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1666345

registered interest
date	20/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) EO and (b) PO3 staff are employed by HM Passport Office in (i) Glasgow, (ii) Liverpool and (iii) Belfast; and how many and what proportion of these staff have been asked to assist with (A) booking and (B) conducting interviews with asylum applicants on behalf of UK Visas and Immigration in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	203687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office are unable to provide this information due to security reasons. The way data is captured does not differentiate between bookings and interviews.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/10/2023 09:44:25 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1666346

registered interest
date	20/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much time was allocated to training (a) EO and (b) PO3 staff at HM Passport Office who have assisted UK Visas and Immigration teams with asylum applications; and what level of training was provided.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	203688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Home Office staff are given all the necessary training to ensure that they are fully equipped to carry out their role. HM Passport Office staff who have assisted in the processing of asylum applications, were given the standard training time, with further supplementary training provided as necessary.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/10/2023 09:08:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1666347

registered interest
date	20/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date her Department's officials started planning to provide HM Passport Office executive and administrative officers to assist UKVI teams; and who proposed the request for assistance.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	203689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Staff resources are regularly redeployed across the Home Office to meet business demands and priorities. HM Passport Office take a flexible approach in supporting these priorities and demands when necessary.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/10/2023 09:00:58 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1666348

registered interest
date	20/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	HM Passport Office and UK Visas and Immigration: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average pay is for staff at grades (a) executive officer and (b) PO3 in the Passport Office; and what the average pay levels are for (i) administrative and (ii) executive officer staff in UKVI where Passport Office staff have been tasked to assist.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	203690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Below is the average pay across the Home Office, which includes HMPO and UKVI, for AO/PO3 grades:</p><ul><li>National: £24,800</li><li>London: £28,800</li></ul><p>Below is the average pay across the Home Office for Executive Officer grades:</p><ul><li>UKVI EO London: £32,359</li><li>UKVI EO National: £28,272</li><li>HMPO EO London: £32,437</li><li>HMPO EO National: £28,335</li></ul><p>* AO/PO3 are paid the above average salary regardless of length of service.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/10/2023 08:59:31 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1542950

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Hazara Muslims have (a) applied for asylum in the UK, (b) been granted asylum in the UK and (c) reached the UK after being granted asylum through the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	88898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on asylum applications and initial decisions on asylum applications from Afghan nationals can be found in tables Asy_D01 and Asy_D02 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’. Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks. The latest data relate to the year ending June 2022. Data for the year ending September 2022 will be published on 24 November 2022. Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p><p>The Home Office does not publish data on ethnicity or religion of asylum applicants.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 88899 question first answered 21/11/2022 16:57:05 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1542951

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there has been an increase in the number of Afghan citizens claiming asylum in the UK since August 2021.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	88899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on asylum applications and initial decisions on asylum applications from Afghan nationals can be found in tables Asy_D01 and Asy_D02 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’. Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks. The latest data relate to the year ending June 2022. Data for the year ending September 2022 will be published on 24 November 2022. Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p><p>The Home Office does not publish data on ethnicity or religion of asylum applicants.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 88898 question first answered 21/11/2022 16:57:05 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara