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1179040

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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 her Department is taking to help ensure that EU citizens who are homeless and living in the UK complete the settled status application process.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	18663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office has put in place measures to ensure the EU Settlement Scheme is accessible to all vulnerable applicants, including those who are homeless. <br> <br> A user group of external stakeholders who represent the needs of potentially vulnerable individuals, including those who are homeless, has been established to work with the Home Office to ensure the right support and arrangements are in place. <br> <br> There is provision in policy to allow for a wide range of evidence to be provided by applicants in order to prove their residence including confirmation from a charity or support group. There is also provision for applicants to apply without the standard evidence of identity and nationality where they cannot provide it due to compelling practical or compassionate reasons or circumstances beyond their control which may include being homeless or destitute. <br> <br> The Home Office has introduced a range of support including up to £9 million grant funding for 57 voluntary and community organisations to ensure those that require the most support to apply to the scheme can access it. This includes funding allocated to charities that support the homeless.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/02/2020 17:52:18 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1179087

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Northern Ireland
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 paragraphs 13-15 of Annex A of the document entitled New Decade, New Approach, published in January 2020, what the timeframe is for bringing forward legislative proposals on family migration arrangements for people in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	18934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>Article 1 (vi) of the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement sets out the birthright of all the people of Northern Ireland to identify themselves and be accepted as Irish or British as they may so choose, and confirms their right to hold both British and Irish citizenship. In line with this commitment, the people of Northern Ireland are legally able to hold British or Irish citizenship, or both.</p><p>The reciprocal Common Travel Area arrangements between the UK and Ireland ensure the people of Northern Ireland are not required to choose and assert an identity, or to align their citizenship with their choice of identity, in order to access public services and other entitlements in the UK.</p><p>As set out in the New Decade, New Approach document published in January 2020, the Home Office intends to change the UK’s Immigration Rules so family members of the people of Northern Ireland can apply for immigration status on broadly the same terms as family members of Irish citizens and will open this route as soon as delivery allows. We aim to do this before the end of the year.</p><p>The Rules change will enable the people of Northern Ireland to bring their family members to the UK on broadly the same basis as family members of Irish citizens who have entry and residence rights under the EU Withdrawal Agreement.</p><p>Where family members of Irish citizens are not covered by the Withdrawal Agreement (for example, because the Irish citizen moved to the UK after the end of the transition period) they will, as now, be able to apply for immigration status under the UK’s family Immigration Rules. Family members of the people of Northern Ireland in an analogous position will also be subject to those Rules.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 18935 18936 question first answered 11/03/2020 19:37:41 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1179088

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Northern Ireland
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 paragraphs 13-15 of Annex A of the document entitled New Decade, New Approach, published in January 2020, whether people in Northern Ireland will be able to permanently access rights to family reunification that are broadly equivalent to those available to Irish citizens in the UK under EEA Regulations.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	18935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>Article 1 (vi) of the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement sets out the birthright of all the people of Northern Ireland to identify themselves and be accepted as Irish or British as they may so choose, and confirms their right to hold both British and Irish citizenship. In line with this commitment, the people of Northern Ireland are legally able to hold British or Irish citizenship, or both.</p><p>The reciprocal Common Travel Area arrangements between the UK and Ireland ensure the people of Northern Ireland are not required to choose and assert an identity, or to align their citizenship with their choice of identity, in order to access public services and other entitlements in the UK.</p><p>As set out in the New Decade, New Approach document published in January 2020, the Home Office intends to change the UK’s Immigration Rules so family members of the people of Northern Ireland can apply for immigration status on broadly the same terms as family members of Irish citizens and will open this route as soon as delivery allows. We aim to do this before the end of the year.</p><p>The Rules change will enable the people of Northern Ireland to bring their family members to the UK on broadly the same basis as family members of Irish citizens who have entry and residence rights under the EU Withdrawal Agreement.</p><p>Where family members of Irish citizens are not covered by the Withdrawal Agreement (for example, because the Irish citizen moved to the UK after the end of the transition period) they will, as now, be able to apply for immigration status under the UK’s family Immigration Rules. Family members of the people of Northern Ireland in an analogous position will also be subject to those Rules.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 18934 18936 question first answered 11/03/2020 19:37:41 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1179089

