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1058783

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Publications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the next edition of the publication entitled Life In The United Kingdom: A Guide For New Residents is due to be published.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	219336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>Regular updates are made to the handbook to ensure the content remains factually correct. There is no planned date for publishing an updated edition.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/02/2019 17:09:51 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

1058795

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
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 sets targets for the number of final immigration court appeals brought against rulings allowing (a) asylum seekers and (b) other migrants to stay in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	219570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>All allowed appeals are considered on their merits. Determinations are only appealed where the Home Office considers there is an error of law and strong grounds that the appeal would be dismissed if the error had not been made.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/02/2019 14:03:13 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1058796

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the costs to the public purse of each appeal by his Department to the Upper Tribunal against rulings allowing asylum seekers and other migrants to remain in the UK in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	219571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The decision to challenge an allowed appeal is taken by the Specialist Appeals Team, a team within UKVI. Determinations are only appealed where the Home Office considers there is an error of law and strong grounds the appeal would be dismissed if the error had not been made.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/02/2019 14:01:08 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1058811

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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, whether EEA nationals and their family members who are granted pre-settled status will have restricted access to healthcare and public funds as defined under paragraph six of the Immigration Rules (a) before and (b) after 31 December 2020 in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	219406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>In both a deal and no deal scenario, EEA nationals and their family mem-bers who obtain pre-settled status will have the same access to healthcare and public funds as they do now. Those who obtain settled status will be able to access healthcare and public funds on an equal basis with compa-rable UK nationals. These entitlements will not change after 31 December 2020 but will be subject to any future domestic policy changes which apply to UK nationals.</p><p>In the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal on 29 March 2019, there will be a transition period before the future skills-based immigration system begins in January 2021. In due course we will set out further infor-mation about access to healthcare and public funds for EEA nationals and their family members who arrive in the UK during this period.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 219407 219408 219409 question first answered 14/02/2019 13:59:48 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1058812

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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, whether EEA nationals and their family members who are granted settled status will have restricted access to healthcare and public funds as defined under paragraph six of the Immigration Rules (a) before and (b) after 31 December 2020 in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	219407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>In both a deal and no deal scenario, EEA nationals and their family mem-bers who obtain pre-settled status will have the same access to healthcare and public funds as they do now. Those who obtain settled status will be able to access healthcare and public funds on an equal basis with compa-rable UK nationals. These entitlements will not change after 31 December 2020 but will be subject to any future domestic policy changes which apply to UK nationals.</p><p>In the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal on 29 March 2019, there will be a transition period before the future skills-based immigration system begins in January 2021. In due course we will set out further infor-mation about access to healthcare and public funds for EEA nationals and their family members who arrive in the UK during this period.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 219406 219408 219409 question first answered 14/02/2019 13:59:48 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1058814

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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, whether EEA nationals and their family members who are granted (a) settled status and (b) pre-settled status will have restricted access to public funds (i) before and (ii) after 31 December 2020 in the event that the UK leaves the EU under the terms of the EU Withdrawal Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	219408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>In both a deal and no deal scenario, EEA nationals and their family mem-bers who obtain pre-settled status will have the same access to healthcare and public funds as they do now. Those who obtain settled status will be able to access healthcare and public funds on an equal basis with compa-rable UK nationals. These entitlements will not change after 31 December 2020 but will be subject to any future domestic policy changes which apply to UK nationals.</p><p>In the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal on 29 March 2019, there will be a transition period before the future skills-based immigration system begins in January 2021. In due course we will set out further infor-mation about access to healthcare and public funds for EEA nationals and their family members who arrive in the UK during this period.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 219406 219407 219409 question first answered 14/02/2019 13:59:48 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1058815

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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, whether EEA nationals and their family members who arrive in the UK after 29 March 2019 will have access to healthcare and public funds as defined under paragraph six of the Immigration Rules in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	219409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>In both a deal and no deal scenario, EEA nationals and their family mem-bers who obtain pre-settled status will have the same access to healthcare and public funds as they do now. Those who obtain settled status will be able to access healthcare and public funds on an equal basis with compa-rable UK nationals. These entitlements will not change after 31 December 2020 but will be subject to any future domestic policy changes which apply to UK nationals.</p><p>In the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal on 29 March 2019, there will be a transition period before the future skills-based immigration system begins in January 2021. In due course we will set out further infor-mation about access to healthcare and public funds for EEA nationals and their family members who arrive in the UK during this period.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 219406 219407 219408 question first answered 14/02/2019 13:59:48 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1058902

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: 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 applications for Leave to Remain from citizens of Iran were (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful; and how many of those unsuccessful applications were as a result of not being able to prove Christian faith for each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	219274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to those who need it, in accordance with our obligations under the Refugee Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).</p><p><br>The number of Iranians who have claimed asylum in the UK up to Quarter 3 2018 (year ending Sept 18) and those who have been granted leave (Asylum/HP/ELR/other) can be found at the published Immigration Statistics, Asylum Data Tables Volume 1, table as_01_q:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables#asylum" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables#asylum</a></p><p><br>We cannot provide data on the reasons why the asylum claims were made i.e. the Convention reason, as the basis of a person’s asylum claim is recorded on their individual Home Office file, but not in a way that can be easily aggregated, so we cannot provide figures on how many claims were unsuccessful as a result of not being able to prove Christian faith. As such, this information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost, because it would require a manual search through individual records.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/02/2019 14:02:44 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1058936

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much notice an asylum accommodation provider is required to provide to a resident in advance of attending at that resident's address.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	219482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>Each asylum accommodation service provider is required to provide 5 days notice before inspecting a property.</p><p><br>Accommodation providers are contractually required to take account of any particular circumstances and vulnerability of those that they accommodate and ensure that safeguards are in place. Service users are fully briefed, in a language they will understand, about what will happen at an inspection and during any maintenance work. They are also provided with a written copy of this information.</p><p><br>The statement of Requirements for the services delivered by the accommo-dation providers can be found at;</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/503107/" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/503107/</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 219483 question first answered 14/02/2019 17:05:33 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1058937

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures or safeguards are in place in relation to the attendance by an asylum accommodation provider at the property of one of its residents.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	219483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>Each asylum accommodation service provider is required to provide 5 days notice before inspecting a property.</p><p><br>Accommodation providers are contractually required to take account of any particular circumstances and vulnerability of those that they accommodate and ensure that safeguards are in place. Service users are fully briefed, in a language they will understand, about what will happen at an inspection and during any maintenance work. They are also provided with a written copy of this information.</p><p><br>The statement of Requirements for the services delivered by the accommo-dation providers can be found at;</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/503107/" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/503107/</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 219482 question first answered 14/02/2019 17:05:33 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady