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1418070

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
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 (a) urgently move families evacuated from Afghanistan in August 2021 out of hotel accommodation and (b) enable families to retain reasonable proximity and connection with each other.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	114608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>We are working at pace across government and with local authorities (LAs) to source appropriate accommodation for Afghan families who were evacuated to the UK.</p><p>Once properties are identified and referred to the Home Office, a matching exercise is undertaken which enables us to offer the property to a suitable family. Where possible, we will match families from local bridging hotels allowing them to remain in the area where they may have started to form connections and settle.</p><p>The Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities have set up an online housing portal <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-housing-portal-offers-of-support" target="_blank">Afghanistan housing portal - offers of support - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> to allow people to submit offers of housing support for people who have arrived from Afghanistan. We are also engaging with landlords, letting agencies and industry bodies to promote the portal and encourage participation in the resettlement programme.</p><p>This includes a partnership with Rightmove to identify potential properties available in the private rented sector, providing councils with additional information to source appropriate properties.</p><p>We give families seven days’ notice of their move to long-term accommodation. This allows families time to prepare and discuss any concerns with their Home Office Liaison Officer. We also make them aware of their LA contacts.</p><p>Once families move, LAs will support them to settle and integrate, into their new community including help accessing local services such as a GP, schools and employment.</p><p>To assist with the successful integration of families to life in the UK we are piloting a ‘Jobs First Pilot’ in partnership with the Department of Work and Pensions. This pilot went live on 31 January. Participants will receive a range of support from Work Coaches to move into work. Importantly, participants will also receive support from a specialist cross government case working team to tackle non-employment barriers. LAs and charities are also actively supporting the pilot. The focus on both employment and non-employment barriers that prevent the take up of job offers will, it is hoped, increase the likelihood of a person moving into work, either in their current geographical area or in another part of the country.</p><p>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/02/2022 17:32:50 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1418071

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
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 her Department has made of the effectiveness of the policy of pursuing constrained Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and Afghan citizens resettlement schemes at the same time as seeking to implement reform of the asylum and immigration system under the terms of the Nationality and Borders Bill.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	114609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The UK has a proud track record of helping those who need our protection – and this will continue.</p><p>The Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) launched on 1 April 2021. More than 7,000 people have been relocated under ARAP so far, with more continuing to arrive.</p><p>The ARAP scheme remains open to eligible applicants.</p><p>The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) is separate to ARAP and commenced on 6th January, providing up to 20,000 women, children and others at risk with a safe and legal route to resettle in the UK.</p><p>Alongside our response to Afghanistan, the UK continues to welcome those most at risk, including refugees through the UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS), Community Sponsorship and Mandate Resettlement Schemes. Since 2015, we have resettled more than 26,000 refugees through safe and legal routes direct from regions of conflict and instability - around half of whom were children.</p><p>The Nationality and Borders Bill is the most significant overhaul of our asylum system in over two decades with the aim of promoting safe and legal routes. Only by tackling illegal migration can we effectively help those in greatest need. It will bring in a new, comprehensive, fair but firm long-term plan, which seeks to address the challenge of illegal migration head on, and to take down the serious organised criminals exploiting people and profiting from human misery.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/02/2022 17:24:25 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1400330

registered interest
date	06/01/2022
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, if she will recognise at-risk cultural heritage workers from Afghanistan who have been threatened for their work with international bodies under her Department's refugee programme; and whether those individuals need to be outside of Afghanistan to be processed for re-settlement in the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	98882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme will provide up to 20,000 women, children and others at risk with a safe and legal route to resettle in the UK.</p><p>The scheme will prioritise those who have assisted UK efforts in Afghanistan and stood up for UK values such as democracy, women’s rights, freedom of speech and rule of law; and vulnerable people such as women and girls at risk, and members of minority groups (including ethnic / religious minorities and LGBT+).</p><p>Those we resettle will be prioritised according to risk and protection need. Further details on referral for resettlement can be found in the recent statement to Parliament on 6 January: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/oral-statement-on-the-afghan-citizens-resettlement-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/oral-statement-on-the-afghan-citizens-resettlement-scheme</a></p><p>The capacity of the UK to resettle people is not unlimited, and therefore difficult decisions about who will be prioritised for resettlement will have to be made.</p><p>The UK is committed to working with our international partners to protect and promote the human rights of those in Afghanistan including cultural heritage workers, and encourage the international community to share our long-term interest in providing homes for those whose lives are at risk in Afghanistan.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/01/2022 17:14:33 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1386332

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Global Butterflies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funds have been paid by her Department to Global Butterflies in each of the last five years; and to what projects those funds were allocated.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	89491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office have no records of any such payments or grants.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/12/2021 17:28:49 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1362511

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Extradition: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking in response to reports of Red Notices having been issued by the Chinese Government against British Parliamentarians.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	61048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government views any allegation of misuse of INTERPOL’s systems very seriously and works closely with INTERPOL to ensure the legitimacy of the Red Notice system.</p><p>Article 3 of INTERPOL’s Constitution forbids the organisation from undertaking any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character.</p><p>All Red Notices are subject to review by a multi-disciplinary Notices and Diffusions Task Force in INTERPOL prior to publication to ensure legal compliance and prevent abuse of INTERPOL systems. In November 2019 the Home Office seconded a lawyer to INTERPOL to support the work of the Taskforce. Furthermore, the Commission on the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF) can provide additional scrutiny of Red Notices where requested by individuals.</p><p>We continue to monitor the effectiveness of existing safeguards and will not hesitate to recommend further reforms to Interpol as necessary.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 27/10/2021 16:23:08 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1362581

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Stonewall
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department has allocated to Stonewall in each of the last five years; and for what projects.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	61063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office has not allocated any grant funding to Stonewall Equality Ltd in any of the last five years. However payments have been made as a supplier of services. Please see the table below which detail payments made in each of the last five years, and the reason for payment.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Invoice Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount £</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Description</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>31-Mar-17</p></td><td><p>708.00</p></td><td><p>Fee for attending the Stonewall Workplace Conference</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>18-Aug-17</p></td><td><p>3,000.00</p></td><td><p>Diversity Champions annual membership</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>14-Feb-18</p></td><td><p>6,300.00</p></td><td><p>Stonewall In-house Allies Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>02-May-18</p></td><td><p>813.60</p></td><td><p>Fee for attending the Stonewall Workplace Conference</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>22-Aug-18</p></td><td><p>3,000.00</p></td><td><p>Diversity Champions membership</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>16-Nov-18</p></td><td><p>1,200.00</p></td><td><p>Fee for attending the Stonewall Scotland Workplace Conference</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>26-Sep-19</p></td><td><p>3,000.00</p></td><td><p>Diversity Champions membership</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>05-Nov-20</p></td><td><p>3,000.00</p></td><td><p>Diversity Champions Membership</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>19-May-21</p></td><td><p>3,000.00</p></td><td><p>Diversity Champions Membership</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>31-May-21</p></td><td><p>240.00</p></td><td><p>Network Group Masterclass</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/11/2021 18:00:41 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 29335 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1356453

registered interest
date	17/09/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seeking minors placed in bridge hotels have subsequently been taken into care by local authorities in 2021 to date.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	50936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>The transfer of minors from hotel accommodation into Local Authority care is fluid and evolving and data is not held in a reportable way, to provide them would be done at a disproportionate cost.</p><p>We publish statistics on how many unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors are transferred into Local Authority care at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fimmigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2021&amp;data=04%7C01%7CEmma.Byrne11%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C16d7a45e84c5425f574b08d97c32a972%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637677379292203209%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=w00VV74YhPvjEIY%2Bj5Mi4to%2FwDXlp%2Beys3kDweBjxzg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2021</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/09/2021 08:56:24 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1353533

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Listed Buildings
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 publish the (a) properties classified as heritage assets by her Department, (b) most recent estimate of the value of those properties and (c) annual income derived from those properties.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	44162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office does not have any properties that are classified as heritage assets.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 10/09/2021 13:35:13 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1251530

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: EU countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal migrants have been (a) successfully returned to EU countries and (b) booked on to planes to return to EU countries but where the place has not been taken up, in 2020 to date; and what the cost was in each case.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	114759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on returns in the ‘<a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fimmigration-statistics-quarterly-release&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKaryn.Dunning2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C3e00c45cc2db4f85058408d887c4e63b%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637408627025669650%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=%2F5DZRAebb392kw8HI2nHC5enrRlgz0ILtfwge1mcYx4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’.</p><p>Data on the number of returns and by nationality to EU Member States are published in table Det_D01 of the <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Freturns-and-detention-datasets&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKaryn.Dunning2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C3e00c45cc2db4f85058408d887c4e63b%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637408627025669650%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=5VUMqV2coegUjIQ64ukGNGRbfV2kMH9RItL1wwnp6Ok%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">returns detailed datasets</a>. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to the year ending June 2020.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fsearch%2Fresearch-and-statistics%3Fkeywords%3Dimmigration%26content_store_document_type%3Dupcoming_statistics%26organisations%255B%255D%3Dhome-office%26order%3Drelevance&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKaryn.Dunning2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C3e00c45cc2db4f85058408d887c4e63b%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637408627025679600%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=GmgjhMb7c47%2Bt0MvpzMI0r8jhCChl4qDT%2B2C7VgICyA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p><p> </p><p>Providing the information requested on the number of those where removal did not proceed and the costs in each case would require a manual check of individual records which could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 114760 question first answered 23/11/2020 13:39:22 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1251532

registered interest
date	12/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: EU countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the nationality is of illegal migrants returned to EU countries in (a) 2019 and (b) 2020 to date.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	114760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on returns in the ‘<a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fimmigration-statistics-quarterly-release&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKaryn.Dunning2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C3e00c45cc2db4f85058408d887c4e63b%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637408627025669650%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=%2F5DZRAebb392kw8HI2nHC5enrRlgz0ILtfwge1mcYx4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’.</p><p>Data on the number of returns and by nationality to EU Member States are published in table Det_D01 of the <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Freturns-and-detention-datasets&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKaryn.Dunning2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C3e00c45cc2db4f85058408d887c4e63b%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637408627025669650%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=5VUMqV2coegUjIQ64ukGNGRbfV2kMH9RItL1wwnp6Ok%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">returns detailed datasets</a>. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to the year ending June 2020.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fsearch%2Fresearch-and-statistics%3Fkeywords%3Dimmigration%26content_store_document_type%3Dupcoming_statistics%26organisations%255B%255D%3Dhome-office%26order%3Drelevance&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKaryn.Dunning2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C3e00c45cc2db4f85058408d887c4e63b%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637408627025679600%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=GmgjhMb7c47%2Bt0MvpzMI0r8jhCChl4qDT%2B2C7VgICyA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p><p> </p><p>Providing the information requested on the number of those where removal did not proceed and the costs in each case would require a manual check of individual records which could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 114759 question first answered 23/11/2020 13:39:22 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton