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1701882

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date	17/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	People Smuggling: Social Media
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 Department’s press release entitled New tech partnership to stop the boats, published on 6 August 2023, how many (a) posts, (b) pages and (c) accounts have been (i) removed and (ii) suspended as a result of the partnership with social media companies.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	22280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Following the announcement by the Prime Minister of the new tech partnership to stop the boats on 6 August 2023, the Home Office and National Crime Agency (NCA) have strengthened the voluntary partnership with social media companies, Meta, YouTube, X/Twitter, to accelerate action to tackle people smuggling content online. We continue to explore further options, such as a ‘hackathon’ model to develop our innovative approach to break the business model of people smugglers advertising their services online.</p><p>To date we have successfully removed 98% of content flagged to social media companies, with over 9000 posts, pages and accounts removed since November 2021.</p><p>The Online Communications Centre (previously known as the Online Capability Centre) has been operational since October 2023 and with expertise in policy, investigations and intelligence and with access to a range of niche capabilities in tackling the online threat. We cannot comment on individual numbers of officers in classified roles.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson grouped question UIN 22276 22277 22278 22279 question first answered 22/04/2024 11:29:12 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1701883

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he is aware of delays in casework decisions where further advice on policy is sought.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	22352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>Our priority is to consider claims as efficiently and fairly as possible. This is best for claimants, but also reduces the number of people on asylum support, and in turn, the burden on taxpayers. There may be circumstances which may delay the progression of a case, for example waiting for evidence that is of importance in deciding a claim, or a change in country situation requiring an update in country and policy information notes leading to a pause in deciding cases.</p><p> </p><p>In these circumstances, regular reviews are undertaken at appropriate intervals, dependant on the reason why the claim cannot be progressed. As soon as the reason why the claim cannot be progressed is lifted, consideration of the claim is continued.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 24/04/2024 16:14:55 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1701885

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) coronavirus extension concession and (b) exceptional assurance concession on the average length of decision periods for applications for indefinite leave to remain.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	22353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>On 4 April 2024 a change was made to the Immigration Rules to provide that:</p><p>(a) Time spent in the UK during the Coronavirus extension concession grace period (1 August and 31 August 2020) would be considered as lawful presence where an applicant’s permission expired immediately before the grace period; and</p><p>(b) Overstaying in the UK when a person held an exceptional assurance concession would be disregarded during the period of grant of exceptional assurance.</p><p>Following this Immigration Rules change, decisions on applications for settlement where the person spent time in the UK for a period covered by these concessions are now being prioritised.<em> </em></p><p>Where cases fall outside service standards, the Home Office write to the applicant to inform them of this.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 24/04/2024 16:16:49 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1701886

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: British National (Overseas)
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Hong Kong residents born before 1997 have been granted British National (Overseas) visas under exceptional circumstances.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	22375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>All applications are determined on a case-by-case basis depending on their individual circumstances.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold data on the number of applications that have been granted a British National (Overseas) visa specifically under exceptional circumstances.</p><p>The Home Office releases data on the BN(O) route as part of the quarterly migration statistics which can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-december-2023/safe-and-legal-humanitarian-routes-to-the-uk#overview-of-safe-and-legal-humanitarian-routes" target="_blank">Safe and legal (humanitarian) routes to the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 22/04/2024 11:40:17 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds