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1141139

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to help councils (a) accommodate and (b) process asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	280223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office ensures that asylum seekers, who would otherwise be destitute, are provided with accommodation and a weekly cash allowance.</p><p>This includes free, furnished accommodation, and we also cover utility costs and provide individuals with a cash allowance to cover other essential living needs. The level of the allowance is reviewed each year.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/07/2019 16:03:37 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1141383

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the requirements are for an organisation to qualify to sponsor Tier 2 and Tier 5 visas; and how many organisations meet those qualifications.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	281086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The requirements to become a sponsor and maintain this status are set out in the Tiers 2 and 5: guidance for sponsors. Currently, there are more than 30,000 organisations that are licenced sponsors.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 31/07/2019 15:05:38 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1140867

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Synthetic Cannabinoids: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the penalties incurred for (a) possession and (b) supply and production of synthetic cannabinoids.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	280381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>Synthetic cannabinoids are controlled as Class B drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. There is a maximum penalty of five years’ imprisonment, an unlimited fine, or both for possession of a Class B drug and 14 years’ imprisonment, an unlimited fine, or both, for the supply and production of a Class B drug.</p><p>There was a total of 281 convictions for the principal offence of possession of synthetic cannabinoids in 2018, up from 71 convictions in 2017 and no convictions in 2016. For the principal offences of either supply, possession with intent to supply or production of synthetic cannabinoids there were 18 convictions in 2018, up from 4 convictions in 2017 and 4 convictions in 2016.</p><p>The Government has commissioned the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to provide an updated harms assessment on their previous reports on synthetic cannabinoids. The commission also seeks recommendations on whether the current classification under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 of synthetic cannabinoids is appropriate. The advice is due in summer 2020. The full commission has been published online on the gov.uk website. <br>The Government will await the ACMD’s further advice and recommendations</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/07/2019 16:00:51 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1140996

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of domestic fires in the private rented sector in England that have occurred as a result of (a) smoking and (b) electrical fires since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	280205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect this information. Data on electrical fires and those caused by smoking are available in tables 6.02 and 6.05 here:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-data-tables#cause-of-fire%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-data-tables#cause-of-fire </a>but we do not collect information on the tenure of the property in which the fire took place.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/07/2019 15:28:14 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1141011

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
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 crossed the Channel between November 2018 and January 2019 inclusive; and of those how many (a) were returned to France for processing of their asylum applications, (b) have been granted asylum in the UK and (c) have applications being processed in the UK.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Peter Heaton-Jones
uin	280440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office has published data on the number of migrants who crossed the Channel between November 2018 and January 2019.This information can be found at the link below:<br><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/home-affairs/Correspondence-17-19/19-03-05-Letter-from-Sir-Philip-Rutnam-KCB-Permanent-Secretary-Home-Office-Migrant-boats-in-the-channel.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/home-affairs/Correspondence-17-19/19-03-05-Letter-from-Sir-Philip-Rutnam-KCB-Permanent-Secretary-Home-Office-Migrant-boats-in-the-channel.pdf</a></p><p><br>The department does not routinely publish breakdowns of asylum claims by method of arrival or type of claim. This information is recorded but not in a format that can easily be retrieved and could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.</p><p><br>The Home Office does publish data on the number of applications for asylum in the UK, in its quarterly Immigration Statistics release, the latest release published 24th May 2019. The number of asylum applications for main applicants by country of nationality, made since January 2019 can be found in table as_01_q for main applicants:<br>Latest edition available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2019/list-of-tables#asylum" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2019/list-of-tables#asylum</a></p><p>Since January, more than 50 people who arrived illegally in the UK in small boats have been returned to Europe.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/07/2019 15:18:34 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4524 label Biography information for Peter Heaton-Jones

1141108

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Common Travel Area
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what parts of the Government’s plan for travelling in the Common Travel Area in the event of a no deal Brexit have been implemented.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
uin	280348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>In the event the UK leaves the EU without a deal, there will be no practical changes to the UK’s approach to immigration on journeys within the CTA. As now there will be no routine immigration controls on journeys from within the CTA to the UK; with no immigration controls whatsoever on the Northern Ireland – Ireland land border.</p><p>Further information is set out in the UK Government publication: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/travelling-in-the-common-travel-area-if-theres-no-brexit-deal/travelling-within-the-common-travel-area-and-the-associated-rights-of-british-and-irish-citizens-if-there-is-no-brexit-deal" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/travelling-in-the-common-travel-area-if-theres-no-brexit-deal/travelling-within-the-common-travel-area-and-the-associated-rights-of-british-and-irish-citizens-if-there-is-no-brexit-deal</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 30/07/2019 16:46:44 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1140589

registered interest
date	19/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of granting Uighur asylum seekers the automatic right to remain in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	279450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office is unable to report on how many applications for asylum from Chinese Uighurs it has received since 2015; and what proportion of those applications have been successful, as to obtain this information would require a manual trawl of records and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. We do, however, publish data on those who have been granted asylum in the UK, with main applicants broken down by country of nationality. The latest release, published 24th May 2019, can be found in tab as_01 at volume 1 of the quarterly Immigration Statistics release:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2019/list-of-tables#asylum" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2019/list-of-tables#asylum</a></p><p>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to those who need it, in accordance with our international obligations under the Refugee Convention and European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). <br>Where someone establishes a well-founded fear of persecution or serious harm in their country they are normally granted protection and are not expected to return there.</p><p>Our assessment of the situation for Uighurs in China is set out in the relevant country policy and information note, which is available on the Gov.uk website</p><p>All asylum and human rights claims from Chinese nationals are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations. Each individual assessment is made against the background of the latest available country of origin information and any relevant caselaw.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 279448 question first answered 24/07/2019 15:15:27 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1140161

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies of the findings of the Institute for Strategic Dialogue’s report, The Great Replacement: the violent consequences of mainstreamed extremism, published in July 2019 on the great replacement conspiracy theory.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	278941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>As the Home Secretary made clear in his speech on 19 July, the Government remains committed to tackling all forms of extremism, including Right-Wing Extremism. We draw on a range of sources to understand the extremism threat, including from the Home Office Extremism Analysis Unit and from reports by organisations such as the Institute for Strategic Dialogue.</p><p>In 2020 we will publish a new Counter Extremism Strategy setting out a comprehensive new approach to tackling all forms of extremism.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 30/07/2019 15:53:52 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1140296

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Premier Inn: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department plans to make an assessment of whether combustible materials in the roof contributed to the spread of the fire at the Premier Inn near Cribbs Causeway on 18 July 2019.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	279065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>Avon FRS has confirmed that it will be conducting an investigation into the fire.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/08/2019 12:53:18 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1140375

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons are that qualify an extension application as complex.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	279032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Tier 1 (General) route closed to Leave to Remain extension applications on 6 April 2015. Therefore, no Tier 1 General extension applications were received in the last twelve months.</p><p><br>The data regarding exceeding the eight-week service standards in current application routes can be found using the link <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-may-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-may-2019 </a></p><p><br>The statistics specific to service standards can be found on tab InC_02.</p><p>Historical data regarding service standards can be found via the following link:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#previous-data-releases" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#previous-data-releases</a></p><p>Complexity is identified on a case by case basis and will also vary depending on the application route. Therefore there is not an exhaustive list of the circumstances in which particular types of application might be deemed to be complex. Where an application is defined as non-straightforward, due to complexity, the customer will be written to within the normal processing time to explain why it will not be decided within the normal standard service, and to explain what will happen next.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 279030 279031 question first answered 22/07/2019 16:19:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra