abide by these measures. Enforcement would only be used as a last resort.</p><p>However, anyone who fails to comply with the mandatory conditions could face enforcement action, including a fixed penalty notice or potential prosecution and a substantial fine.</p><p>We will set out further detail shortly.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 26/05/2020 13:35:02 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1196462

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to extend its contract for ASPEN cards.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	48509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office’s contract to provide financial support to asylum seekers through an Aspen Card has been extended until 27 February 2021.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/06/2020 07:55:25 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1196490

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the monthly cost to the public purse of quarantining refugees who have crossed the English Channel.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	48295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2020 answer text <p>All asylum seekers who arrive in the United Kingdom presenting with symptoms of coronovirus are placed in a hotel facility to enable them to self isolate for the 7 days (14 days for families) recommended by Public Health England. Any service users who present with symptoms once housed within the accommodation estate will be supported to self-isolate within that facility. Data on arrival date, route and method of transmission into the UK is not readily accessible, and would require a manual search.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 26/05/2020 13:06:30 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell