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1241155

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Border Force: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on what mail is opened by Border Force.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	100529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>Border Force routinely carries out risk based inspections of post and parcels imported into the UK. The purpose of this is to both deter and prevent the entry of goods that would harm the national interest and the safety of its citizens.</p><p>Section 159 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 as amended by regulation 7 of the Postal Packets (Revenue and Customs) Regulations 2011 provides the power for designated Customs officials to inspect, and open, any postal packet for the purpose of examining anything that designated Customs officials suspect it may contain, for example, goods which may not have duty paid or are prohibited or restricted. The interception of postal communications for investigatory purposes is not undertaken by Border Force, and can only be authorised for a competent authority by a warrant under Part 2 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 16/10/2020 09:28:34 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1238700

registered interest
date	29/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Border Force: Postal Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of items of post entering the UK from (a) the Netherlands and (b) other EU member states opened by the Border Force (i) in the last five years and (ii) since 31 January 2020.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	97012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2020 answer text <p>Border Force does not hold the data requested in an accessible format.</p><p>Border Force routinely carries out risk based inspections of post and parcels imported into the UK. The purpose of this is to both deter and prevent the entry of goods that would harm the national interest and the safety of its citizens.</p><p>Section 159 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 as amended by regulation 7 of the Postal Packets (Revenue and Customs) Regulations 2011 provides the power for designated Customs officials to inspect, and open, any postal packet for the purpose of examining anything that designated Customs officials suspect it may contain, for example, goods which may not have duty paid or are prohibited or restricted. A warrant is not obtained as it is not required for postal packet inspections.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 07/10/2020 15:55:31 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1222911

registered interest
date	10/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Photographs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse has been of private photographers for her Department in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	72257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/08/2020 answer text <p>Home Office communications directorate has not employed any private photographers in the last 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/08/2020 15:26:53 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1222015

registered interest
date	08/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Cars
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the age is of the oldest car in the police force fleet; how many breakdowns have been recorded of police vehicles while on shift since 2015; and what the maintenance costs were for police cars over that time period.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	71149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2020 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 17/07/2020 12:59:08 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1220930

registered interest
date	06/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Married People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing visa applications for spouses to be processed without biometrics where visa centres remain closed due to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	69658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>All visa applicants are required to attend a visa application centre (VAC) to provide documents and enrol their biometrics, this is a minimum mandated security requirement for all visa national travellers to the UK. Biometrics play a significant role in delivering security and facilitation in the border and immigration system. They enable quick and robust identity assurance and suitability checks on foreign nationals subject to immigration control.</p><p> </p><p>As restrictions continue to be lifted by governments around the world, overseas VACs are reopening, enabling applicants to apply for the required visa to travel to the UK.  As centres reopen, details of these will be published on our commercial partner websites.</p><p> </p><p>As of 7th July, 133 visa application centres have reopened.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 09/07/2020 15:53:56 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1218038

registered interest
date	25/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Taxis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many private hire cars her Department has used since 2015; how long each journey was; and what the cost was of those journeys to the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	65007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>Determining the amount spent on private hire cars, how long each journey was, and how many journeys were made since 2015 is not readily available from our management systems.</p><p> </p><p>This is because the cost information is neither held centrally by the Home Office, nor where held, is it in an easily identifiable format. It could therefore be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The length and number of journeys is not specifically recorded.</p><p> </p><p>Many taxi journeys are reimbursed via a manual expenses process. The information required to identify employee taxi claims is not easily distinguishable within the central financial system and a manual review of all these records, over a five-year period, would be required.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/07/2020 10:49:55 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1217677

registered interest
date	24/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many health workers (a) were eligible and (b) applied for a visa extension as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	64305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Health and Social Care estimated that up to 3000 individuals would be eligible for the NHS Visa Extension; applications are currently on course to exceed that estimate.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 29/06/2020 16:13:03 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1217684

registered interest
date	24/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many days police officers have taken off work for mental health reasons in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	64309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2020 answer text <p>The number of days police officers have taken off work for mental health reasons is not collected centrally by the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of police officers on long-term absence as at 31st March each year, including long-term absence for sickness. Long-term absence includes officers on leave for 28 days or more. However, detailed information on the reason for the absence is not collected.</p><p> </p><p>These data are available in the Absence Open Data tables published alongside the annual ‘Police workforce’ statistical bulletin, available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-open-data-tables</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/07/2020 09:23:13 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1183139

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	EU Nationals: Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-EU citizens with pre-settled status have been detained by border police and subsequently released.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	25729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 answer text <p>Border Force does not hold the data requested in an accessible format.</p><p>All arrivals at the UK Border are considered on their individual merits and on the basis of the evidence available, in line with the UK’s immigration rules.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 30/06/2020 13:08:08 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1183148

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Visitors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of visitor visa applications from (a) Iran, (b) Afghanistan, (c) Pakistan, (d) Bangladesh and (e) South Africa have been rejected since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	25730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on visitor visas in the. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a></p><p>Data on refusals of visit visas by nationality are published in table Vis_D02 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/managed-migration-datasets#entry-clearance-visas-granted-outside-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/managed-migration-datasets#entry-clearance-visas-granted-outside-the-uk</a></p><p>Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to year ending December 2019. Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2019/list-of-tables#entry-clearance-visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2019/list-of-tables#entry-clearance-visas</a></p><p>The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on entry clearance visas.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 10/03/2020 17:12:20 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran