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1483352

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the guidance document Affordability fee waiver: Citizenship registration for individuals under the age of 18, published on 26 May 2022, for what reasons her policy objectives in that assessment do not include reference to the objective in the British Nationality Act 1981 that British citizenship is held by all persons sharing connection to the UK; and whether it is her Department's policy for that objective to be met through the Citizenship registration process for individuals under the age of 18.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	25890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>The guidance ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/citizenship-fee-waiver-for-individuals-under-18-caseworker-guidance" target="_blank">Applications for a citizenship fee waiver for individuals under the age of 18</a>’ sets out the policy on applications that may be eligible for a fee waiver or exception, not the Home Office’s overarching nationality policy.</p><p>The registration provisions within the BNA 1981 allow for children with a close connection to the UK to be registered as a British citizen. The Home Office’s Nationality policy is published on gov.uk and guidance on citizenship can be accessed via the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/british-citizenship-nationality-guidance" target="_blank">British citizenship (nationality guidance) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 30/06/2022 14:38:08 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1483484

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fast-track passport appointments have been released by HMPO in (a) May 2022 and (b) since 1 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	25964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>Appointments for urgent services are released three weeks in advance. While this means new appointments are released daily, in busy periods these will be booked quickly.</p><p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office therefore continues to explore options to further increase appointment capacity to support its customers with urgent travel needs.</p><p>This work has led to the recent opening of an eighth public counter offering urgent service appointments, and further increasing appointment availability to help support those people who need their passport more quickly.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 30/06/2022 14:34:43 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1483529

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Pupils: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many school age children have (a) arrived in the UK via the (i) Ukraine Family Scheme and (ii) Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme and (b) have secured a school place as of 27 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	25987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>We estimate that as of 27 May 9,900 offers have been made to children from Ukraine from the two sponsorship schemes. This data is published here: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-placements-for-children-from-outside-of-the-uk/2022-may" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-placements-for-children-from-outside-of-the-uk/2022-may</a></p><p>The Department for Education’s second monthly data collection for Local Authorities to submit data to update the numbers of school places offered to children from outside of the UK will be open between 29 June and 5 July. DfE intends to publish this data mid-July.</p><p>Information on the number of visas granted under the Ukraine Family Scheme and the Homes for Ukraine Scheme and arrivals in the UK of relevant visa holders can be found in our published data on the GOV.UK webpage: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukraine-family-scheme-application-data/ukraine-family-scheme-and-ukraine-sponsorship-scheme-homes-for-ukraine-visa-data--2#:~:text=Contents&amp;text=The%20Ukraine%20Family%20Scheme%20allows,the%20Homes%20for%20Ukraine%20Scheme." target="_blank">Ukraine Family Scheme and Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine) visa data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> (<a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>). We are not however able to provide a breakdown to show how many of those arriving in the UK under either scheme were school age children.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 30/06/2022 16:29:09 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1483552

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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, how many staff in her Department respond to MP's casework enquiries.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	26010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>There are 106 staff employed in the UK Visas and Immigration MP's correspondence team.</p><p>Performance against target has been impacted by a significant increase in the volume of correspondence received, including the unprecedented amount of correspondence about the situation in Afghanistan and more recently in Ukraine.</p><p>The Department continues to prioritise enquiries related to Ukraine and recognises it has not been able to meet service standard in other cases. Actions are being taken to clear backlogs and drive-up performance. MPs can escalate urgent and compassionate cases via the team at Portcullis House.</p><p>The Department continues to recruit additional resources and has recently been loaned staff from non-operational areas to assist in clearing the backlogs. A detailed recovery plan to support a return to an acceptable service standard is being prepared.</p><p>Data about intake and performance in answering Hon. Members correspondence are published quarterly with the latest Quarter available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-q1-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-q1-2022</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 26011 26012 26013 question first answered 30/06/2022 14:31:37 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1483553

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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, what is her Department’s average response time is to MP’s casework enquires.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	26011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>There are 106 staff employed in the UK Visas and Immigration MP's correspondence team.</p><p>Performance against target has been impacted by a significant increase in the volume of correspondence received, including the unprecedented amount of correspondence about the situation in Afghanistan and more recently in Ukraine.</p><p>The Department continues to prioritise enquiries related to Ukraine and recognises it has not been able to meet service standard in other cases. Actions are being taken to clear backlogs and drive-up performance. MPs can escalate urgent and compassionate cases via the team at Portcullis House.</p><p>The Department continues to recruit additional resources and has recently been loaned staff from non-operational areas to assist in clearing the backlogs. A detailed recovery plan to support a return to an acceptable service standard is being prepared.</p><p>Data about intake and performance in answering Hon. Members correspondence are published quarterly with the latest Quarter available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-q1-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-q1-2022</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 26010 26012 26013 question first answered 30/06/2022 14:31:37 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1483554

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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, what is her Department’s target response time is to MP’s casework enquiries.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	26012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>There are 106 staff employed in the UK Visas and Immigration MP's correspondence team.</p><p>Performance against target has been impacted by a significant increase in the volume of correspondence received, including the unprecedented amount of correspondence about the situation in Afghanistan and more recently in Ukraine.</p><p>The Department continues to prioritise enquiries related to Ukraine and recognises it has not been able to meet service standard in other cases. Actions are being taken to clear backlogs and drive-up performance. MPs can escalate urgent and compassionate cases via the team at Portcullis House.</p><p>The Department continues to recruit additional resources and has recently been loaned staff from non-operational areas to assist in clearing the backlogs. A detailed recovery plan to support a return to an acceptable service standard is being prepared.</p><p>Data about intake and performance in answering Hon. Members correspondence are published quarterly with the latest Quarter available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-q1-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-q1-2022</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 26010 26011 26013 question first answered 30/06/2022 14:31:37 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1483556

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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, what assessment has she made of the adequacy of the timeliness of her Department's response to MP’s casework enquires.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	26013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>There are 106 staff employed in the UK Visas and Immigration MP's correspondence team.</p><p>Performance against target has been impacted by a significant increase in the volume of correspondence received, including the unprecedented amount of correspondence about the situation in Afghanistan and more recently in Ukraine.</p><p>The Department continues to prioritise enquiries related to Ukraine and recognises it has not been able to meet service standard in other cases. Actions are being taken to clear backlogs and drive-up performance. MPs can escalate urgent and compassionate cases via the team at Portcullis House.</p><p>The Department continues to recruit additional resources and has recently been loaned staff from non-operational areas to assist in clearing the backlogs. A detailed recovery plan to support a return to an acceptable service standard is being prepared.</p><p>Data about intake and performance in answering Hon. Members correspondence are published quarterly with the latest Quarter available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-q1-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-q1-2022</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 26010 26011 26012 question first answered 30/06/2022 14:31:37 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1473060

registered interest
date	24/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many ECAA applicants awaiting a decision have been waiting for longer than the standard service provision as of 23 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	24648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2022 answer text <p>This information requested is routinely published as part of UKVI Transparency data.</p><p>The most recent published data for outstanding ECCA applications can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q1-2022" target="_blank">Visas and Citizenship data: Q1 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>Under Visas and Citizenship Data, Tab VC_02 includes the number of straightforward applications and non-straightforward applications which remained outstanding at the end of the last reported period.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 01/07/2022 09:58:49 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 9885 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1473110

registered interest
date	24/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme
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 the time taken to process visas for Ukrainian refugees under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme; and what the average time for a visa to be issued is as of 24 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	24596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office constantly monitors and evaluates processes and is working hard to consider applications for the Ukraine Family Scheme and Homes for Ukraine Scheme as quickly as possible.</p><p>Since 11 May, customers have been able to use the UK Immigration: ID check app to prove their identity if they have a valid Ukrainian international passport removing the need to attend a Visa Application Centre (VAC) to enrol biometric information.</p><p>Information on the number of visas granted and those withdrawn under the Ukraine Family Scheme and the Homes for Ukraine Scheme can be found in our published data on the GOV.UK webpage: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukraine-family-scheme-application-data/ukraine-family-scheme-and-ukraine-sponsorship-scheme-homes-for-ukraine-visa-data--2" target="_blank">Ukraine Family Scheme and Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine) visa data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 24597 24598 question first answered 29/06/2022 12:37:33 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1473111

registered interest
date	24/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme
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 expedite the processing of visas for Ukrainian refugees under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	24597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office constantly monitors and evaluates processes and is working hard to consider applications for the Ukraine Family Scheme and Homes for Ukraine Scheme as quickly as possible.</p><p>Since 11 May, customers have been able to use the UK Immigration: ID check app to prove their identity if they have a valid Ukrainian international passport removing the need to attend a Visa Application Centre (VAC) to enrol biometric information.</p><p>Information on the number of visas granted and those withdrawn under the Ukraine Family Scheme and the Homes for Ukraine Scheme can be found in our published data on the GOV.UK webpage: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukraine-family-scheme-application-data/ukraine-family-scheme-and-ukraine-sponsorship-scheme-homes-for-ukraine-visa-data--2" target="_blank">Ukraine Family Scheme and Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine) visa data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 24596 24598 question first answered 29/06/2022 12:37:33 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis