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1338790

registered interest
date	22/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Innovation
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’s review into the Innovator Route is planned to conclude; and if she will publish its conclusions.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Sir Graham Brady
uin	20320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2021 answer text <p>The conclusions of the review and next steps will be set out in the Government’s Innovation Strategy, led by the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy, this summer.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 30/06/2021 16:23:47 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady

1338801

registered interest
date	22/06/2021
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, whether her Department is taking steps to facilitate the introduction of a digital app for use by those approved under the EU Settlement Scheme to demonstrate their approved status.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	20569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>We continue to welcome feedback on how we can improve our services.</p><p>Home Office officials are planning to meet with the 3million group to discuss the feasibility of their suggested approach of using a digital app for this purpose.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/06/2021 15:28:12 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1338804

registered interest
date	22/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Documents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that migrants with a right to live in the UK have the documentation to prove that right.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	20444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2021 answer text <p>Everyone who is granted permission to live in the UK is given evidence of their immigration status in a secure format – either as a physical document (biometric residence permit or card) or in digital form (eVisa).</p><p>Some individuals receive both a card and an eVisa; others will only receive an eVisa. In addition to their evidence of immigration status they also receive a written notification of their grant of leave in the form of an email or letter, which they can keep for their personal records.</p><p>Due to the possibility of fraud and abuse this document cannot be used to evidence an individual’s immigration status to external organisations.</p><p>The move to digital is part of the wider move to a border and immigration system which is digital by default, which means we will increasingly replace physical and paper-based products and services with accessible, easy to use online and digital services.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 29/06/2021 15:32:35 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1338850

registered interest
date	22/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	General Register Office: Internet
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 17 June 2021 to question 15183 on General Register Office: Internet, what the evidential basis is for her assessment that the service issue has had no significant impact upon the public when registering life events; and what steps she plans to take in response to the letter from the National Panel for Registration detailing the negative effect on the mental health of registrars as a result of that service service disruption.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	20334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>The General Register Office has acknowledged following introduction of new functionality in May, there has been performance issues around printing causing some disruption across the local registration service (as outlined in our response to PQ 15183).</p><p>However, this has not significantly impacted the public’s ability to register life events as evidenced by the numbers of registrations continuing to take place, helped considerably by some parts of the registration service amending their processes where required.</p><p>In response to the letter from the National Panel for Registration, a letter was sent to all Proper Officers in England and Wales on 18 June outlining the plans to stabilise and improve the performance of the registration online system (RON).</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/06/2021 15:30:48 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1338873

registered interest
date	22/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Birth Certificates: LGBT+ People
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 potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to enable birth certificates to be retrospectively amended to include both parents who are of the same sex; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	20434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2021 answer text <p>There are no current plans to assess the merits of retrospectively amending birth certificates for this purpose.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 29/06/2021 15:19:48 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1338937

registered interest
date	22/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Unsolicited Goods and Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle unsolicited goods scams.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	20516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2021 answer text <p>Fraudsters are sophisticated and will exploit any vulnerabilities they can, especially as more of us find ourselves at home and online. This includes unsolicited goods scams whereby victims receive a package they did not order nor expect to be delivered, but instead has been sent by fraudsters using publicly available names and addresses.</p><p>We continue to encourage anyone who has been targeted by these scams to directly report this to the seller and contact Action Fraud, the national reporting service for fraud and cybercrime. Action Fraud can be contacted by phone on 0300 123 2040 or through their website:</p><p><a href="https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/reporting-fraud-and-cyber-crime." target="_blank">https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/reporting-fraud-and-cyber-crime. </a></p><p>As well as this, Action Fraud also regularly provide fraud alerts via their website, which can help individuals raise their awareness and obtain advice on how to combat these scams. This can currently be accessed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/news" target="_blank">https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/news</a>.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 30/06/2021 16:26:25 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1338970

registered interest
date	22/06/2021
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 estimate her Department has made of the number of EU citizens who may miss the deadline for applications to the EU Settlement Scheme of 30 June 2021; and what steps she plans to take in response to people missing that deadline.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	20555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/eu-settlement-scheme-statistics" target="_blank">EU Settlement Scheme statistics</a>’, with more than 5.6 million applications received to 31 May 2021.</p><p>Our focus remains on encouraging those EU citizens and their family members eligible for the scheme who have yet to apply to do so before the 30 June 2021 deadline for those resident in the UK by the end of the transition period.</p><p>The published figures refer specifically to applications made to the EUSS and cannot be directly compared with estimates of the resident population of EU citizens in the UK. The published figures include non-EEA citizen family members, Irish citizens and eligible EEA citizens not resident in the UK, none of whom are usually included in estimates of the resident EU citizen population.</p><p>Furthermore, the population estimates do not take account of people’s migration intentions and will include people who have come to the UK for a range of purposes, including some who have no intention to settle in the UK.</p><p>In line with the Citizens’ Rights Agreements, the Government has already made clear where a person eligible for status under the EUSS has reasonable grounds for missing the 30 June deadline 2021, they will be given a further opportunity to apply. Guidance as to the approach we will adopt to this was published on 1 April 2021. It can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-settlement-scheme-caseworker-guidance" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-settlement-scheme-caseworker-guidance</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/06/2021 15:20:42 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1338978

registered interest
date	22/06/2021
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 steps she is taking to (a) raise awareness of the application process and deadline for the EU Settled Status Scheme for (i) children, (ii) looked after children, (iii) people over 65 and (iv) vulnerable people and (b) ensure that people who apply before 30 June 2021 but who have not received a decision by that date will not lose their rights immediately.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	20572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office remains committed to ensuring those who are eligible can apply to the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS), including those who are vulnerable, need extra support or are harder to reach.</p><p>£22 million of funding, through to 30 September 2021, has been awarded to a network of 72 charities and local authorities across the UK, to ensure important information and assistance gets through to those who are hardest to reach, and no one is left behind. These organisations have helped more than 310,000 vulnerable people to apply to the EUSS already.</p><p>Local authorities have relevant statutory duties where looked after children are concerned and we have been working closely with them since 2018 to help ensure these duties are fulfilled in relation to making or supporting applications to the EUSS, with additional funding provided following a new burdens assessment. A child-friendly EUSS leaflet has been shared with our extensive network of stakeholders who support children, including local authorities, children’s charities and the education sector.</p><p>Communications to support the EUSS have been live since 2019, with almost £8 million spent on marketing ahead of the 30 June 2021 deadline to reach EEA and Swiss citizens in all UK regions and nations. This activity, which also includes toolkits, assets and information translated into 26 EEA languages, including Welsh, has helped to drive over 5.6 million applications to the scheme to 31 May 2021.</p><p>Under the Citizens’ Rights (Application Deadline and Temporary Protection) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, those who apply before the 30 June 2021 deadline, but whose application is not decided until after it, will have their existing EU law rights protected pending the outcome of their application, including any appeal. Also in line with the Citizens’ Rights Agreements, those with reasonable grounds for missing the deadline will be able to make a late application, with non-exhaustive guidance published on 1 April 2021 to underpin a flexible and pragmatic approach to dealing with late applications.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/06/2021 15:25:34 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1339033

registered interest
date	22/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued on (a) the use of and (b) access to the central database on which information on Prevent referrals is stored.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
uin	20545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>Information and guidance on the use of, and access to, the central Prevent referral database is owned by the Police and not by the Home Office. We do not hold this information centrally.</p><p>.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/06/2021 15:18:15 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen

1339034

registered interest
date	22/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	NHS: Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions (a) she and (b) officials in her Department have had with counterparts in the Department for Health and Social Care on ensuring the integration of Prevent as a safeguarding duty in the NHS with minimal disturbance to the provision of healthcare.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
uin	20546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2021 answer text <p>The Prevent Duty has been in place since 2015. All staff working in NHS Trusts in England and Wales have a legal obligation to safeguard against radicalisation and report concerns via a Prevent referral.</p><p>The Department for Health and Social Care funds a network of 7 NHS England Regional Serious Violence and Contextual Safeguarding Leads, who provide healthcare specific advice to all NHS organisations within their region on integrating Prevent into their safeguarding practices. The Home Office works closely with this network and with DHSC to support the delivery of the Prevent Duty within the healthcare system.</p><p>The responsibilities for safeguarding form part of the core functions for all NHS organisations. Prevent is embedded within safeguarding in the NHS, ensuring the duties of safeguarding children, young people, and adults at risk are applied consistently and conscientiously and with over 300,000 patient contacts every day, the NHS has an important role to play in preventing vulnerable people from being drawn into terrorism.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/06/2021 15:02:11 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen