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1454796

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support is being provided to severely disabled individuals applying to the Ukraine Family Scheme, who meet the eligibility requirements for the scheme, but cannot attend a visa application centre in person as a result of their disability and do not have a Ukrainian international passport which would enable them to apply online.
tabling member constituency	Reading East
tabling member printed	Matt Rodda
uin	148347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2022 answer text <p><em>In the event an applicant does not have a Ukrainian passport and cannot attend a visa centre, then they should apply online and set out their circumstances which will then be taken into consideration. This will allow the case working team to make special arrangements or, should this not be possible, have discretion of issuing a waiver to the biometric requirement which will be granted on a case-by-case basis, based on the circumstances faced by the individual concerned. </em></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 14/04/2022 13:47:45 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4654 label Biography information for Matt Rodda

1454841

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Ukrainians on a seasonal work visa as of 28 March 2022 will have the same access to Government support schemes intended for Ukrainian refugees.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Amy Callaghan
uin	148394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2022 answer text <p>Ukrainians who are in the UK under the Seasonal Worker route are able to have their visa extended until 31 December 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Ukrainian seasonal workers who are an immediate or extended family member of a person in the UK who is a British citizen, settled in the UK, or who has certain types of limited leave may be eligible under the Ukraine Family Scheme if they were resident in Ukraine immediately before 1 January 2022. Full details of which can be found here: Apply for a Ukraine Family Scheme visa - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p><p> </p><p>Ukrainian nationals who had permission to stay in the UK on 18 March 2022 (or those whose visa has recently expired) will be able to stay in the UK under the Ukraine Extension Scheme. Eligibility for permission to stay will include those who were in the UK before 18 March as seasonal workers.</p><p> </p><p>The Seasonal Worker route remains open to all nationalities wishing to take up work in the horticulture sector.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/04/2022 14:42:09 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4770 label Biography information for Amy Callaghan

1454870

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Border Force Independent Review
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 immediately publish the terms of reference for Alexander Downer's review into Border Force.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	148219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>Following the announcement of the Independent Review of Border Force on 17<sup>th</sup> February 2022, the terms of reference were published on 11<sup>th</sup> March 2022 and can be found on gov.uk:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Findependent-review-of-border-force-terms-of-reference&amp;data=04%7C01%7CVictoria.Fullerton-Batten3%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C992267835d3f455e3b4308da11676de3%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637841433156931406%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=0uuIZlztxBMLAUKybLquwat5bwUVSXoHtOEEhRd2C88%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Independent review of Border Force: terms of reference - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 31/03/2022 16:08:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1454958

registered interest
date	28/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Ukraine
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 Homes for Ukraine scheme, what steps she is taking to ensure that refugee families and host families are notified of when the visa will be available so that they can make the necessary arrangements.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	148269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has a proud history of supporting those in need.</p><p>To harness the generosity of the UK, we officially launched the Homes for Ukraine scheme on 14th March 2022 to support Ukrainians facing this humanitarian crisis and applications can now be made.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 31/03/2022 16:12:24 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1454300

registered interest
date	25/03/2022
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, how many visas the Government had issued to Ukrainian refugees under the Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine) as of 24 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	147101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The Homes for Ukraine scheme was launched on 14 March 2022 by the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Information on the scheme can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/homes-for-ukraine-guidance-for-councils" target="_blank">Homes for Ukraine: guidance for councils - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 31/03/2022 09:51:00 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 61621 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1454353

registered interest
date	25/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Equality
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 will take to ensure equal treatment of asylum seekers of all ethnicities and nationalities fleeing war; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	147043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>The UK has a proud record of providing protection for people who need it, in accordance with our obligations under the Refugee Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). As a signatory to the Refugee Convention and ECHR, we are legally obliged to consider all asylum claims made in the UK and admitted to the asylum system, and we are legally obliged to consider people’s human rights in all circumstances where a person would be removed from the UK.</p><p>Every asylum claim, regardless of the ethnicity or nationality of the claimant is carefully considered on its individual merits by assessing all the evidence provided by the claimant against a background of country information from a wide range of credible sources, including the Foreign, Development and Commonwealth Office, the media and non-governmental sources, such as the UNHCR, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.</p><p>Refugee status is granted when someone has a well-founded fear of persecution under the Refugee Convention for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion. For those who do not have a well-founded fear of persecution for a convention reason, we consider whether they are at risk of serious harm and are in need of protection on humanitarian grounds. This ensures that we do not remove anyone who faces persecution or serious harm on return to their country of origin.</p><p>All asylum decision making policies are developed and reviewed in line with our duties under the Equality Act 2010; to have due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other conduct that is prohibited by or under this Act; advance equality of opportunity between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it; and foster good relations between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it. Protected characteristics include race.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 30/03/2022 16:24:55 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1454358

registered interest
date	25/03/2022
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 assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending eligibility for the Homes for Ukraine scheme to Ukrainian nationals who lived in Belarus prior to 1 January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	147060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2022 answer text <p>This Government has made clear its support for Ukrainians fleeing in fear of their lives clear by introducing the Ukraine Family Scheme and Homes for Ukraine Scheme.</p><p>The Homes for Ukraine scheme will allow individuals, charities, community groups and businesses in the UK to bring Ukrainians to safety.</p><p>To qualify for the Scheme a person must be Ukrainian, or the immediate family member of a Ukrainian national, have been residing in Ukraine on or immediately before 1 January 2022 (including those who have now left Ukraine).</p><p>The Government has no plans to extend the eligibility beyond this cohort.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 04/04/2022 17:00:03 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1454359

registered interest
date	25/03/2022
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, how many Homes for Ukraine visa sponsorship applications have been successful to date.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	147061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2022 answer text <p>The scheme has only been running for a short period so far; details on the number of visas issued will be released in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 04/04/2022 16:59:02 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1454044

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Skilled Workers: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Migration Advisory Committee’s review of the Shortage Occupation List will be asked to consider the potential merits of treating occupations at qualification Level 1 and qualification Level 2 the same.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Simon Jupp
uin	146736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government intends to commission the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to undertake a review of the Shortage Occupation List (SOL) later this year. The exact terms of the commission will be set out in a letter to the Chair of the MAC and will be published on GOV.UK, in line with the approach taken for previous SOL commissions.</p><p>More broadly, acting upon advice from the MAC, the Government broadened out the skills threshold of the Skilled Worker route to include occupations at RQF level 3 and lowered the general salary threshold to £25,600. The MAC’s modelling suggests the new threshold strikes a reasonable balance between controlling immigration and providing businesses access to labour.</p><p>Being on the SOL does not exempt an occupation from meeting the wider requirements of the Skilled Worker immigration route.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 30/03/2022 16:01:04 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4862 label Biography information for Simon Jupp

1454045

registered interest
date	24/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Youth Mobility Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on extending the Youth Mobility Scheme.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Simon Jupp
uin	146737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>We remain committed to negotiating Youth Mobility Scheme (YMS) arrangements with other countries and territories, including the EU or nations within it. On 01 January, Iceland became a new addition to the scheme demonstrating the Government’s commitment to further expansion.</p><p>However, as each YMS is subject to a bilateral, reciprocal agreement which also provides benefit to UK nationals with the detail negotiated and agreed between the relevant parties, we are unable to disclose the status of negotiations as they occur. Further details of additional YMS agreements will be announced once they are concluded.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 30/03/2022 16:04:44 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4862 label Biography information for Simon Jupp