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1673975

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
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, how many allowed (a) entry clearance and (b) in-country appeal decisions are awaiting implementation as of 29 November 2023.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	4458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The requested information cannot be accurately extracted from our internal systems. To provide this information would require a manual trawl of successful appeals and to do so would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/12/2023 18:03:56 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1674019

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
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, what the average length of time taken was to process an EU settlement scheme application in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	4380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The following link contains more details in regards to EUSS processing times: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Feu-settlement-scheme-application-processing-times%2Feu-settlement-scheme-pilot-current-expected-processing-times-for-applications&amp;data=05%7C01%7CChris.Jones16%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C59d36908a9ba481b3a6108dbf27e603f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638370396809611597%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=2ausOQDz9DZo3LOkUiW8%2FqfnEJDmoAO0Rl3%2FDPLgnxA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">EU Settlement Scheme: current estimated processing times for applications - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>All applications made under the scheme are determined on a case-by-case basis depending on their individual circumstances.</p><p>The latest link to our quarterly statistics can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Feu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-september-2023&amp;data=05%7C01%7CChris.Jones16%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C59d36908a9ba481b3a6108dbf27e603f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638370396809611597%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=GjYOVTE9z5%2B5%2B8GCSq%2BQVer2fGaTv17auzOTENuyK0M%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-september-2023</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/12/2023 17:44:35 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1674146

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Mid Bedfordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the charge rate for crimes reported in the Mid Bedfordshire constituency in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Alistair Strathern
uin	4600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes information on the number of crimes, and their investigative outcomes, on a quarterly basis, broken down by Police Force Area. These can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables</a></p><p>The Home Office does not hold information at Parliamentary Constituency level.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 04/12/2023 16:09:10 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	5000 label Biography information for Alistair Strathern

1673488

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Public Buildings: Security
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 King's Speech 2023, whether he has had discussions with the Leader of the House on the timetable for introducing Protect Duty legislation.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	4077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>I continue to engage with my Ministerial colleagues on the Government’s important legislative program, including the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill, also known as Martyn’s Law.</p><p>The pre-legislative scrutiny of the bill provided important feedback which I have been carefully considering, Ahead of introduction to Parliament, the Government will launch a public consultation on the Standard Tier ensuring the Bill strikes the right balance between public protection and avoiding undue burdens on smaller premises.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 04/12/2023 17:23:04 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1673496

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Skilled Workers
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 of 16 November to Question 1561 on Visas: Applications, what is the (a) target time and (b) average time taken to process a skilled worker visa.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	4149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office makes every attempt to meet the service level agreement standard, but in certain cases additional checks are required which can mean visa requests take longer to process.</p><p>Data on performance against service standards is published through migration transparency data and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</a></p><p>The Home Office also publishes information on visa processing times for applications inside and outside the UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/visa-processing-times" target="_blank">Visa processing times - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/12/2023 16:57:34 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1673528

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Employment
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 of 27 November 2023 to Question 2778 on Immigration: Employment, and Freedom of Information release 31192, published on 11 June 2014, how many illegal working enforced visits were made by the UK Border Agency by employment sector in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	4058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>To maintain the highest standards of accuracy, the Home Office refers to published data, as this has been subject to rigorous quality assurance under National Statistics protocols prior to publication.</p><p>Information about the number of illegal working enforcement visits conducted by Immigration Enforcement by employment sector is not available in our published data.</p><p>Our published data on enforcement visits (including illegal working visits) is available at the following link - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-relating-to-the-illegal-migration-bill" target="_blank">Statistics relating to the Illegal Migration Act - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/12/2023 17:45:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1673568

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
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 the cost to the public purse was for (a) financial support and (b) accommodation for people (i) seeking asylum and (ii) arriving through other humanitarian routes in each of the last 10 years, broken down by local authority.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	4251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide accommodation and other support to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute while their application for asylum is being considered. Costs are subject to change depending on numbers being accommodated within the asylum system. The Home Office is currently spending around £8.3m per day on hotel accommodation. Total expenditure on asylum and humanitarian routes is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, available at HO annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p><p>The Home Office does not publish a breakdown which disaggregates the cost of financial support and accommodation for asylum seekers and refugees by local authority.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/12/2023 17:26:18 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1673597

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offensive Weapons: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of reports of the sale of (a) knives and (b) other illegal weapons on online shopping apps.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	4213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>Organisations who sell knives to those aged under 18 face a range of fines from £500 to £1 million.</p><p>The government keeps knife crime legislation under continual review and has taken action in a number of areas.</p><p>The Criminal Justice Bill includes new measures for tackling knife crime, including increasing the maximum penalty for selling specified weapons or for selling any knives to under 18s to 2 years.</p><p>This measure will bring the offence within the remit of PACE powers, which is key to the police’s ability to investigate some of the more serious offences, for example, those who sell knives privately to under 18s, or those who sell prohibited weapons through social media or personal messaging applications.</p><p>The Criminal Justice Bill will strengthen measures which we took in the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 around age verification for online sales, including stopping knives being sent to residential addresses after they are bought online, unless the seller has arrangements in place with the delivery company to ensure that the product would not be delivered into the hands of a person under 18.</p><p>Further controls have been introduced through the Online Safety Act 2023 which sets out a series of priority offences which includes the sale of weapons. Companies will need to proactively mitigate the risk that their services are used for illegal activity or to share this illegal content, to design their services to mitigate the risk of this occurring and to remove any content that does appear as soon as they are made aware of it.</p><p>Ofcom published the first draft codes of practice on illegal content for consultation on 9 November 2023. Government expects these to be finalised in late 2024.These codes of practice will set out the steps companies can take to fulfil the duties for illegal content. In scope services will either need to follow these codes, or show their approach is equally effective.</p><p>On 30 August 2023 the Government response to our consultation on new knife legislation was published confirming that the Government will seek to legislate to ban certain types of large knives and machetes. The ban on zombie style machetes and knives will be implemented by secondary legislation when parliamentary time allows.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 4214 4215 question first answered 04/12/2023 16:15:08 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1673598

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Consumer Goods: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of age verification and identity checks by (a) Temu and (b) other online shopping apps for sales of (i) knives and (ii) other age-restricted items.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	4214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>Organisations who sell knives to those aged under 18 face a range of fines from £500 to £1 million.</p><p>The government keeps knife crime legislation under continual review and has taken action in a number of areas.</p><p>The Criminal Justice Bill includes new measures for tackling knife crime, including increasing the maximum penalty for selling specified weapons or for selling any knives to under 18s to 2 years.</p><p>This measure will bring the offence within the remit of PACE powers, which is key to the police’s ability to investigate some of the more serious offences, for example, those who sell knives privately to under 18s, or those who sell prohibited weapons through social media or personal messaging applications.</p><p>The Criminal Justice Bill will strengthen measures which we took in the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 around age verification for online sales, including stopping knives being sent to residential addresses after they are bought online, unless the seller has arrangements in place with the delivery company to ensure that the product would not be delivered into the hands of a person under 18.</p><p>Further controls have been introduced through the Online Safety Act 2023 which sets out a series of priority offences which includes the sale of weapons. Companies will need to proactively mitigate the risk that their services are used for illegal activity or to share this illegal content, to design their services to mitigate the risk of this occurring and to remove any content that does appear as soon as they are made aware of it.</p><p>Ofcom published the first draft codes of practice on illegal content for consultation on 9 November 2023. Government expects these to be finalised in late 2024.These codes of practice will set out the steps companies can take to fulfil the duties for illegal content. In scope services will either need to follow these codes, or show their approach is equally effective.</p><p>On 30 August 2023 the Government response to our consultation on new knife legislation was published confirming that the Government will seek to legislate to ban certain types of large knives and machetes. The ban on zombie style machetes and knives will be implemented by secondary legislation when parliamentary time allows.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 4213 4215 question first answered 04/12/2023 16:15:08 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1673599

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offensive Weapons
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 18 October 2023 to Question 202514 and the absence of a reference to that potential legislation in the King's Speech, what plans his Department has to bring forward legislative proposals on banning machetes and zombie knives.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	4215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>Organisations who sell knives to those aged under 18 face a range of fines from £500 to £1 million.</p><p>The government keeps knife crime legislation under continual review and has taken action in a number of areas.</p><p>The Criminal Justice Bill includes new measures for tackling knife crime, including increasing the maximum penalty for selling specified weapons or for selling any knives to under 18s to 2 years.</p><p>This measure will bring the offence within the remit of PACE powers, which is key to the police’s ability to investigate some of the more serious offences, for example, those who sell knives privately to under 18s, or those who sell prohibited weapons through social media or personal messaging applications.</p><p>The Criminal Justice Bill will strengthen measures which we took in the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 around age verification for online sales, including stopping knives being sent to residential addresses after they are bought online, unless the seller has arrangements in place with the delivery company to ensure that the product would not be delivered into the hands of a person under 18.</p><p>Further controls have been introduced through the Online Safety Act 2023 which sets out a series of priority offences which includes the sale of weapons. Companies will need to proactively mitigate the risk that their services are used for illegal activity or to share this illegal content, to design their services to mitigate the risk of this occurring and to remove any content that does appear as soon as they are made aware of it.</p><p>Ofcom published the first draft codes of practice on illegal content for consultation on 9 November 2023. Government expects these to be finalised in late 2024.These codes of practice will set out the steps companies can take to fulfil the duties for illegal content. In scope services will either need to follow these codes, or show their approach is equally effective.</p><p>On 30 August 2023 the Government response to our consultation on new knife legislation was published confirming that the Government will seek to legislate to ban certain types of large knives and machetes. The ban on zombie style machetes and knives will be implemented by secondary legislation when parliamentary time allows.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 4213 4214 question first answered 04/12/2023 16:15:08 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes