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1127752

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Equality
	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 equity of the application process for indefinite leave to remain.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	257047
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>Indefinite leave to remain is a type of leave which can be granted as a result of several application types. We consider the majority of straightforward applications within six months, however where an application is defined as non-straightforward due to complexity, the customer will be written to within the normal processing time to explain why it will not be decided within the normal standard, and to explain what will happen next.</p><p>It is open to applicants to obtain legal representation from a qualified UK immigration adviser. In the UK, the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) regulates immigration advisers. The OISC website <a href="http://www.gov.uk/find-an-immigration-adviser%20provides a list of immigration advis-ers”" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/find-an-immigration-adviser </a>provides a list of immigration advisers.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/06/2019 11:42:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1127761

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migration Advisory Committee: Public Appointments
	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 14 May 2019 to Question 250476, whether the Home Office requests (a) a curriculum vitae, (b) information on previous experience and (c) information on previous employment as part of the recruitment process for appointments to the Migration Advisory Committee.
	tabling member constituency	Camborne and Redruth
	tabling member printed	George Eustice
	uin	256976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2019 answer text <p>Any appointment to the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) is made in line with the Cabinet Office Governance Code on Public Appointments:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/578498/governance_code_on_public_appointments_16_12_2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/578498/governance_code_on_public_appointments_16_12_2016.pdf</a></p><p>The most recent MAC appointments were made in 2017. The criteria for those appointments and the information to be submitted by candidates were set out in the advertisement on the HM Government Public Appointments website: <a href="https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/appointment/migration-advisory-committee-member-2/." target="_blank">https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/appointment/migration-advisory-committee-member-2/.</a></p><p>Under the Code, Ministers decide which applicants should be interviewed by an independent Advisory Assessment Panel. The Panel reports its assessment to Ministers, including its views on which candidates are appointable. Ministers consider the advice of the panel, but are not bound by its views. Ministers determine merit and make the final appointment decision.</p><p>In the 2017 MAC recruitment round, the two candidates not appointed who declared their principal employment was in the private sector, were not considered as appointable by the panel. Ministers considered the report of the panel before deciding which candidates to appoint.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 256977 question first answered 30/05/2019 11:50:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3934 label Biography information for George Eustice

1127762

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migration Advisory Committee: Public Appointments
	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 14 May 2019 to Question 250476, whether the two candidates who declared that their principal employment was in the private sector but were not appointed were considered appointable by (a) advisory appointments panel and (b) the Minister.
	tabling member constituency	Camborne and Redruth
	tabling member printed	George Eustice
	uin	256977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2019 answer text <p>Any appointment to the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) is made in line with the Cabinet Office Governance Code on Public Appointments:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/578498/governance_code_on_public_appointments_16_12_2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/578498/governance_code_on_public_appointments_16_12_2016.pdf</a></p><p>The most recent MAC appointments were made in 2017. The criteria for those appointments and the information to be submitted by candidates were set out in the advertisement on the HM Government Public Appointments website: <a href="https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/appointment/migration-advisory-committee-member-2/." target="_blank">https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/appointment/migration-advisory-committee-member-2/.</a></p><p>Under the Code, Ministers decide which applicants should be interviewed by an independent Advisory Assessment Panel. The Panel reports its assessment to Ministers, including its views on which candidates are appointable. Ministers consider the advice of the panel, but are not bound by its views. Ministers determine merit and make the final appointment decision.</p><p>In the 2017 MAC recruitment round, the two candidates not appointed who declared their principal employment was in the private sector, were not considered as appointable by the panel. Ministers considered the report of the panel before deciding which candidates to appoint.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 256976 question first answered 30/05/2019 11:50:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3934 label Biography information for George Eustice

1127764

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Bangladesh
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees from the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh have made an application to enter the UK since August 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	257048
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not published.</p><p>The Government of Bangladesh does not currently permit refugees living in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar to leave the camps either for the purpose of making a visa application or to leave Bangladesh to travel to a third country.</p><p>The Government has raised this issue of exit permits with the Government of Bangladesh, but the Government of Bangladesh position remains unchanged.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 257049 question first answered 04/06/2019 11:39:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1127765

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Bangladesh
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees from the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh have entered the UK since August 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	257049
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not published.</p><p>The Government of Bangladesh does not currently permit refugees living in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar to leave the camps either for the purpose of making a visa application or to leave Bangladesh to travel to a third country.</p><p>The Government has raised this issue of exit permits with the Government of Bangladesh, but the Government of Bangladesh position remains unchanged.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 257048 question first answered 04/06/2019 11:39:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1127766

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how HM Passport Office staff decide whether to apply additional checks on passport applications.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	257050
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2019 answer text <p>On 25 April 2013 the Secretary of State for the Home Department outlined the terms under which passports would be issued, withdrawn and refused by written ministerial statement. Each case is assessed against this and will be dependent upon a number of factors including the information in the application, previous applications, supporting documents or other information obtained as part of the assessment of the application.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 30/05/2019 11:40:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1127767

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Ethnic Groups
	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 5 March 2019 to Question 225536, what the average length of time is for HM Passport Office to process passport applications from people from a BME background.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	257051
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office does not require data on ethnicity to be provided as part of the passport application process, and therefore no statistical information is held.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 30/05/2019 11:32:27 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1127768

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Mosques: Security
	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 his oral statement of 7 May 2019 on Places of Worship: Security Funding, Official Report, column 468, whether places of faith other than places of worship will qualify for funding for the Ramadan Package.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	257052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2019 answer text <p>Following the attacks in New Zealand, we recognised the increased security anxieties being felt by mosques as we approach Ramadan. A security training scheme commenced on the 5 May. We originally committed to 12 workshops but following significant interest we have agreed to fund an additional 10 workshops during Ramadan.</p><p>These workshops have been open to faith leaders and have not been restricted to those who have experienced a previous hate crime. We have also made available funds to pay for the distribution of written advice to mosques, community centres and madrassahs. This is a short-term project for which we have awarded grant funding of £74,725 that will sit alongside the wider £5m fund that has been announced for security training for all faiths.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 257054 257055 question first answered 07/06/2019 13:24:02 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1127769

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Mosques: Security
	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 the security funding for places of worship has been allocated to protect (a) Mosques and (b) other Muslim places of faith since 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	257053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2019 answer text <p>Over its first three years, the Places of Worship protective security scheme has approved grants worth approximately £1.5m to 134 places of worship. During that time, Ministers have approved 49 grants to mosques worth £638,906.34.</p><p>Following the Finsbury Park terror attack in June 2017, we also announced a £1m fund to protect vulnerable faith institutions. Under this scheme, we approved funding to 38 faith institutions including 19 mosques and one Muslim community centre. These grants were worth over £260,000.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/06/2019 13:25:33 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1127770

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Mosques: Security
	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 his oral statement of 7 May 2019 on Places of Worship: Security Funding, Official Report, column 468, whether places of worship will be required to demonstrate proof of a previous attack to qualify for the Ramadan Package.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	257054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2019 answer text <p>Following the attacks in New Zealand, we recognised the increased security anxieties being felt by mosques as we approach Ramadan. A security training scheme commenced on the 5 May. We originally committed to 12 workshops but following significant interest we have agreed to fund an additional 10 workshops during Ramadan.</p><p>These workshops have been open to faith leaders and have not been restricted to those who have experienced a previous hate crime. We have also made available funds to pay for the distribution of written advice to mosques, community centres and madrassahs. This is a short-term project for which we have awarded grant funding of £74,725 that will sit alongside the wider £5m fund that has been announced for security training for all faiths.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 257052 257055 question first answered 07/06/2019 13:24:02 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain