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1716360

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Republic of Ireland
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 plans to negotiate an agreement with the Republic of Ireland on the return of asylum seekers (a) from Ireland to the UK and (b) from the UK to Ireland.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	25221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>In 2020, we agreed with Ireland bilateral non-legally binding operational arrangements which allows for the return and readmission of asylum seekers when agreed by both participants.</p><p>We will only make agreements that are in the interests of the UK, and will not accept any future deals which might increase the significant burdens already placed on the UK by the level of illegal migration.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 17/05/2024 09:45:19 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

1716389

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Training
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 19 December 2023 to Question 6089 on Home Office: Training, whether participants in the e-learning training on FGM were asked to provide an approval rating for that course.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	25176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>Upon completion of the course, attendees are asked a series of questions to gather feedback on their experience of the course.</p><p>This includes, how much their knowledge of FGM has improved and whether they recommend it to others.</p><p>According to the most recently available data, 95% of those who have completed the FGM course have said they would now do something differently in their role as a result.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 13/05/2024 15:24:19 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1716392

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Care Workers
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 had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the advice given to immigrants by care worker agencies on finding suitable accommodation in the UK.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	25144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care have published guidance for people applying for health and social care jobs which can be found below: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fapplying-for-health-and-social-care-jobs-in-the-uk-from-abroad&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMatthew.Dine3%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C539df15c8fda4d01343108dc7117e7e6%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638509594687550158%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=2XmUjPezYly4IHuN7OtP1fKM4XHRFAXluFFJ4fO9UEI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/applying-for-health-and-social-care-jobs-in-the-uk-from-abroad</a><em>.</em></p><p>The Legal Migration and Borders Minister has met regularly with his counterpart in DHSC to discuss care worker visas.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 17/05/2024 13:10:59 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1716399

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: North Macedonia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to introduce a (a) visa exemption, (b) visa on arrival and (c) eVisa scheme for people from North Macedonia.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	25321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>There are no plans to introduce a visa exemption or visa on arrival for North Macedonians. The introduction of eVisas will help travellers prove their status at the UK border in a secure, timely and efficient manner. This introduction will not be country specific.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 17/05/2024 09:43:14 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1716400

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: North Macedonia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas his Department has granted to applicants from North Macedonia in each year since 2020.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	25322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on visas granted, by nationality, are published in table Vis_D02 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#entry-clearance-visas-granted-outside-the-uk" target="_blank">Entry clearance detailed dataset</a>. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relate up to the end of 2023.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 17/05/2024 09:41:23 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1716402

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Embassy Khartoum: Home Country Nationals
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 number of local staff of the British Embassy in Khartoum who have been resettled in the UK in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	25318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office do not hold this information.</p><p> </p><p>The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) do not hold central data of anyone who has resettled in the UK as they would have done so on their own accord. The FCDO has not facilitated any resettlement of Sudanese CBS to the UK in the last 3 years.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 14/05/2024 15:11:16 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1716405

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Wildlife: Crime
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 bring forward legislative proposals to increase the range of wildlife crimes which have notifiable status.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	25256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>This Government recognises the importance of tackling wildlife crime, which is why, along with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Home Office directly funds the National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) to help tackle these crimes.</p><p>The NWCU provides intelligence, analysis and investigative assistance to the police and other law enforcement agencies across the UK to support them in investigating wildlife crime. This includes supporting cases referred by Border Force to the National Crime Agency or to individual forces. The NWCU is also the UK policing focal point for EUROPOL and INTERPOL wildlife crime activity.</p><p>The NWCU uses this information to produce strategic and tactical assessments of wildlife crime across the UK. These assessments also take into consideration the views of the Wildlife Crime Conservation Advisory Group, which highlight priorities based on the conservation status of specific species and review all other non-priority intelligence to identify any emerging threats. It is these assessments which ultimately drive the operational response to tackling wildlife crime in the UK.</p><p>We will keep under review any legislative proposals to increase the range of wildlife crimes that have notifiable status. If a non-notifiable wildlife crime is reported to police it can still be investigated. Chief Constables have operational independence to tackle the crimes that matter most to their communities.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 17/05/2024 13:59:35 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1716411

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: France
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 7 May 2024 to Question 24423 on Undocumented Migrants: France, whether the payments made by his Department to the French authorities for their part in delivering the UK-France Joint Leader's Declaration are published as part of his Department's monthly transparency data on spending over £25,000.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	25189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not comment on the information requested due to the sensitivity of the agreement and the payments.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office continues to work collaboratively with our French counterparts in relation to preventing illegal migration and therefore respects agreements made regarding transparency data.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 13/05/2024 10:46:06 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1716414

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Contracts
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 specification of requirements for the contracts agreed by his Department on (a) 2 October 2023 with Home Connections Lettings Ltd., procurement reference 433189/1352384, (b) 21 March 2024 with Bunnyfoot Ltd., procurement reference 407485/1352441, (c) 28 March 2024 with Deloitte LLP, procurement reference 417551/1349771 and (d) 1 April 2024 with Faculty Science Ltd., Zinc Network and Adam Smith International Ltd., procurement reference 376900/1351150.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	25192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>Summary descriptions of the aim of each agreement have been published on Contracts Finder on gov.uk. These can be found at:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Contract</p></td><td><p>URL</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/b8673d3d-dfb6-4abb-8654-4b926b2220a2?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">Proc821 Accommodation Matching Software - Contracts Finder</a></p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/b8673d3d-dfb6-4abb-8654-4b926b2220a2?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/b8673d3d-dfb6-4abb-8654-4b926b2220a2?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/5a2d36a8-8e59-4591-90b7-c7f62b2e4a45?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">HMPO User Labs for Customer Research - Contracts Finder</a></p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/5a2d36a8-8e59-4591-90b7-c7f62b2e4a45?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/5a2d36a8-8e59-4591-90b7-c7f62b2e4a45?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/e7f24367-d32a-4aa9-97c7-98229214511c?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">Economic Crime Consultancy - Contracts Finder</a></p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/e7f24367-d32a-4aa9-97c7-98229214511c?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/e7f24367-d32a-4aa9-97c7-98229214511c?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1</a></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/3f8b04c0-2c94-437f-b980-5898230115e0?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">Information Operations Research Capability - Contracts Finder</a></p></td><td><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/3f8b04c0-2c94-437f-b980-5898230115e0?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/3f8b04c0-2c94-437f-b980-5898230115e0?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 13/05/2024 16:47:26 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1716428

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Detention Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the capacity of the immigration detention estate was on (a) 8 May 2024, (b) 8 January 2024 and (c) 8 July 2023.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	25179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>Immigration detention capacity figures are not static and are subject to operational demands.</p><p> </p><p>Management information shows that detention capacity on 8 July 2023 was c2158 immigration removal centre (IRC) beds, rising to c2219 IRC beds on 8 January 2024. As of 24 April 2024, there is a capacity to detain c2200 people in IRCs, including those liable for removal to Rwanda, with more coming online in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 13/05/2024 15:36:28 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael