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1654065

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
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 plans to publish the next review of the asylum-support allowance.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	194891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office annually reviews the level of the asylum support rate to assess the correct level of financial support that should be provided to meet essential living needs.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/07/2023 11:59:06 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1654090

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Boats
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 undertook a consultation before deciding (a) to use barges and other floating vessels to accommodate people seeking asylum and (b) locating the Bibby Stockholm in Portland Port.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	194952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>An Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) has been completed and routinely monitored to ensure that the accommodation is safe, habitable, fit for purpose and meets all regulatory requirements, for single adult male asylum seekers.</p><p>We will assess individual’s suitability to reside at each location and will only accommodate individuals who are considered suitable to reside there. Each person’s suitability will be assessed at regular intervals.</p><p>The sites are be designed to be as self-sufficient as possible, helping to minimise the impact on local communities and services. This includes 24/7 security to reduce the need for police patrols, on-site catering and healthcare and transport provisions for asylum seekers.</p><p>We also conducted relevant assessments in line with the Home Office’s role as competent authority under the Conservation and Habitats Regulations 2017. An environmental impact assessment (EIA) screening was not required as planning permission was not required.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 194953 194954 194955 194956 question first answered 25/07/2023 14:27:23 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1654091

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Boats
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 made an (a) equality impact assessment and (b) policy equality statement on the use of the (i) Bibby Stockholm to accommodate people seeking asylum and (ii) barges and other floating vessels to accommodate people seeking asylum.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	194953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>An Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) has been completed and routinely monitored to ensure that the accommodation is safe, habitable, fit for purpose and meets all regulatory requirements, for single adult male asylum seekers.</p><p>We will assess individual’s suitability to reside at each location and will only accommodate individuals who are considered suitable to reside there. Each person’s suitability will be assessed at regular intervals.</p><p>The sites are be designed to be as self-sufficient as possible, helping to minimise the impact on local communities and services. This includes 24/7 security to reduce the need for police patrols, on-site catering and healthcare and transport provisions for asylum seekers.</p><p>We also conducted relevant assessments in line with the Home Office’s role as competent authority under the Conservation and Habitats Regulations 2017. An environmental impact assessment (EIA) screening was not required as planning permission was not required.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 194952 194954 194955 194956 question first answered 25/07/2023 14:27:23 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1654092

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Boats
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 conducted an impact assessment on the use of (a) the Bibby Stockholm and (b) other barges to accommodate people seeking asylum.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	194954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>An Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) has been completed and routinely monitored to ensure that the accommodation is safe, habitable, fit for purpose and meets all regulatory requirements, for single adult male asylum seekers.</p><p>We will assess individual’s suitability to reside at each location and will only accommodate individuals who are considered suitable to reside there. Each person’s suitability will be assessed at regular intervals.</p><p>The sites are be designed to be as self-sufficient as possible, helping to minimise the impact on local communities and services. This includes 24/7 security to reduce the need for police patrols, on-site catering and healthcare and transport provisions for asylum seekers.</p><p>We also conducted relevant assessments in line with the Home Office’s role as competent authority under the Conservation and Habitats Regulations 2017. An environmental impact assessment (EIA) screening was not required as planning permission was not required.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 194952 194953 194955 194956 question first answered 25/07/2023 14:27:23 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1653370

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department's policy for UK entry clearance visas issued in Pakistan to be sent to the named individuals in Afghanistan where an individual has had to return to Afghanistan due to not having an immigration status in Pakistan.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	194320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>We normally require people who are granted permission to come to the UK to collect their passport and entry clearance vignette from the Visa Application Centre (VAC) they attended to enrol their biometric information. We will not send out secure documents, such as passports containing an entry clearance vignette, where there is a significant risk that the documents would not reach the intended recipients, as this could pose a security risk to the UK or expose the individual to danger. Where individuals are unable to attend a VAC to collect their documents, they must contact UK Visa and Immigration to agree alternative arrangements to collect their passports.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/07/2023 16:16:00 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1653402

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
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 14 July 2023 to Question 193067, whether her Department holds data on recorded detections (a) at UK ports broken down by where they were found and (b) in the UK broken down by detections at ports serviced by juxtaposed controls.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	194347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does hold data on recorded detections at UK ports broken down by where they were found and in the UK broken down by detections at ports serviced by juxtaposed controls. However, it is recorded in a free text format so is not routinely published.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/07/2023 13:08:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1653433

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Hong Kong
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 expedite the asylum applications of (a) former Hong Kong elected district councillors and (b) pro-democracy party leadership figures in the context of recent arrest warrants and bounties for exiled Hong Kong pro-democracy activists.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	194308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to those who need it. All asylum claims are considered on a case-by-case basis in line with published policy including those raised by Hong Kong nationals.</p><p>Individuals from Hong Kong may also be able to apply for the Hong Kong British National (Overseas) (BN(O)) route which reflects the UK’s historic and moral commitment to those people of Hong Kong who chose to retain their ties to the UK by taking up BN(O) status before Hong Kong’s handover to China. To be eligible, applicants must have BN(O) status, or be the eligible family member of someone with BN(O) status.</p><p>In November 2022, the BN(O) route was expanded to allow adult children of BN(O) status holders, aged 18 or over and who were born on or after 1 July 1997 to apply to the route independently. As of 31 March 2023, a total of 166,420 applications to the BN(O) route have been granted since its introduction.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 194315 question first answered 25/07/2023 13:30:32 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1653434

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Hong Kong
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department is offering to (a) former Hong Kong elected district councillors and (b) pro-democracy party leadership figures who have been waiting for a decision on an asylum application.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	194315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to those who need it. All asylum claims are considered on a case-by-case basis in line with published policy including those raised by Hong Kong nationals.</p><p>Individuals from Hong Kong may also be able to apply for the Hong Kong British National (Overseas) (BN(O)) route which reflects the UK’s historic and moral commitment to those people of Hong Kong who chose to retain their ties to the UK by taking up BN(O) status before Hong Kong’s handover to China. To be eligible, applicants must have BN(O) status, or be the eligible family member of someone with BN(O) status.</p><p>In November 2022, the BN(O) route was expanded to allow adult children of BN(O) status holders, aged 18 or over and who were born on or after 1 July 1997 to apply to the route independently. As of 31 March 2023, a total of 166,420 applications to the BN(O) route have been granted since its introduction.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 194308 question first answered 25/07/2023 13:30:32 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1653495

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Vacancies
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 adding (a) HGV and (b) PSV drivers to the shortage occupation list for visas.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	194578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to increase the number of visas available for (a) HGV and (b) public service vehicle drivers, as these occupations are not eligible under the Points Based System. The Government’s position is that employers should invest in recruitment from the resident workforce, which includes UK workers and migrants with general work rights, for jobs with relatively short training requirements.</p><p>The independent Migratory Advisory Committee (MAC) is currently reviewing the Shortage Occupation List (SOL), which involves extensive consultation with industry. The MAC will report its recommendations in the Autumn, after which the Government will consider its position. As per the Government’s commissioning letter to the MAC last year, inclusion on the SOL for jobs which do not meet the skills threshold should only be considered in exceptional circumstances, such as when we added care workers last year.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/07/2023 07:47:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1653496

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Frontier Workers: Work Permits
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 Frontier Worker Permit Scheme, what assessment she has made of the implications for her polices of a person who is eligible for a Frontier Worker Permit who has entered the UK without obtaining a Frontier Workers Permit.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	194579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>The frontier worker permit scheme implements our obligations under the Citizens’ Rights Agreements to protect the rights of EU, EEA and Swiss citizens who were frontier working in the UK (that is employed or self-employed in the UK but residing elsewhere) before the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020, for as long as they continue to be a frontier worker.</p><p> </p><p>Since 1 July 2021 frontier workers have been required to hold a valid frontier worker permit in order to evidence their right to enter the UK to work. Irish citizen frontier workers are not required to obtain a frontier worker permit to enter the UK to work, although they can apply for one if they wish. Frontier workers are not required to use a frontier worker permit to evidence their right to work or to access benefits and services while in the UK as they can evidence their status by other means.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/07/2023 14:20:06 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry