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1310952

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Naturalisation
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 assess the potential merits of amending the immigration rules to give officials the power in exceptional circumstances to waive the need to have been in the UK at the start of the qualifying period for naturalisation.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	185402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>On 24 March 2021, as part of the New Plan for Immigration, the Home Secretary announced several proposed changes to British nationality law.</p><p>These included a proposal to allow the requirement to have been in the UK at the start of the qualifying period to be waived in exceptional circumstances</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/04/2021 12:12:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1310998

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Death Certificates: Digital Technology
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 introduce digital death certificates by April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	185345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office continues to pursue opportunities to digitise the death registration process, including working with the Department of Health and Social Care on the introduction of an electronic Medical Certificate of Cause of Death.</p><p>There are no current plans to introduce a digital version of a death certificate.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 27/04/2021 15:35:33 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1311036

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Australia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with her Australian counterpart on new reciprocal visa access.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	185456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>As part of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks with Australia, led by the Department for International Trade, Home Office officials have been involved in discussions in line with the government’s published objectives for a UK-Australian FTA on enhanced opportunities for business travel, and Australian proposals on other aspects of UK-Australian mobility, including youth mobility.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/04/2021 15:43:35 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1311072

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Children
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 complete the review into child citizenship fees following the Court of Appeal February 2021 ruling that the current rate is unlawful.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	185448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office has acknowledged the Court of Appeal’s judgment and has committed to reviewing the child citizenship registration fee in line with its duties under Section 55. This review is on-going and the results will be published in due course</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/04/2021 16:03:27 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1311099

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Deed Poll
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have applied for a passport in each of the last five years using an unenrolled deed poll as proof of name change.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Rob Roberts
uin	185499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>Information relating to the evidence provided for a passport applicant’s change of name is not held in a reportable format. The information requested could therefore only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/04/2021 15:48:54 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4810 label Biography information for Mr Rob Roberts

1311152

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Preston
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers her Department sent to live in Preston in each month of (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	185288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>The latest published Immigration Statistics detail the number of asylum seekers accommodated in each local authority area. These statistics can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-support" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-support</a></p><p>Data is published on a quarterly basis, with the latest information published 25 February 2021.</p><p>The Home Office does not publish a breakdown of these statistics which disaggregates the number of asylum seekers accommodated in dispersal accommodation for the first time in each quarter in each of the last two years, by local authority. These figures are not available in a reportable format and to provide the information could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/04/2021 12:18:31 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1310620

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
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 her Department plans to take to ensure that children born to parents with EU settled status residing in the UK will not be deported when residing in the UK themselves.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	184540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>Any child who is born in the UK to parents with settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) will automatically be a British Citizen at birth.</p><p>If a child is born in the UK to parents with pre-settled status under the EUSS, the parents will be able to apply, free of charge, on behalf of the child for status under the EUSS in order to confirm their rights under the Citizens' Rights Agreements.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/04/2021 16:01:19 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1310621

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
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 her Department is taking (a) to ensure local authorities apply to the EU Settled Status scheme on the behalf of children in their care and (b) where local authorities have failed to make that application.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	184541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office is committed to engaging with local authorities as they undertake their responsibilities to ensure all eligible looked after children and care leavers are supported to make an application to the EUSS. The Home Office will ensure caseworkers liaise with and support applicants to get the status they deserve.</p><p>Our engagement includes direct communications with social workers, and those making applications on behalf of looked after children, children in care and care leavers to provide support and information. We will also work with supporting organisations to assist with the evidence which could be provided and apply evidential flexibility where possible.</p><p>To monitor the progress local authorities are making with this important work, last year the Home Office contacted Directors of Children’s Services to ask them to take part in a survey to help us better understand the numbers of EU children in looked after care and care leavers who may be eligible to apply for the EUSS. A follow up survey has since been issued, and the details of both surveys can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-settlement-scheme-home-office-looked-after-children-and-care-leavers-survey-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-settlement-scheme-home-office-looked-after-children-and-care-leavers-survey-2020</a></p><p>Provisional data from survey returns up to 25 March 2021 indicate a 99% response rate so far, with over 65% of eligible children having applied to the EUSS (up from 46% at the end of November 2020). A final report and supporting data will be published later in May 2021.</p><p>This information is vital to help us support social workers and council officers and plan for the final months before the application deadline. Using the data from the survey, the Home Office has delivered workshops, guidance, targeted engagement and direct communications with local authorities responsible for children’s services.</p><p>The Home Office remains focused on ensuring all eligible children in care apply in time. It is recognised however, this vulnerable cohort can change over time, with new children coming into care. We are therefore committed to working with Local Authorities to ensure this work continues after the deadline.</p><p>In line with the Citizens’ Rights Agreement, there remains scope, indefinitely, for a person eligible for status under the EUSS to make a late application to the scheme where there are reasonable grounds for their failure to meet the deadline applicable to them.  We have now published guidance for caseworkers on reasonable grounds for making a late EUSS application, which includes where a local authority has failed to make an application on behalf of a child in their care and where a parent or legal guardian failed to apply on behalf of someone aged under 18.</p><p>The guidance, which reflects our engagement with stakeholders on this issue, is not exhaustive and all cases will be considered on a flexible and pragmatic basis in light of their particular circumstances.</p><p>You can find the guidance at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-settlement-scheme-caseworker-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-settlement-scheme-caseworker-guidance</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/04/2021 15:48:57 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1310622

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Children in Care
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 local authorities are required to pay £1000 to register a child in their care for UK citizenship.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	184542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>Fees have been set taking account of the criteria set by Section 68(9) of the Immigration Act 2014, passed under the coalition government, which include: the cost of processing the application, the benefits and entitlements provided by a successful application and the wider cost of the BICS system. Full details of which can be reviewed via the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/22/section/68" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/22/section/68</a></p><p>The Home Office keeps fees for immigration and nationality applications under review and ensures they are within the parameters agreed with Parliament.</p><p>There are several exceptions to application fees in the United Kingdom which protect the most vulnerable, including for young people who are in the care of a local authority. As such, there is a fee exception for indefinite leave to remain for children in local authority care.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/04/2021 16:00:25 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1310624

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
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 plans to provide an appeal mechanism for EU citizens residing in the UK whose applications for (a) pre-settled status and (b) full-settled status have been refused.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	184543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>We have already been providing such a mechanism for over a year.</p><p>Since 11pm on the 31 January 2020, anyone who makes an application under the EU Settlement Scheme and is refused pre-settled or settled status has a right of appeal against the decision.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/04/2021 15:58:17 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran