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1363692

registered interest
date	26/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: 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 letters her Department has sent to Afghan nationals in the UK telling them to make arrangements to the leave the country or face deportation since the Taliban assumed power in Afghanistan; and what arrangements those affected should make in the absence of flights from the UK to Afghanistan and in response to Government advice not to travel to that country.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	63898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office processes many different types of immigration applications and/or asylum claims from Afghan nationals. All immigration decisions, including those from Afghan nationals, are carefully considered on a case by case basis, on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations and Home Office policy.</p><p>The Home Office has reviewed the country situation given recent changes in Afghanistan, have updated and published our country policy and information notes for Afghanistan on those seeking protection, latest update 2 November 2021, which reflect revised assessments of risk of persecution. Decision making in regards protection claims from Afghanistan have resumed, following a short pause to review policy, and have ensured our decision makers are considering claimants’ protection needs in line with up-to date country information.</p><p>No one who is found to be at risk of persecution or serious harm will be expected to return to Afghanistan. Inadmissibility rules apply to all nationals where it is considered that there has been an earlier presence or connection to a safe third country. Removals to Afghanistan have been suspended.</p><p>We have been clear that people should claim asylum in the first safe country that they reach and should not seek to enter the UK illegally. Our New Plan for Immigration underpins this principle.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 15/11/2021 16:27:26 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1357494

registered interest
date	22/09/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Coronavirus
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 offer free visitor visa extensions to people who have been unable to use the visas they paid for due to travel restrictions during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	53350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>It is not possible to extend a visit visa once they have been issued. Those wanting to visit the UK should apply for a new visit visa.</p><p>Applications can be made via the following website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor-visa/apply" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor-visa/apply</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/10/2021 14:52:13 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1341870

registered interest
date	29/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
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 make it her policy to grant cost exemptions to students who need to extend their visas to complete their course in the UK as a result of the duration of their courses being extended due to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	24352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2021 answer text <p>We have no plans to exempt students from paying an application fee where they require further time to complete a course of study.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/07/2021 15:21:31 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1341871

registered interest
date	29/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of students applying for visa extensions in response to the duration of their courses being extended as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	24353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2021 answer text <p>Home Office Migration Statistics do not capture the number of estimated student visa extension applications submitted in response to the covid-19 outbreak.</p><p>The Home Office does though publish data on the number of student visa extension applications submitted and how many of these have been granted. The data shows the year on year comparison. These can be found in our published statistics: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F987786%2Fextentions-summary-mar-2021-tables.ods&amp;data=04%7C01%7CLindsay.Price%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cef53effa5c63443ec31708d93b9fb087%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637606379303842074%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=daJP5l4Cr7IRiuL1E%2FVDhOGHgHvEeKHQhpmywIjrsUo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Extensions tables</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/07/2021 15:32:39 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1327723

registered interest
date	25/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Visitors: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many travellers have entered the UK from India since 1 April 2021.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	7285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2021 answer text <p>Travel to the UK from India is currently subjective to extensive restrictions due to it being on the Red List, this includes a requirement to enter the Managed Quarantine Service on arrival in the UK.</p><p>The Home Office regularly publishes migration statistics including number of visitors to the UK on gov.uk. The latest publication covers up to March 2021 and can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2021" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2021</a></p><p>Statistics covering the period including April 2021 will be published as part of the next Quarterly Update.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 03/06/2021 12:18:37 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1327724

registered interest
date	25/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: India
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 were granted to allow travellers to enter the UK from India since 1 April 2021, by type of visa.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	7286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2021 answer text <p>Travel to the UK from India is currently subjective to extensive restrictions due to it being on the Red List, this includes a requirement to enter the Managed Quarantine Service on arrival in the UK.</p><p>Any proposed travel to the UK from India, including any which forms the basis of a visa application, will need to be in line with the prevailing health restrictions.</p><p>Information on numbers of people coming to the UK is routinely published as part of the quarterly and annual Immigration statistics.</p><p>We do not publish data on the number of visas issued by country, our published data is issued by nationality.</p><p>Data for Quarter 1 (January 2021 – March 2021) was published in the most recent data release but will not cover the period requested. Later publications will cover the period requested and can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2021" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2021</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 03/06/2021 12:24:13 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1327725