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Belfast Agreement
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 effect of Article 1 (vi) of the Good Friday Agreement on (a) the legal status of people in Northern Ireland who identify as (i) Irish, (ii) British and (iii) both and (b) their related entitlement to be recognised as such.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	18936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>Article 1 (vi) of the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement sets out the birthright of all the people of Northern Ireland to identify themselves and be accepted as Irish or British as they may so choose, and confirms their right to hold both British and Irish citizenship. In line with this commitment, the people of Northern Ireland are legally able to hold British or Irish citizenship, or both.</p><p>The reciprocal Common Travel Area arrangements between the UK and Ireland ensure the people of Northern Ireland are not required to choose and assert an identity, or to align their citizenship with their choice of identity, in order to access public services and other entitlements in the UK.</p><p>As set out in the New Decade, New Approach document published in January 2020, the Home Office intends to change the UK’s Immigration Rules so family members of the people of Northern Ireland can apply for immigration status on broadly the same terms as family members of Irish citizens and will open this route as soon as delivery allows. We aim to do this before the end of the year.</p><p>The Rules change will enable the people of Northern Ireland to bring their family members to the UK on broadly the same basis as family members of Irish citizens who have entry and residence rights under the EU Withdrawal Agreement.</p><p>Where family members of Irish citizens are not covered by the Withdrawal Agreement (for example, because the Irish citizen moved to the UK after the end of the transition period) they will, as now, be able to apply for immigration status under the UK’s family Immigration Rules. Family members of the people of Northern Ireland in an analogous position will also be subject to those Rules.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 18934 18935 question first answered 11/03/2020 19:37:41 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1179199

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: 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 steps her Department is taking to protect the human rights of migrants from the Windrush generation.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	18971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office, in its policies and its practices, must be compliant with its obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights as enacted under the Human Rights Act.</p><p>We are committed to righting the wrongs suffered by the Windrush generation, under successive goverments and have put in place a number of steps to do this. On 16 April 2018, the Home Office established a Taskforce to help members of the Windrush generation resolve their immigration status as quickly as possible and the Windrush Scheme was launched on 30 May 2018.</p><p>On 3 April 2019, the Windrush Compensation Scheme was launched in order to ensure that the Windrush generation, are properly compensated for losses and impacts suffered as a result of not being able to demonstrate their lawful status.</p><p>We have introduced additional safeguards to ensure that those who are lawfully present in the UK are not disadvantaged by measures put in place to tackle illegal migration. These include additional support within the checking services provided to employers, landlords and public service providers and temporary restrictions on the parameters of proactive data-sharing, to ensure members of the Windrush generation are not wrongly impacted.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/03/2020 16:32:00 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1179316

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Married People
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 assess the effect of the minimum income requirement regime on the integration of non-EEA spouses of British citizens.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	18990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>In February 2017, the Supreme Court upheld the lawfulness of the minimum income requirement, which prevents burdens on the taxpayer and promotes integration, ruling it strikes a fair balance between the interests of those wishing to sponsor a partner to settle in the UK and of the community in general. The Court found the minimum income requirement is not a breach of the right to respect for private and family life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights and is not discriminatory.</p><p>Whilst we continue to keep the Family Immigration Rules under review, and make adjustments should these prove necessary, our overall assessment is the Rules, including the minimum income requirement, are having the appropriate impact and are helping to ensure public confidence in the immigration system.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 18991 question first answered 26/02/2020 16:46:46 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1179317

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls
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 publish the findings of her Department's most recent review of the minimum income requirement.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	18991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>In February 2017, the Supreme Court upheld the lawfulness of the minimum income requirement, which prevents burdens on the taxpayer and promotes integration, ruling it strikes a fair balance between the interests of those wishing to sponsor a partner to settle in the UK and of the community in general. The Court found the minimum income requirement is not a breach of the right to respect for private and family life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights and is not discriminatory.</p><p>Whilst we continue to keep the Family Immigration Rules under review, and make adjustments should these prove necessary, our overall assessment is the Rules, including the minimum income requirement, are having the appropriate impact and are helping to ensure public confidence in the immigration system.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 18990 question first answered 26/02/2020 16:46:46 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1179365

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are banned from the UK as a result of accusations of cheating by ETS in relation to its Toeic test in the period 2011-14.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	18485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The exact information requested is not held centrally by the Home Office in a way that allows us to answer this question without manually checking individual case records which could only be undertaken at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/02/2020 16:00:29 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1179366

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent from the public purse on defending (a) appeals and (b) judicial reviews in cases where applicants were refused leave to remain on grounds of cheating in a Toeic English language test.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	18486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The exact information requested is not held centrally by the Home Office in a way that allows us to answer this question without manually checking individual case records which could only be undertaken at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Home Office took commercial action against the provider which resulted in them agreeing, after negotiations, to pay a contribution of £1.6 million towards the Home Office’s costs incurred as a result of this issue.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/02/2020 17:08:35 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1179376

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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 inform employers of the entitlement to work of people with pre-settled status.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	18585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>We have a comprehensive and ongoing programme of engagement with businesses of all sizes, across the UK, to ensure they fully understand their obligations as employers of EU nationals.</p><p>We have made it clear there is no requirement for employers to differentiate between those with settled and pre-settled status. EU citizens continue to be able to use their passport or national identity card to evidence their right to work and this will not change until 30 June 2021.</p><p>Employers must not discriminate between those who have been granted a status under the EU Settlement Scheme and those who have not.</p><p>Further guidance on right to work checks after 30 June 2021 will be issued in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/02/2020 16:07:46 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron