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1245024

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Youth Services
	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 increase youth intervention services.
	tabling member constituency	Putney
	tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
	uin	106503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2020 answer text <p>It is vitally important that we prevent young people from being drawn into violent crime, exploitation and abuse. The Government recognises that high quality youth services can transform the lives of young people.</p><p>The Government has invested £200 million in a 10-year Youth Endowment (YEF) Fund to tackle the drivers behind serious youth violence. An extra £5million has been awarded to the YEF in 2020 to develop a National Centre of Excellence, which will share knowledge and expertise with those working with vulnerable children and young people at risk of involvement in serious youth violence.</p><p>In July 2020, the YEF offered a total of £6.5m to 130 organisations across England and Wales as part of its COVID-19 grant round. The funding will help charities, social enterprises, local authorities and youth organisations to re-connect with young people at-risk of being drawn into violent crime and tackle any problems to emerge because of COVID-19.</p><p>The Government has invested £70m over two years (19/20 – 20/21) in establishing Violence Reduction Units (VRUs) in the 18 police force areas most affected by serious violence. VRUs bring together police, local government, health and education professionals, community leaders and other key partners to identify the drivers of serious violence and agree a multi-agency response to them. In addition to leading and coordinating local responses, VRUs are also delivering interventions to support those most at risk of involvement in serious violence. In year 1 of their operation, VRUs applied £23.1m to enable delivery of 175 different interventions, which reached over 100,000 young people.</p><p>We are significantly increasing investment in specialist support for county lines victims this year. With investment of £860k the St Giles Trust will be delivering one-to-one support in London, Merseyside and the West Midlands (the three largest county lines exporting areas) which will help over 200 vulnerable children and young people who are criminally exploited by county lines gangs to exit their involvement.</p><p>The Home Office is also continuing to fund Missing People’s SafeCall service (c.£200k FY20/21). This specialist 24/7 helpline provides advice and support to children, young people and their parents/carers who are concerned about county lines, criminal exploitation and gangs.</p><p>Through the £13.2m Trusted Relationships Fund we are identifying innovative approaches to tackling vulnerability among children and young people at risk of exploitation and abuse. The local authority-led projects, which went live in August 2018, provide support for children and young people identified as at high risk of child sexual exploitation and abuse, criminal exploitation and peer-on-peer abuse.</p><p>The Government also funded £22 million of funding for 40 projects through Early Intervention Youth Fund which ran from 2018 – 2020. This included awareness raising and education programmes, diversionary activities, tailored interventions, and programmes which aimed to cease offending or reoffending. A process evaluation of the EIYF will be available in Autumn 2020.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 23/10/2020 12:47:56 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1434074

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Windrush Compensation Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help (a) increase the number of eligible individuals receiving compensation from the Windrush Compensation scheme and (b) decrease the time taking to issue compensation.
	tabling member constituency	Putney
	tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
	uin	127567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2022 answer text <p>To the end of December 2021, we have offered or paid more than £41 million in compensation of which £35.3 million has been paid.</p><p>Since April 2019 we have attended or hosted approximately 200 outreach and engagement events, reaching over 3000 people.</p><p>In 2020, we launched a new national communications campaign, to make sure those most affected around the UK are aware of the support available to them and how to apply for both schemes.</p><p>We have designed the compensation scheme to be as clear and simple as possible, so people do not need legal assistance to make a claim.</p><p>We have made the evidential threshold as low as possible and the scheme operates fully on the balance of probabilities.</p><p>Our intent is that we ask for the minimum evidence necessary to reduce the burden on individuals whilst maximising the offers we can make.</p><p>In doing so we are seeking to strike the right balance between ensuring the scheme is comprehensive and covers the broadest range of circumstances and making it easy to navigate.</p><p>For those who want or need support to make a claim the Home Office provides free assistance in making applications through our independent claims assistance provider - We Are Digital.</p><p>We are processing claims as quickly as possible - this is our priority. However, we recognise we have more to do to decrease the time between submission and decision on claims.</p><p>To do this we are recruiting additional caseworkers, directing resources to maximise final decision output and refining our processes so cases progress as quickly as possible, including revising our data-sharing agreements with other departments.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/03/2022 12:45:22 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1455397

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Ukraine
	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 an assessment of the potential merits of altering the Ukraine Family Scheme visa application process to enable one form to be filled for one family.
	tabling member constituency	Putney
	tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
	uin	149402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office is continually making efforts to simplify the application process for Ukrainian refugees and keeps this under regular review. However, the Department does not have plans to move to a single form for members of a single family.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 14/04/2022 13:41:17 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1453275

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Pakistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the priority visa service for all application routes remains suspended for Pakistan.
	tabling member constituency	Putney
	tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
	uin	145041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>UK Visas and Immigration is currently prioritising applications made under the Ukraine Family Scheme, following its launch and in response to the humanitarian crisis arising from the invasion of Ukraine. As a result, UKVI have temporarily suspended paid for priority and super priority services for new study, work, and family applications.</p><p>Customers with standard applications in study, work, and family routes may experience some delays in the processing of their application. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 30/03/2022 12:34:11 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1585452

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Iran
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of applications for a visitor visa made by Iranian relatives of British citizens were rejected by her Department in the last 12 months for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Putney
	tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
	uin	142845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on Visitor visa applications, grants, and refusals for Iranian nationals are published in tables Vis_D01 and Vis_D02, respectively, of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/managed-migration-datasets#entry-clearance-visas-granted-outside-the-uk" target="_blank">Entry clearance visa application and outcomes detailed datasets</a>’. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to the year ending September 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/02/2023 13:48:05 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1610538

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many IT issues were recorded by visa application processing teams in her Department in the last (a) six months, (b) 12 months and (c) five years; and how many visa applications were affected by these IT issues.
	tabling member constituency	Putney
	tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
	uin	180671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The information requested could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/04/2023 16:34:54 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1672016

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Donors
	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 (a) granted and (b) denied for people visiting the UK for the purpose of donating stem cells in each year from 2010 to 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Putney
	tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
	uin	3067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not record the reasons for the visit visa in a reportable format and to obtain the information requested could not be done without disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/11/2023 12:15:30 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1349574

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Ahmadiyya
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of number of UK Spouse Visas (a) issued and (b) rejected using a marriage certificate issued by Nazart Islah-o-Irshad Rishta Nata of Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyy in Rabwah, the managing body of Ahmadiyya Community in Pakistan, in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Putney
	tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
	uin	38434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>Home Office Migration Statistics do not capture the number of UK Spouse Visas (a) issued and (b) rejected using a marriage certificate issued by Nazart Islah-o-Irshad Rishta Nata of Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyy in Rabwah, the managing body of Ahmadiyya Community in Pakistan, in each of the last five years.</p><p>To capture numbers would require a manual trawl of data and to do so would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 10/09/2021 10:16:06 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1351517

	registered interest
	date	18/08/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Government policy is on waiving visa requirements for the families of UK nationals currently fleeing Afghanistan; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Putney
	tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
	uin	41337
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government has waived the visa requirements for the family members of UK nationals evacuating Afghanistan.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 06/09/2021 09:18:18 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1503339

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to create a more effective working relationship with the French Government to reduce illegal channel crossings.
	tabling member constituency	Putney
	tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
	uin	45010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>The UK maintains regular contact with the Government of France on our joint cooperation to tackle illegal migration at the shared border. The UK has committed several funding packages to support this work, including a bilateral arrangement which was reached between the UK and France on 20 July 2021.</p><p>This year, through our partnership and collaboration, over 19,000 crossing attempts were prevented – around 85% more than to this point in 2021. We remain committed to addressing this issue which requires long term and ambitious action</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 45020 question first answered 08/09/2022 08:56:09 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove previous answer version 17541 answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson