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1538215

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Manston Asylum Processing Centre: Overcrowding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of overcrowding at Manston Processing Centre on people at that facility, including on the spread of infections.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	75906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office has increased the operating capacity of the facility as the number of individuals held on-site has increased.</p><p>The facility provides suitable welfare provisions including hot food, fresh clothing, toilet facilities and sanitary packs. 24/7 medical care is provided and any instances of communicable disease are handled in line with public health guidance.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/11/2022 15:45:18 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1537382

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Seasonal Workers
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 plans to loosen visa restrictions for seasonal temporary workers to tackle labour shortages.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	74650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>The Seasonal Worker route has been extended until 2024, with 40,000 visas available for 2022, consisting of 38,000 for horticulture and 2,000 for the poultry sector. The route has been extended to support our farmers growing fruit and vegetables as they adapt to changes in the UK labour market. The Government is keeping the position under close review.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/11/2022 15:46:01 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 32639 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1519484

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
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 current protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini, if the Government will take steps to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	59710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>Whilst the UK Government keeps the list of proscribed organisations under review, we do not routinely comment on whether an organisation is or is not being considered for proscription.</p><p>The death of Mahsa Amini is a shocking reminder of the repression faced by women in Iran. The UK condemns the Iranian authorities’ crackdown on protestors, journalists and internet freedom. The use of violence in response to the expression of fundamental rights, by women or any other members of Iranian society, is wholly unjustifiable.</p><p>On the 10<sup>th</sup> October, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office announced sanctions on senior security and political figures in Iran and the Morality Police. The Morality Police has been sanctioned in its entirety, as well as both its chief, Mohammed Rostami Cheshmeh Gachi and the Head of the Tehran Division Haj Ahmed Mirzaei. Gholamreza Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Basij force, who is responsible for internal security in Iran has also been subject to sanctions for committing serious human rights violations.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 19/10/2022 09:12:14 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat previous answer version 24377 answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1504115

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on taking steps to help protect small businesses from fraud through identity theft.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	45801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The detail of discussions with Cabinet peers are held in confidence. I would, however, like to reassure you that we understand the harms caused by identity theft and that tackling fraud is a priority for Government.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 21/09/2022 13:03:28 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat previous answer version 19143 answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1504120

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Agriculture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the recruitment of overseas workers as farming machinery operatives; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a temporary visa scheme for these workers modelled on the temporary visa scheme for HGV drivers.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	45804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to introduce a general immigration route allowing recruitment at or near the minimum wage, with relatively short work-based training requirements, nor will there be another similar visa concession to the HGV temporary scheme.</p><p> </p><p>We have no plans to extend the skills threshold below RQF level 3 unless there are truly exceptional circumstances, such as adding care workers to the Shortage Occupation List (SOL). The Government has recently commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to undertake a review of the SOL. We expect the MAC will shortly launch its call for evidence and we encourage interested stakeholders to respond.</p><p> </p><p>Our immigration system is not aiming to replicate the free movement which previously existed between the UK and the EU. The Government recognises some businesses are needing to adjust, but investment and development of the UK’s domestic labour force should take priority, rather than seeing cheap migrant labour as the solution to recruitment difficulties.</p><p> </p><p>Beyond the Points Based System is a wide labour market, which includes UK workers and migrants with general work rights. Businesses should therefore engage with the Department for Work and Pensions in the first instance about the support they can provide.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/09/2022 08:42:55 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1457300

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the total number of hours staff in her Department spent on processing visa applications for Ukrainian refugees during the weeks commencing (a) 7, (b) 14, (c) 21 and (d) 28 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	153925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>We have received thousands of applications submitted to one of the fastest and largest visa programmes in UK history.</p><p>We are committed to ensuring our operational teams have the resources they need to run an efficient and effective system. We actively monitor workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet caseworking demand of the Ukraine Family Scheme and the Homes for Ukraine Scheme which we have launched in response to the refugee crisis.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office and the commercial provider operating our Visa Application Centres have surged staff across Europe to meet demand and UKVI staff in the UK are working seven days a week to process applications.</p><p>To capture the detailed information on staff numbers and hours worked would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 153926 question first answered 26/04/2022 17:11:33 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1457301

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent staff in her Department were processing visa applications for Ukrainian refugees during the weeks commencing (a) 7, (b) 14, (c) 21 and (d) 28 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	153926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>We have received thousands of applications submitted to one of the fastest and largest visa programmes in UK history.</p><p>We are committed to ensuring our operational teams have the resources they need to run an efficient and effective system. We actively monitor workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet caseworking demand of the Ukraine Family Scheme and the Homes for Ukraine Scheme which we have launched in response to the refugee crisis.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office and the commercial provider operating our Visa Application Centres have surged staff across Europe to meet demand and UKVI staff in the UK are working seven days a week to process applications.</p><p>To capture the detailed information on staff numbers and hours worked would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 153925 question first answered 26/04/2022 17:11:33 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1457302

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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, how many staff were working in European visa centres during the weeks commencing (a) 7, (b) 14, (c) 21 and (d) 28 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	153927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>The number of staff working in the Visa Application Centres (VACs) in Europe, which are operated by TLS Contact on behalf of UKVI, is not publicly available. However, in response to the recent increased demand in some VACs neighbouring Ukraine, UKVI surged additional staff to help meet demand and support people through the process as quickly as possible and significantly increased the number of appointments available in those locations.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 27/04/2022 16:44:00 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 66195 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1457303

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Ukraine
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 changes to her Department's policy on overtime to assist with the processing of visas for Ukrainian refugees.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	153928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>The opportunity to work overtime has been offered to all staff working on our Ukraine related schemes.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/04/2022 14:21:24 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1457305

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Ukraine
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 for Ukrainian refugees approved have been approved each day since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	153929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p><em>Information on the number of visas granted under the Ukraine Family Scheme and the Homes for Ukraine Scheme which were launched in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine can be found in our published data on the GOV.UK webpage: </em><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fukraine-family-scheme-application-data%2Fukraine-family-scheme-and-ukraine-sponsorship-scheme-homes-for-ukraine-visa-data&amp;data=05%7C01%7CKeith.Edwards42%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C8ac61c5f8b3841c57e2a08da2387c659%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637861363289461686%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ytJc7a1AfuDBNSJZpuRFqNoIYhI7jsdbnm1Xa1R%2FZHE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank"><em>Ukraine Schemes: application data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</em></a><em>.</em></p><p><em>Statistical information </em><em>regarding the number of Ukrainian nationals applying for UK visas prior to the launch of the Ukraine Schemes is regularly released by the Home Office. The latest published statistics can be found here: </em><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fimmigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2021&amp;data=05%7C01%7CKeith.Edwards42%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C8ac61c5f8b3841c57e2a08da2387c659%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637861363289461686%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=zcavNmPB1EN7Pkd4RWfQbAsMgpMvkxhD48DCaRi1rgI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank"><em>Immigration statistics, year ending December 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</em></a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/04/2022 16:42:05 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy