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1148964

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Social Media: Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police staff and officers are working on the Government funded social media hub to tackle violent content online; and what the volume is of gang-related content that has been (a) disrupted and (b) removed from social media platforms.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>There are 17 police staff and officers working in the MPS led Social Media Hub. The Hub became operational in May this year and since then it has generated 556 cases of gang-related online content that have resulted in some form of police action or disruption. 83 cases of gang related content have been removed from social media platforms.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/11/2019 17:41:22 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1148990

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much revenue the Government has received from the issuing of passports in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	352
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Income from passport services are published within the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts which are laid in the House every year pre-summer recess. Please see the attached links for previous four financial years.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/807126/6.5571_HO_Annual_Report_201920_WEB.PDF" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/807126/6.5571_HO_Annual_Report_201920_WEB.PDF</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727179/6_4360_HO_Annual_report_WEB.PDF" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727179/6_4360_HO_Annual_report_WEB.PDF</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627853/ho_annual_report_and_accounts_2016_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627853/ho_annual_report_and_accounts_2016_2017.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539638/HO_AR_16_gov.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539638/HO_AR_16_gov.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 05/11/2019 12:46:21 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1148735

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: 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 she has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal on the right to (a) live and (b) work in the UK of a German national marrying a British citizen.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>If the UK leaves the European Union on 31 October without a deal, EU citizens will, for a transitional period before the new points-based immigration system is implemented from January 2021, be able to move to the UK to live and work as they do now. If they wish to remain here after 31 December 2020, they will need by then to apply, free of charge, for 36 months’ European Temporary Leave to Remain or apply for leave under the new system. More information about these arrangements is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/no-deal-immigration-arrangements-for-eu-citizens-moving-to-the-uk-after-brexit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/no-deal-immigration-arrangements-for-eu-citizens-moving-to-the-uk-after-brexit</a></p><p>UK nationals living in the EU at exit will be able to return to the UK with their family members for a period after exit under current arrangements based on EU law, including until 31 December 2020 with a spouse married after exit. More information about these arrangements is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/policy-paper-on-the-rights-of-uk-nationals-in-the-eu" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/policy-paper-on-the-rights-of-uk-nationals-in-the-eu</a></p><p>Otherwise, EU citizens moving to the UK from January 2021 will, like non-EU citizens, need to meet the requirements of the new points-based immigration system.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/11/2019 17:44:04 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1148764

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	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 Answer of 30 September to Question 290873, whether a prisoner serving a sentence is eligible to apply for settled status if they (a) are not serving a sentence that would lead to their deportation, (b) have already acquired the right of permanent residence under EU law, and (c) have completed a continuous qualifying period of five years' residence in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	161
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Where an EEA citizen has acquired the right of permanent residence under EU law, or has completed a continuous qualifying period of five years’ residence in the UK and Islands, prior to their sentence of imprisonment and that sentence does not lead to their deportation, they will be able to rely on that right of permanent residence, or on that continuous qualifying period of residence, in applying for settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.</p><p>The non-EEA national family member of such an EEA citizen can apply for settled or pre-settled status under the scheme where they meet the relevant eligibility and suitability requirements, as set out in Appendix EU to the Immigration Rules.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 162 question first answered 05/11/2019 17:42:50 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1148765

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EEA Nationals
	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 Answer of 30 September to Question 290875, Immigration: EEA Nationals, whether a third country national is eligible to apply for settled status if they are a relative of an EEA national who (a) is serving a prison sentence that has not led to lead to their deportation, (b) has acquired the right of permanent residence under EU law and (c) has completed a continuous qualifying period of five years residence in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	162
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Where an EEA citizen has acquired the right of permanent residence under EU law, or has completed a continuous qualifying period of five years’ residence in the UK and Islands, prior to their sentence of imprisonment and that sentence does not lead to their deportation, they will be able to rely on that right of permanent residence, or on that continuous qualifying period of residence, in applying for settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme.</p><p>The non-EEA national family member of such an EEA citizen can apply for settled or pre-settled status under the scheme where they meet the relevant eligibility and suitability requirements, as set out in Appendix EU to the Immigration Rules.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 161 question first answered 05/11/2019 17:42:50 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1148767

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	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 checks the tax and benefit records of applicants to the EU Settlement Scheme who have been in the UK for less than five years and are applying for pre-settled status.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Automated checks are run against any application for status under the EU Settlement Scheme where the applicant provides a National Insurance Number with their application.</p><p>If the applicant agrees with the result of the automated check, either for pre-settled or settled status, we will not ask them for any further evidence of UK residence. If the check confirms that the applicant is eligible for pre-settled status but the applicant feels that they are eligible for settled status instead they then given the option to provide further evidence confirming this.</p><p>Information on how the automated checks calculate periods of UK residence, as well as the tax and benefit records that are included in the automated checks, has been published on gov.uk and can be found here: <br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/eu-settlement-scheme-uk-tax-and-benefits-records-automated-check" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/eu-settlement-scheme-uk-tax-and-benefits-records-automated-check</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/11/2019 12:21:17 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1149028

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Republic of Ireland
	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 ensure that all Irish citizens will retain full existing rights under the Government's proposed immigration bill.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The Immigration Bill will protect the status of Irish citizens in the UK once free movement rights end. This means that Irish citizens will continue to be free to enter and remain in the UK without restriction unless they are subject to a deportation order, exclusion order or international travel ban.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/11/2019 12:40:15 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1148731

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Energy Supply
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which provider supplies energy to her Department; how much CO2 was emitted through her Department’s energy consumption in the latest period for which figures are available; whether the criteria her Department uses to selecting an energy supplier include how environmentally friendly the supplier is; and what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce CO2 emissions from its energy use.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The department is mandated to use the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Energy frameworks for the supply of gas, electricity and liquid fuels. The CCS competes the frameworks on the open market and selects the energy providers according to a set of award criteria, normally based on price and quality<em>. </em>The current suppliers of each of these services are as follow:</p><p> </p><ul><li>EDF (Half-Hourly electricity);</li><li>British Gas (Non Half-Hourly electricity);</li><li>Corona (gas); and</li><li>various suppliers (liquid fuels).</li></ul><p>In addition to the Home Office’s main estate, the department is also responsible for running the immigration detention estate, where energy is sourced by the centre operators from various energy providers as part of their outsourced obligations.</p><p>In 2018/19, the department emitted 30,336 t/CO2e from energy use, which represents a 58% reduction since 2009/10. This has been achieved by smarter working, building consolidations, and energy efficiency measures such as installation of LED lighting. The department is now focusing on developing a pathway to reducing its remaining emissions to net zero by 2050 or sooner.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/11/2019 15:10:30 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1148816

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	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, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that people who are in receipt of support under Section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 are able to pay (a) travel costs that can only be paid in cash and (b) other travel costs in order to attend Home Office reporting centres.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
	tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
	uin	293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The assistance available to people supported under section 4 of the 1999 Act consists of accommodation (with gas, electricity and water provided free) and provision of a debit card (the “Aspen Card”) which can be used to buy food and other essential items. The Aspen card cannot be used to withdraw cash, but it bears the visa logo and can be used at retail outlets that accept visa transactions.</p><p>If the supported person is required to report as a condition of their immigration bail their travel costs are also covered if they are accommodated more than 3 miles away from the reporting centre or in certain other circumstances, for example if they are unable to walk because of a disability.</p><p>In practical terms the travel costs are covered by issuing tickets or by uploading further funds on to the person’s Aspen card.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/11/2019 12:43:37 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

1148825

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what impact assessment was undertaken before the decision was made not to guarantee continued funding for organisations through the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>All projects under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) will continue to receive funding for the lifetime of their projects, even if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/11/2019 17:38:10 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West