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1544563

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: ICT
	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 of21 November to Question 87716 on Immigration: ICT, when she expects the Atlas caseworking system to provide further information on numbers of applicants having the No Recourse to Public Funds condition attached to their Leave to Remain.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	93420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2022 answer text <p>Whilst the majority of in-country immigration casework is now carried out through Atlas, remaining areas will complete their transition to Atlas in 2023, after which time it will be possible to explore what further information can be produced using the new system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/11/2022 14:58:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1133378

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: English Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, of the 22,694 individuals that the Home Office has identified ETS has limited confidence in the validity of their TOEIC test due to administrative irregularity, how many re-applied for their visas with a new secure English language test.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	266615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Whilst ETS notified the Home Office of 22,694 questionable UK test certificates, the actual number where it was relevant to require a fresh test and an interview with a Home Office official was much smaller.</p><p>The exact information requested is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/06/2019 15:55:06 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1583368

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Greater London
	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 plans to close any London hotels housing refugees from Afghanistan.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	138260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>While hotels do not provide a long-term solution, they do offer safe, secure and clean accommodation. We will continue to bring down the number of people in bridging hotels, moving people into more sustainable accommodation as quickly as possible so they can put down permanent roots.</p><p> </p><p>To deliver value for money to the taxpayer, officials are working at pace to consolidate the number of bridging hotels being used, by maximising capacity in hotels which have available rooms and returning rooms back to hotels that are not being used or do not match family requirements.</p><p> </p><p>Part of this work means families can, sometimes, be moved from a hotel scheduled for closure to another hotel. In these instances, families are given appropriate notice of a move and are supported by their Home Office Liaison Officer and Local Authority every step of the way.</p><p> </p><p>We are working intensely across government to find permanent accommodation for these families.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/02/2023 17:09:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1441333

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2022
	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 assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing the requirement for Afghan refugees to submit their biometrics before entering the UK, as has been done for those fleeing Ukraine.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	140352
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>We remain committed to supporting Afghan nationals through the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme and the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme to come to the UK, as set out in the Afghanistan resettlement and immigration policy statement published on 13 September 2021. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement</a></p><p>We continue to recommend people in Afghanistan do not make applications and pay application fees at this time as they will not be considered until biometrics are provided. Those Afghans who are outside of Afghanistan and able to get to a Visa Application Centre to provide their biometrics are able to make an application in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 140353 question first answered 23/03/2022 13:51:35 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 59028 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1441337

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2022
	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 steps her Department is taking to re-establish biometric service in Afghanistan for those seeking to apply for entry into the UK.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	140353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>We remain committed to supporting Afghan nationals through the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme and the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme to come to the UK, as set out in the Afghanistan resettlement and immigration policy statement published on 13 September 2021. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement</a></p><p>We continue to recommend people in Afghanistan do not make applications and pay application fees at this time as they will not be considered until biometrics are provided. Those Afghans who are outside of Afghanistan and able to get to a Visa Application Centre to provide their biometrics are able to make an application in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 140352 question first answered 23/03/2022 13:51:36 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 59031 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1486029

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	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 her advice is to people wishing to leave Afghanistan who are family members of British nationals and likely to qualify for the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme, but who cannot afford to obtain a visa for a neighbouring country or to travel there.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	29855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>We recognise the situation in Afghanistan is complex and presents significant challenges, including securing safe passage to another country.</p><p>The government is committed to working in step with the international community and continuing to do what can be done to support those still in Afghanistan who are eligible for resettlement to the UK to depart the country safely if they wish to do so. This includes coordinating with the countries neighbouring Afghanistan.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 14/07/2022 10:27:38 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 11548 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1343627

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to (a) raise awareness and (b) improve the accessibility of the Destitution Change of Conditions application process.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	26995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2021 answer text <p>We engage regularly with external stakeholders through our No Recourse to Public Funds forum, seeking feedback to help improve our services. The Destitution Change of Conditions application form is being reviewed to see if improvements can be made, and any additional feedback is welcomed.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/07/2021 16:04:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1536288

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Applications
	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 people who have limited leave to remain in the UK and are awaiting a decision on a visa extension application are on the ten-year route to settlement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	72186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>We do not hold any information regarding the proportion of people who have limited leave to remain in the UK and are awaiting a decision on a visa extension application are on the ten-year route to settlement.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 31/10/2022 15:58:11 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1583370

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: 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, what proportion of people aged under 25 making an application for limited leave to remain under the private life route were granted a fee waiver in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
	uin	138265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>We do not capture data in a form that can link the age of a fee waiver applicant with their subsequent leave to remain application.</p><p>Providing the data would entail the manual scrutiny of each case within the scope of the question, incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p>Published data on fee waiver applications can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-and-protection-data-q3-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-and-protection-data-q3-2022</a></p><p>Refer to tab FW_01</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/02/2023 15:25:26 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1343062

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the principal reasons are for which Destitution Change of Conditions applications have been rejected since March 2020; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	25711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2021 answer text <p>We cannot provide the data that you have requested because this information is not readily available and would require a manual examination of all Change of Conditions cases within the range to establish whether the data requested is held and would meet the quality requirements for release.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 06/07/2021 14:24:09 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms