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1484164

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Vetting: Transgender People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the policy justification is for permitting a confidential DBS checking service for transgender applicants which does not disclose details of sex; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	26679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) services require that applicants disclose all previous names and addresses so that they can process an application correctly and return accurate results.</p><p>The DBS provides a confidential service for transgender applicants in order to help protect their identity, via a dedicated ‘Sensitive’ application team. This process allows applicants to disclose previous gender/name information only to DBS so that the previous names are checked, but are not disclosed on the completed certificate unless criminal record information exists in that name.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 06/07/2022 10:40:36 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1484191

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to ensure all enquiries to UK Visa and Immigration are actioned and dealt with in a timely manner.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
uin	26845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>For all visa application queries the public should call the Home Office customer helpline. The Home Office service standard is to answer 80% of calls within 30seconds.</p><p>Last week we answered 77% within 30 seconds with an average wait time of 1 minutes 9 seconds.</p><p>We continue to work with our service provider to regularly review their performance to ensure service standards are maintained. We are working with our service provider to increase the number of staff operating the customer helpline. It is envisaged this will enable the service standard to be met in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 06/07/2022 13:40:40 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1484208

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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, whether the Government is taking steps to support female judges, journalists and human rights activists remaining in Afghanistan who are not eligible for Pathway 3 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.
tabling member constituency	South Swindon
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Buckland
uin	26759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>On 13 June, we announced the opening of the second and third pathways of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme, after the first pathway opened in early January. In the first year of pathway three, the government will consider only eligible at-risk British Council, GardaWorld contractors and Chevening Alumni for resettlement.</p><p>Beyond the first year of pathway three, the government will work with international partners and NGOs to welcome wider groups of Afghans at risk. Further detail will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 06/07/2022 13:39:03 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland

1484211

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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 recent estimate she has made of the average time taken by her Department to process applications under the family visa route; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	26812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>Average processing times do not form part of any current transparency data for family applications.</p><p>The transparency data does, however, include a range of processing data and the latest data can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fmigration-transparency-data%23uk-visas-and-immigration&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldFamily.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C68baeb4cb470480dc90608da47a2e699%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637901062213241689%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=pD9T%2Bmx2%2FMyxOHRWsrOirYLvh1pmqYgqjTuQnf%2FAjH0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The Home Office has been currently prioritising Ukraine Visa Schemes applications in response to the humanitarian crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We are communicating directly with customers to explain that applications for study, work and family visas have been taking longer to process at this time.</p><p> </p><p>Current average processing times:</p><p>Standard visitor visas - 6 weeks</p><p>Student visas - 3 weeks</p><p>Work visas - 6 weeks.</p><p>The service standard for overseas Marriage and Family applications has been extended from 60 days to 120 days.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 26813 question first answered 06/07/2022 13:32:53 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1484212

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the standard of service that customers are receiving from UK Visas and Immigration; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	26813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>Average processing times do not form part of any current transparency data for family applications.</p><p>The transparency data does, however, include a range of processing data and the latest data can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fmigration-transparency-data%23uk-visas-and-immigration&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSheffieldFamily.PQandFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C68baeb4cb470480dc90608da47a2e699%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637901062213241689%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=pD9T%2Bmx2%2FMyxOHRWsrOirYLvh1pmqYgqjTuQnf%2FAjH0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The Home Office has been currently prioritising Ukraine Visa Schemes applications in response to the humanitarian crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We are communicating directly with customers to explain that applications for study, work and family visas have been taking longer to process at this time.</p><p> </p><p>Current average processing times:</p><p>Standard visitor visas - 6 weeks</p><p>Student visas - 3 weeks</p><p>Work visas - 6 weeks.</p><p>The service standard for overseas Marriage and Family applications has been extended from 60 days to 120 days.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 26812 question first answered 06/07/2022 13:32:53 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1484215

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Wales
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 trends in the level of disability hate crime in Wales in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	26822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>All forms of hate crime are completely unacceptable. We have a robust legislative framework to respond to hate crimes which target race, religion, sexual orientation, disability and transgender identity, and the Hate Crime Action Plan has improved the response to all forms of hate crime, including disability hate crime.</p><p>Increases in police recorded hate crime are generally driven by improvements in crime recording and a better indication of what constitutes a hate crime. Recorded disability hate crime has increased in both Wales and England over the past three years.</p><p>This may be due to a genuine increase in these crimes, or due to police force improvements in their recording of offences and identification of what constitutes hate crime.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 04/07/2022 15:39:29 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1484230

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Rural Areas
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 tackle rural crime (a) in Cumbria and (b) across England.
tabling member constituency	Penrith and The Border
tabling member printed	Dr Neil Hudson
uin	26917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>Our manifesto committed us to use police resources to tackle rural crime. As well as recruiting 20,000 additional police officers, we are also taking steps to address issues that we know affect rural communities. The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act empowers and equips the police and courts with the powers they need to combat hare coursing. The Government is also providing funding for the National Wildlife Crime Unit. As at 31 March 2022, Cumbria Police has recruited 117 additional uplift officers against a combined year 1 and 2 allocation of 101 officers. The force has been allocated 68 additional uplift officers in the final year of Uplift. The deployment of these officers is an operational decision for Chief Constables.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/07/2022 15:41:27 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4853 label Biography information for Dr Neil Hudson

1484257

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National Security Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many meetings of the National Security Council she has attended since April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	26695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>The National Security Council is a committee of the Cabinet. It is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and its Committees, and how often they have met, is not normally shared publicly.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 05/07/2022 10:20:38 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds previous answer version 10713 answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1484280

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: 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 passport applications are (a) outstanding and (b) remain unprocessed for more than ten weeks as of 28 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	26827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>Since April 2021, people have been advised to allow up to ten weeks when applying for their British passport as more than 5 million people delayed applying due to the pandemic.</p><p>Between March and May, 98.5% of UK applications processed were completed within ten weeks.<strong><br> <br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 04/07/2022 14:41:28 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1484281

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of the two per cent pay offer made by fire and rescue services National Employers to the Fire Brigades Union on 27 June for the 2022-23 pay round on (a) industrial relations with firefighters and (b) firefighter recruitment and retention.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	26886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>Firefighters’ pay in England is the responsibility of the National Joint Council and Central Government has no role to play in this process.</p><p>The Home Office funds the National Fire Chiefs’ Council’s People Programme which supports the recruitment and retention of firefighters.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/07/2022 16:23:14 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter