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824413

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
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 has carried out modelling on potential changes in migration numbers caused by the savings and salary thresholds for spousal visa applications being raised or lowered.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	123214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The savings and salary thresholds for spousal visa applications are dictated by the minimum income requirement. It was set following advice from the independent Migration Advisory Committee and considering the Policy Equality Statement published on 13 June 2012. In February 2017, the Supreme Court upheld the lawfulness of the minimum income requirement under the family Immigration Rules, including in terms of equalities impacts and in light of the published Policy Equality Statement.</p><p>Any future amendment to the minimum income requirement would be subject to thorough equality and impact analysis and a further Policy Equality Statement will be published.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/01/2018 16:28:56 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

824414

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
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 introduce a maximum waiting time for a reply to applications for indefinite leave to remain under the ten-year settlement route.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	123215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The current maximum waiting time for a straightforward application for indefinite leave to remain under the ten-year settlement route is six months, there are currently no plans to change this.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/01/2018 16:30:58 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

824421

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Veterans
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 bring forward proposals to encourage the police to recruit ex-servicemen and women to provide armed protection at fixed sites.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	123222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Chief officers are responsible for recruitment and for determining the number of armed officers required in their areas. This is based on a thorough assessment of threat and risk, and capability is kept under constant review by the National Armed Policing Lead and the National Police Coordination Centre.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/01/2018 15:53:03 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

824428

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
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 twelfth report of 2016-17 of the Home Affairs Committee, Asylum accommodation published on 17 January 2017, HC 637, whether there are plans to enable councils to provide independent oversight of the condition of asylum seeker housing.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	123229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on the 18th January 2018, UIN 122556.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/01/2018 15:47:35 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

824438

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Vetting: Members
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 hon. Members and their staff are not subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	123239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Any individual may request a basic disclosure certificate, which shows unspent<br>conditional cautions and convictions. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 outlines some circumstances where spent cautions and convictions are disclosable and may be taken into account when assessing a person’s suitability for certain positions. Broadly speaking, standard and enhanced criminal record checks are only available in relation to jobs which involve special risks and sensitivities, such as working closely with children or vulnerable adults. Standard and enhanced checks are intended to support employers making safer recruitment decisions when employing people to work with vulnerable people</p><p>The Disclosure and Barring service has issued guidance on eligibility for a criminal records check and it is available here:<br> <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dbs-eligibility-guidance" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/dbs-eligibility-guidance</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/01/2018 15:55:55 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

824527

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) charged and (b) convicted for offences under section 46 of the Crime and Security Act 2010 in each year since 2011; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	123328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office holds data on crimes recorded by the police that are covered by the notifiable offence list. Notifiable offences are those crimes that could possibly be tried by a jury plus a few additional closely related summary offences dealt with by magistrates, such as assault without injury. <br>Crimes covered under section 46 of the Crime and Security Act 2010 are non-notifiable and therefore for not held by the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/01/2018 15:52:20 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

824556

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much it costs her Department to process a leave to remain application; how many such applications it has processed in each of the last five years; and how much revenue has been generated from fees for leave to remain applications in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	123357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The cost of processing visa applications varies by application type and these are set out in the published unit costs and fees table, which can be accessed via the link attached:<br>FY 2017/18: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/606616/Unit_cost_table_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/606616/Unit_cost_table_2017.pdf</a></p><p>2. The number of Applications for ‘Leave To Remain’ received/processed are regularly published, refer to links below for latest figures:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-november-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-november-2017</a></p><p>3. The Home Office does not hold the information in the format requested. Income is not differentiated between the various categories in which they are received. Our ledger will not allow us to provide this level of detail.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/01/2018 16:17:46 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

824557

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what impact assessments were carried out ahead of the proposed 22.5 per cent fee increase for leave to remain applications.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	123358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>A number of UK Visa and Immigration fees were increased by 22.5% in April 2017. An assessment of the impact of all fee increases implemented then was published as an associated document to the Immigration and Nationality Fees (Regulations) 2017. The relevant information can be found via the following link:<br><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/515/pdfs/uksiod_20170515_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/515/pdfs/uksiod_20170515_en.pdf</a>.</p><p>Fee changes for 2018 have not yet been agreed.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/01/2018 15:55:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

824558

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
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, with reference to the second report of the Home Affairs Committee, Immigration policy: basis for building consensus, published on 15 January 2018, HC 500, what steps her Department plans to take to publish an official analysis of the scale of illegal immigration.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	123359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is carefully considering the Home Affairs Committee report and will respond in due course</p><p>The Government does not currently produce any official estimates of the scale of illegal migration. The Government takes a broad range of activity to prevent migrants from entering the UK illegally and overstaying, tackle the threats associated with immigration offending and to encourage and enforce the removal of illegal migrants.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/01/2018 16:27:24 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

824559

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
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, with reference to the second report of the Home Affairs Committee, Immigration policy: basis for building consensus, published on 15 January 2018, HC 500, what plans she has to re-evaluate the hostile environments measures.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	123360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government will respond to the Home Affairs Committee report in due course</p><p>Successive Governments have introduced legislative and administrative controls on migrants’ access to work, benefits and services to prevent immigration offending, including action overseas, at the border and in-country, to detect and remove persons without permission to enter or remain in the UK and to protect taxpayer funded services.</p><p>In recent years we have introduced, extended and strengthened the set of “compliant environment” measures; putting in place a range of entitlement controls, including denying or restricting access and through taking systematic, automated action, and working with a range of delivery partners on the consequences of not complying with our laws and rules.</p><p>The compliant environment aims to: deter prospective immigration offenders; make it difficult for those unlawfully in the UK to lead a settled life; incentivise voluntary departure; and deter legal migrants from breaching conditions of their immigration leave. <br>We have no plans to re-evaluate these measures; however, the Government gives careful consideration to reports and recommendations produced by Parliament and the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration on the operation of the immigration system and remains committed to ensuring the accuracy of immigration data shared across Government and with key delivery partners.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 123361 question first answered 23/01/2018 16:20:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy