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1216073

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Death Certificates: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to include ethnicity on death certificates.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
uin	62647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>The statistical information currently recorded in a death registration (and subsequently on certificates) is determined by the Office for National Statistics and prescribed by law. There are currently no plans to record ethnicity.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 25/06/2020 14:01:29 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen

1216237

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Marriage: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on the reopening of registry offices to enable people who wish to marry to formally give notice.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	62440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>The local registration service in England and Wales has been advised that notices of intention to marry or form a civil partnership can be taken where these can be safely delivered in line with public health and local authority guidelines.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 25/06/2020 14:04:01 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1216240

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Health Services
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 she plans to commence the NHS surcharge exemption for migrant doctors.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	62693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to introducing the NHS surcharge exemption as soon as practicable.</p><p>The Prime Minister has confirmed that health and care staff who have paid the fee since 21 May will be refunded.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 25/06/2020 14:07:02 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1216290

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Detainees
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 regularly publish data on the number of victims of modern slavery in immigration detention.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	62421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office currently publishes a range of data on immigration detention. This covers people detained under immigration powers and includes information such as nationality, age, sex, place and length of detention, cost of detention, pregnancy in detention and reports made by a medical practitioner under rule 35 of the Detention Centre Rules 2001.</p><p> </p><p>Following the then Home Secretary’s statement in Parliament in July 2018, which committed to publishing more data on immigration detention, the Home Office have since been undertaking a review. This review is still ongoing and will consider all elements of data important to the Home Office and the Public.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/06/2020 12:55:49 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1216401

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Assessments
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 17 June 2020 to Question 57247 on British Nationality: Assessments, how long after testing resumes will applications for indefinite leave continue to be held.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	62495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>We have plans in place to conclude applications in process as quickly as possible once customers submit their certificates. Once test centres are fully reopened and services have resumed to a level where they can again meet demand, we expect that customers will submit their certificates within a reasonable timescale.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 25/06/2020 14:05:20 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1216491

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what covid-19 related funding and support is available to people with Leave to Remain.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	62713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has published advice and information about the support available to migrants with Leave to Remain during the coronavirus pandemic: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-get-support-if-youre-a-migrant-living-in-the-uk.</p><p> </p><p>Most migrants with Leave to Remain in the UK are subject to no recourse to public funds (NRPF). Successive governments have set the threshold for migrants qualifying for public funds at Indefinite Leave to Remain, reflecting the strength of connection to the UK of those who hold this status. However, many of the measures introduced to support people through the coronavirus pandemic, including the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and protections for renters, are available to those with NRPF.</p><p>Individuals whose basis of stay in the UK is based on their family life or human rights can apply to have the NRPF condition lifted by making a ‘change of conditions’ application if there are exceptional circumstances in their case relating to financial circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/06/2020 12:53:37 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1205566

registered interest
date	19/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	EU Nationals: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the compatibility of the changes to the Immigration Rules for Northern Ireland announced on 14 May 2020 with Government commitments under the New Decade New Approach deal to bring domestic UK immigration rules in line with the Good Friday Agreement; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward the date of the EU settlement scheme applications for Northern Ireland from 24 August 2020.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	61835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>The statement of changes to the Immigration Rules laid before Parliament on 14 May will amend the EU Settlement Scheme so family members of the people of Northern Ireland can apply for immigration status on broadly the same terms as family members of Irish citizens.  This delivers the commitment made in the New Decade, New Approach agreement which restored the Northern Ireland Executive in January 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Those living in Northern Ireland and currently eligible for leave under the EU Settlement Scheme have been able to make an application since the scheme opened fully in March 2019. In order for relevant operational preparations to be made for the changes announced on 14 May, applications from relevant family members of the people of Northern Ireland can be made from 24 August.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/06/2020 16:42:34 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1205605

registered interest
date	19/06/2020
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, if she will take steps to ensure that (a) Asylum Support rates receive a £20 covid-related uplift in line with universal credit and (b) backdate that uplift to March 2020; and if she will make it her policy to reinstate asylum support to at least 70 per cent of mainstream income support.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	61747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>We have been reviewing the level of the cash allowances provided to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute, as we do each year to ensure that they remain capable of meeting their essential living needs.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of this work, the standard allowance has been raised to £39.60 per week from £37.75 per week, an increase of around 5%. This increase is significantly higher than the current general rate of inflation, which Office of National Statistics data shows was only 0.5% in the 12 months period to May.</p><p> </p><p>The level of the allowance is not linked to social security benefits.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the allowance, we also provide free accommodation, with utilities and council tax paid for and there is free access to the NHS and free access to education for their children.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has a generous record in supporting asylum seekers. Last year, we made around 20,000 grants of asylum or protection (one of the higher figures in Europe), as well as offered protection to 3,000 Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children – the highest number of any country in Europe. In addition, we have directly resettled around 20,000 people from the most dangerous areas of the world (especially Syrians) in the UK over the last 5 years. Finally, we spend around £14 billion per year in Overseas Aid, helping millions of people around the world. This is the highest amount of any country in Europe and we are the only G7 country to meet the 0.7% of GNI Overseas Aid target</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/06/2020 07:49:34 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1205611

registered interest
date	19/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Home Department, pursuant to to the Answer of 7 May 2020 to Question 42081 on Asylum: Detention Centres and the Answer of 19 May 2020 to Question 46686 on Asylum: Housing, if he will publish the guidance issue by Public Health England to the Home Office that informed (a) the decision on 27 March 2020 to pause asylum support cessations and evictions and (b) the current review of this pause to be completed by end of June 2020.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	61728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>We have been working closely with National and Local health Colleagues throughout the pandemic to inform our approach.   PHE guidance focused initially on the provision to self-isolate and social distance and, in the review, to follow MHCLG guidance in relation to moving home and social bubbles which was supported by PHE. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/government-advice-on-home-moving-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak and - https://www.gov.uk/guidance/meeting-people-from-outside-your-household.</p><p> </p><p>We also sought specific advice in relation to the pause of asylum support cessations and the subsequent review.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/06/2020 07:45:02 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1205734

registered interest
date	19/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what security safeguards have been put in place since UK passport production was moved from De La Rue in the UK to Gemalto in France in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Kate Osborne
uin	61810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>There are a range of safeguards in place to protect the security of the passport service throughout the change of supplier. This has included assuring the sites used by Thales (formerly Gemalto) to produce the UK passport against the UK Security Policy Framework. In addition, they have been independently certified to the international standard for the Management of Security Printing Processes, ISO 14298 and the international standard for Information Security Management, ISO27001.</p><p>All passports continue to be personalised with the passport holder’s personal details such as name and photograph, in the United Kingdom. This ensures no personal data leaves the UK.</p><p>The outgoing supplier has maintained the required standards of security throughout the transition, with agreed plans in place for the secure decommissioning and destruction of the assets from this service.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/06/2020 16:40:59 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4783 label Biography information for Kate Osborne