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1350919

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fixed Penalties: Coronavirus
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 she has made of a potential disparity in the rates of Fixed Penalty Notices issued to people from ethnic minority groups in respect of covid-19 face-covering requirements.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	40827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic the Government has conducted in-depth assessments as to the impacts of proposed policies, including on groups with protected characteristics. The Government will also continue to work closely with policing partners to ensure that restrictions set out in the regulations are reasonably and lawfully enforced.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 06/09/2021 10:23:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1351182

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
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 monitor the use of the £54 million given to the French authorities to tackle migrant Channel crossings.
tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
uin	40908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>On 20 July 2021, the Home Secretary and her French counterpart, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, signed an agreement that further strengthens UK-France joint cooperation to tackle illegal immigration across the Channel.</p><p>The UK-France Joint Statement, which contains further information on that agreement, can be found on the GOV.UK website here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fuk-france-joint-statement-next-phase-of-tackling-illegal-migration&amp;data=04%7C01%7CRobert.Pilkington%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C8147c6d813c74ab46dc508d956822f33%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637635939392093919%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=f4ajqS8PQmrUgoBcWp6%2BdYQDLvPfqH%2FTzMq9gwpqH64%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-france-joint-statement-next-phase-of-tackling-illegal-migration</a>.</p><p>The impact on migration pressures of our investment under the Sandhurst Treaty is jointly assessed by France and the UK. The UK and France monitor the impact of funding through maintaining operational and policy level contact and regular strategic reviews. In line with previous arrangements, the impact of this year’s funding package will be reviewed through jointly agreed results frameworks and via a joint UK-France Monitoring Committee.</p><p>We are not intending to publish reports on the results frameworks, as these relate to sensitive operational activity.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 40909 question first answered 06/09/2021 09:15:13 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris

1351183

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to report on the effect of the £54 million given to the French authorities for the purposes of border control on the number of migrants reaching the UK via Channel crossings.
tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
uin	40909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>On 20 July 2021, the Home Secretary and her French counterpart, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, signed an agreement that further strengthens UK-France joint cooperation to tackle illegal immigration across the Channel.</p><p>The UK-France Joint Statement, which contains further information on that agreement, can be found on the GOV.UK website here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fuk-france-joint-statement-next-phase-of-tackling-illegal-migration&amp;data=04%7C01%7CRobert.Pilkington%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C8147c6d813c74ab46dc508d956822f33%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637635939392093919%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=f4ajqS8PQmrUgoBcWp6%2BdYQDLvPfqH%2FTzMq9gwpqH64%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-france-joint-statement-next-phase-of-tackling-illegal-migration</a>.</p><p>The impact on migration pressures of our investment under the Sandhurst Treaty is jointly assessed by France and the UK. The UK and France monitor the impact of funding through maintaining operational and policy level contact and regular strategic reviews. In line with previous arrangements, the impact of this year’s funding package will be reviewed through jointly agreed results frameworks and via a joint UK-France Monitoring Committee.</p><p>We are not intending to publish reports on the results frameworks, as these relate to sensitive operational activity.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 40908 question first answered 06/09/2021 09:15:13 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris

1351306

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Biometrics
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 15 June 2021 to Question 11166 on Police: Biometrics, whether the police (a) are required to (i) obtain consent from and (ii) inform the public where facial recognition technology is used in a public place and (b) have powers to fine people who deliberately avoid detection by facial recognition software.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	41251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>When using technologies like live facial recognition (LFR) it is important that the police maintain public trust in line with the principle of policing by consent. Opinion polling shows strong public support for its use, particularly for serious and violent crimes.</p><p>The College of Policing has consulted on guidance, which covers the importance of providing the public with information about when LFR is used. This guidance, and local force policies, will also explain the basis on which police forces process personal data – typically in line with Section 35(5) of the Data Protection Act 2018.</p><p>In normal circumstances (other than when a section 60AA Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 order is in place) the police do not have a legal power to issue fines simply where a person chooses not to walk past a LFR system.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 06/09/2021 10:21:38 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1351517

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Government policy is on waiving visa requirements for the families of UK nationals currently fleeing Afghanistan; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	41337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government has waived the visa requirements for the family members of UK nationals evacuating Afghanistan.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 06/09/2021 09:18:18 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1351567

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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 publish her Department's assessment of the number of afghan refugees the UK is able to accommodate in the first year of the proposed Afghanistan resettlement scheme.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	41366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>On Wednesday 18 August, the Government announced the a new bespoke Afghan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme (ACRS), to welcome up to 20,000 vulnerable Afghans who have been forced to flee Afghanistan. The scheme will focus on those most at risk, including women, girls and religious minorities given their particular vulnerability, and in its first year will resettle up to 5,000 vulnerable Afghans. This scheme delivers on the Government’s commitment in the New Plan for Immigration to create safe and legal routes for those in fear of persecution and oppression in their home country. The Government is working urgently to open this route and further details will be announced in due course on <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fafghan-citizens-resettlement-scheme&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cresettlementpolicy%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca9be65ff77af4d5811dd08d9631c425e%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637649795277172676%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=6sX9%2FP5X4P%2Ff%2FHZpSmOlxqpOmNeoP6l%2BZisVeHJuXVs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The new route is separate from, and in addition to, the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP), which offers any current or former locally employed staff who are assessed to be under serious threat to life priority relocation to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 06/09/2021 09:11:18 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1351572

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan nationals have been (a) refused Leave to Remain in the UK and (b) returned to Afghanistan in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	40918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office published data on asylum, extensions of leave to remain, and returns in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly release</a>’.</p><p>Data on initial decisions (including refusals) made on asylum applications in each quarter can be found in table Asy_D02 of the ‘<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Fasylum-and-resettlement-datasets%23asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement&amp;data=04%7C01%7CEliot.Beevor%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C92254baceb794eafa50108d962e8cbf8%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637649574256597365%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=32whZZO%2Bn2VG04EM5BHP0j2rTslWTCj1O%2FstZA0t73U%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Asylum &amp; Resettlement detailed datasets</a>’. Data on refusals of leave to remain can be found in table Exe_D01 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/managed-migration-datasets#extensions" target="_blank">Extensions detailed datasets</a>’. The latest data relates to the end of March 2021. Data to the end of June 2021 will be published on 26 August 2021.</p><p>Data on the number of returns from the UK, by nationality and destination group (including returns to ‘Home country’) can be found in Ret_D01 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/returns-and-detention-datasets" target="_blank">returns detailed dataset</a>s’. The latest data only relates to the end of December 2020. Data to the end of March 2021 will be published on 26 August 2021.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 06/09/2021 09:08:48 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1351664

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether immigrants entering the UK from France illegally are required to have a COVID-19 PCR test upon detection by police or immigration officers.
tabling member printed	Lord Balfe
uin	HL2329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office is following guidance published by Public Health England, Health Protection Scotland and the NHS with regards to COVID testing for migrant arrivals.</p><p>All migrants are tested on arrival with a lateral flow test, any refusing are treated as if infectious and isolated. Lateral flow testing is a fast and simple way to test people who do not have symptoms of COVID-19, but who may still be spreading the virus. Arrivals who present as symptomatic or who provide a positive lateral flow test are allocated to an approved quarantine site.</p><p>Due to the small possibility of false positives associated with lateral flow tests, any individual who receives a positive result at a residential short-term holding facility in England or an Immigration Removal Centre, will be offered a PRC test to confirm the result. Any detained individual with symptoms of COVID-19, or testing positive for COVID-19 will be placed in protective isolation for at least 10 days and Public Health England informed.</p><p>We do not hold information regarding the percentage which have been genomically sequenced as this is the responsibility of Public Health England.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL2330 question first answered 02/09/2021 14:55:14 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4302 label Biography information for Lord Balfe

1351665

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of COVID-19 PCR tests on illegal immigrants to the UK have returned a positive result; and of these positive samples, what percentage have now been genomically sequenced.
tabling member printed	Lord Balfe
uin	HL2330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office is following guidance published by Public Health England, Health Protection Scotland and the NHS with regards to COVID testing for migrant arrivals.</p><p>All migrants are tested on arrival with a lateral flow test, any refusing are treated as if infectious and isolated. Lateral flow testing is a fast and simple way to test people who do not have symptoms of COVID-19, but who may still be spreading the virus. Arrivals who present as symptomatic or who provide a positive lateral flow test are allocated to an approved quarantine site.</p><p>Due to the small possibility of false positives associated with lateral flow tests, any individual who receives a positive result at a residential short-term holding facility in England or an Immigration Removal Centre, will be offered a PRC test to confirm the result. Any detained individual with symptoms of COVID-19, or testing positive for COVID-19 will be placed in protective isolation for at least 10 days and Public Health England informed.</p><p>We do not hold information regarding the percentage which have been genomically sequenced as this is the responsibility of Public Health England.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL2329 question first answered 02/09/2021 14:55:14 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4302 label Biography information for Lord Balfe

1351666

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the factors enabling continued illegal immigration from France to England by boat across the Channel, (2) what, if any, impact the UK’s departure from the EU has had on those factors, and (3) whether the continued illegal immigration indicates that the UK has “taken back control” of its borders.
tabling member printed	Lord Balfe
uin	HL2331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2021 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency’s National Strategic Assessment of Serious and Organised Crime for 2021 includes a section on organised immigration crime and the use of small boats. The full assessment may be found here:</p><p>www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/who-we-are/publications/533-national-strategic-assessment-of-serious-and-organised-crime-2021/file</p><p>The assessment notes that, ‘The increase in small boats use is almost certainly a result of COVID-19 travel restrictions affecting freight and air transport, in addition to enhanced security around the UK-operated border controls at Calais, Coquelles and Dunkirk’ and ‘It is highly likely OCGs and migrants are attracted to the high success rate and low cost-high profit nature of small boats compared to HGV facilitation’.</p><p>The UK’s departure from the EU has not made a material difference to the methods of the criminal gangs or our joint activity with European partners to stop them. The UK and France share a history of cooperation on this issue, seen in our commitments under the Sandhurst Treaty and Small Boats Action Plan and most recently via the action agreed in the joint statement between the Home Secretary and Minister Darmanin on 20 July. We have an excellent relationship with our French counterparts and are grateful for their continued commitment.</p><p>Increasing numbers of French law enforcement officers, supported by UK funding, are patrolling beaches and are preventing more and more crossing attempts. Nearly 10000 crossing attempts have been prevented so far this year.</p><p>The Government’s Nationality and Borders Bill will seek to reform the system, including by deterring illegal entry into the UK, breaking the business model of criminal facilitation, and saving lives.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 02/09/2021 14:17:50 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4302 label Biography information for Lord Balfe