registered interest
date	25/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travel: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what checks are in place to ensure self-isolation at home is being carried out fully and correctly.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	7287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2021 answer text <p>Self-isolation following a positive Covid test is one of the most important things we can do to help stop the spread of the virus and protect our friends and family, our community and the NHS. Following a report of non-compliance by a member of the public and if considered appropriate, the police are empowered to issue fixed penalty notices for failure to self-isolate.</p><p> </p><p>Separate isolation requirements also apply to individuals returning to England from an amber-list country. Those self-isolating at home may receive daily phone calls from the Isolation Assurance and Compliance service (IAC), to ensure that they are complying with their duty to self-isolate.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, a service run by my department will through contractors carry out a number of in-person checks on amber-list arrivals to ensure compliance. The service has the capacity to deliver up to 10,000 checks a day.</p><p> </p><p>If an individual is found to be non-compliant with their duty to self-isolate, then staff from the service may refer individuals to the case to the police who have the power to take law enforcement action and issue Fixed Penalty Notices.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/05/2021 16:08:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1314639

registered interest
date	13/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Forced Marriage
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 consultation on Preventing and tackling forced marriage, published 15 November 2018, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a placing a mandatory reporting duty of forced marriages upon safeguarding professionals.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	1202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2021 answer text <p>The UK is a world-leader in the fight to end forced marriage, with our dedicated Forced Marriage Unit leading efforts to combat it at home and abroad.</p><p>We made forced marriage a criminal offence in 2014 to better protect victims and send a clear message that this practice is unacceptable and will not be tolerated in the UK. And in 2017 we introduced lifelong anonymity for victims of forced marriage to encourage more victims of this hidden crime to come forward.</p><p>We are considering our response to the public consultation. The consultation also sought views on how guidance on forced marriage could be improved and strengthened and we are updating our guidance products to reflect the findings.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/05/2021 13:24:47 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1304626

registered interest
date	22/03/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Sales
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 bringing forward legislative proposals to require that knives sold in shops are kept locked in secure cabinets.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	173177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2021 answer text <p>During the passage of the Offensive Weapons Bill, we considered whether to make it a criminal offence for businesses to display a bladed product and whether shops should keep knives locked in secure cabinets. We concluded that we could achieve the same aim by working closely with retailers to ensure that knives cannot be easily stolen in order to circumvent age verification processes.</p><p>We continue to work with retailers, local authorities and the police to send a clear message that retailers have a responsibility to sell and display bladed articles in a responsible manner. The Government are encouraging much stronger voluntary action in relation to displays through the set of voluntary commitments with major retailers to prevent the underage sales of knives. These commit retailers to having robust measures in place to ensure age verification and both appropriate display and access to knives in stores. Retailers also act to ensure customers and staff are reminded that knives are age restricted products and that all staff receive regular training. Since March 2016, 19 major retailed have joined the agreement, with some stopping the sale of single knives in their stores altogether.</p><p>We are keeping this work under review and we will work with retailers within the framework of the voluntary agreement on sales of knives to include stronger voluntary action on displays once we commence some provisions in the Offensive Weapons Act which were paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/03/2021 14:04:37 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1196258

registered interest
date	15/05/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships: Coronavirus
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 is taking to ensure that parents can apply for a passport for their child in cases where they are unable to register the birth of that child due to the closure of birth registration services as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	47463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>The absence of a birth certificate where they are unable to register the birth of that child does not prevent a passport application being submitted, however alternative evidence will need to be provided.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 20/05/2020 13:18:22 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson