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1701381

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	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, with reference to the oral contribution of the then Minister for Immigration of 17 October 2023, Official Report, column 54WH, what recent progress the Government has made on establishing a specific route to family reunion for Afghan nationals who are family members of individuals resettled to the UK under pathway 1 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	22008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>For those evacuated from Afghanistan under Pathway 1 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) without their immediate family members, the Home Secretary has committed to establishing a route for separated families to be reunited in the first half of this year.</p><p>Further details will be provided in due course.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 19/04/2024 10:11:42 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1701382

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	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, what information his Department holds on the number of Afghan nationals who are family members of individuals resettled to the UK under pathway 1 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme who have (a) applied for and (b) been granted (i) entry clearance under refugee family reunion rules, (ii) leave outside those rules and (iii) leave to enter or remain in the UK under other immigration routes.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	22009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government continues to work with partners in the region to evacuate eligible people and are committed to bringing more Afghans to the UK in the long term. This includes eligible immediate family members of those being resettled under both the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS).</p><p>Public data giving the requested breakdown of family members is not available; however, the latest published statistics, summarised at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghan-resettlement-programme-operational-data/afghan-resettlement-programme-operational-data" target="_blank">Afghan Resettlement Programme: operational data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>, show that, at the end of December 2023, 10,520 have been relocated under ACRS, with 9,706 individuals resettled under Pathway 1 of this scheme so far.</p><p>For those evacuated from Afghanistan under ACRS Pathway 1 without their immediate family members, the Home Secretary has committed to establishing a route for separated families to be reunited in the first half of this year. Further details will be provided in due course.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 23/04/2024 14:19:28 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1697402

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
	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 publish details on the (a) level of financial and (b) other incentives his Department plans to offer to asylum seekers to encourage them to voluntarily relocate to Rwanda.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	19626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>Voluntary relocation to Rwanda builds on our already widely used voluntary returns scheme – details of this can be found at the following link:- <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F65f864aece4c150011a15081%2Fvoluntary%2Band%2Bassisted%2Bdepartures.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7CRena.Cole%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cb70298bf49c34830f2d408dc499b2f04%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638466178045298722%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=6FJ7HxojdiXhMsUjW7HA1BocGyqG9dFONoyPsD%2B25Yc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Voluntary and assisted departures.docx (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 28/03/2024 15:17:17 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1697602

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Delivery Services: Undocumented Migrants
	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 holds information on illegal working via the use of rented profiles on food delivery apps.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	19758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>The HO holds some information in relation to individuals who rent profiles on food delivery apps. However, we do not routinely publish the information you have requested and we are unable to provide this information, as it could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 28/03/2024 15:18:54 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1697641

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Delivery Services: Undocumented Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he is taking steps to regulate the use of rented profiles on food delivery apps.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	19761
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is engaging constructively with food delivery platforms, calling on them to end the use of unverified substitution. Unchecked account sharing places the public at risk, enables – and therefore encourages – illegal migration and leads to the exploitation of workers.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2023, the Home Office secured agreement from the firms to strengthen their recruitment and on-boarding processes, in order to prevent unchecked sharing of accounts.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/food-delivery-companies-urged-to-end-unchecked-account-sharing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/food-delivery-companies-urged-to-end-unchecked-account-sharing</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson grouped question UIN 19762 question first answered 27/03/2024 16:00:17 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1697642

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Delivery Services: Undocumented Migrants
	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 has had discussions with representatives of food delivery companies on the use of rented profiles on food delivery apps.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	19762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is engaging constructively with food delivery platforms, calling on them to end the use of unverified substitution. Unchecked account sharing places the public at risk, enables – and therefore encourages – illegal migration and leads to the exploitation of workers.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2023, the Home Office secured agreement from the firms to strengthen their recruitment and on-boarding processes, in order to prevent unchecked sharing of accounts.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/food-delivery-companies-urged-to-end-unchecked-account-sharing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/food-delivery-companies-urged-to-end-unchecked-account-sharing</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson grouped question UIN 19761 question first answered 27/03/2024 16:00:17 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1697086

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Domestic Service
	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 conclusions of the Independent Review of the Overseas Domestic Workers Visa by James Ewins, published on 16 December 2015, relating to protection of employment rights of migrant workers in private households, if he will (a) review and (b) reverse changes to the rules for that visa.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	19376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps immigration route policy under review, including that for the Overseas Domestic Worker route. We have introduced a number of reforms to the route for overseas domestic workers since 2015; designed to build on existing safeguards and in line with the broader immigration system. Employers of overseas domestic workers must act in accordance with UK employment law, and workers who find themselves a victim of modern slavery are protected by the National Referral Mechanism and may be eligible to apply for permission to stay as a domestic worker who is a victim of modern slavery.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 19377 19378 question first answered 27/03/2024 17:48:43 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1697089

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Domestic Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department last reviewed the potential risk of abuse and exploitation of migrant workers under the overseas domestic worker visa rules.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	19377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps immigration route policy under review, including that for the Overseas Domestic Worker route. We have introduced a number of reforms to the route for overseas domestic workers since 2015; designed to build on existing safeguards and in line with the broader immigration system. Employers of overseas domestic workers must act in accordance with UK employment law, and workers who find themselves a victim of modern slavery are protected by the National Referral Mechanism and may be eligible to apply for permission to stay as a domestic worker who is a victim of modern slavery.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 19376 19378 question first answered 27/03/2024 17:48:43 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1697090

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Domestic Service
	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 Independent Review the Overseas Domestic Workers Visa by James Ewins, published on 16 December 2015, what the Government's policy is on the implementation of proposed changes in that review to the overseas domestic worker visa rules that have not yet been implemented.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	19378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps immigration route policy under review, including that for the Overseas Domestic Worker route. We have introduced a number of reforms to the route for overseas domestic workers since 2015; designed to build on existing safeguards and in line with the broader immigration system. Employers of overseas domestic workers must act in accordance with UK employment law, and workers who find themselves a victim of modern slavery are protected by the National Referral Mechanism and may be eligible to apply for permission to stay as a domestic worker who is a victim of modern slavery.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 19376 19377 question first answered 27/03/2024 17:48:43 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1695393

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Detention Centres: Crimes of Violence and Harassment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many allegations of (a) sexual assault, (b) physical assault and (c) harassment by staff have been made by detainees in detention centres in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	18177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2024 answer text <p>We operate a comprehensive complaints process in immigration removal centres, residential and non-residential short-term holding facilities (STHFs), pre-departure accommodation (PDA) and during escort. Complaints are managed in line with published guidance ‘Handling complaints in immigration removal centres’ - GOV.UK (<a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>) and are recorded under predetermined categories; service complaints, minor misconduct complaints or serious misconduct complaints.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the overall number of complaints received in each category is included in published data at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-q4-2023" target="_blank">Customer service operations data: Q4 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 15/03/2024 09:42:16 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock