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1655763

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Credit Cards: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides on whether making a credit card application using someone else's details is a criminal offence.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	195660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>Existing legislation can already be used to prosecute those committing fraud using a stolen identity.</p><p>The Fraud Act 2006 covers the selling and using of stolen personal information to commit fraud. The Computer Misuse Act 1990, the Identity Documents Act 2010 and the Data Protection Act 2018 cover the protection of personal data.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 06/09/2023 11:52:16 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1655768

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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, when she expects UK Visas and Immigration to complete its reconsideration of the cases referred to by the Rt hon. Member for East Ham in the letter of 28 March, reference ST103787.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	195624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>An agreement to reconsider the application was provided by the Decision Making Centre (DMC) on 25<sup>th</sup> April 2023. The reconsideration of these applications took place on 20<sup>th</sup> July 2023. The applicants were contacted by the DMC on the 24<sup>th</sup> July 2023 about the resubmission of their passports to the Visa Application Centre and on 26<sup>th</sup> July 2023 the applicants submitted their passports for the completion of the visa process. The standard time scale for reconsiderations is three months and this reconsideration was completed within that three month timescale.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/09/2023 16:42:09 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1655780

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National Crime Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the NCA is conducting a review of its frameworks and guidelines on settlements with foreign governments.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
uin	195621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency (NCA) regularly reviews its engagement with international operational law enforcement partners. As the NCA Annual Plan published in August 2023 sets out:</p><p>“Effective working overseas will require strong international partnerships which the Agency will focus on strengthening in 2023-24.</p><p>This will include: prioritising key countries and regions to better understand and act where the Agency will have the biggest impact in protecting the UK; strengthening existing international relationships through the Agency’s extensive International Liaison Officer network and multilateral relationships; embedding the Joint International Crime Centre, which will take a multi-agency approach to providing territorial policing access to international partners, intelligence; and the NCA’s specialist international capabilities.”</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 11/09/2023 14:57:12 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

1655781

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Catterick Garrison
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 has made recent progress on temporarily housing asylum seekers at Catterick Garrison; and what recent estimate she has made of when that site will begin receiving asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	195642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office is considering a range of options to deliver accommodation requirements as part of the implementation of the Illegal Migration Act. Work is ongoing to bring forward accommodation at Catterick garrison as part of wider efforts to relieve pressure on the asylum system.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 18/09/2023 15:53:22 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1655787

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Licensed Premises: Opening Hours
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 introduce legislation to enable Ministers to make one-off changes to (a) pubs and (b) other licensed premises' opening hours for special events.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	195633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Licensing Act 2003 already allows the Home Secretary to make legislation for blanket relaxations of licensing hours for “an occasion of exceptional international, national, or local significance”.</p><p>The Government continues to keep the Licensing Act 2003 under review and works closely with licensing practitioners to ensure the regime remains fit for purpose and meets emerging challenges.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 11/09/2023 16:16:39 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1655801

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	University of Cambridge and University of Oxford: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many student visas were issued to students at (a) Oxford and (b) Cambridge University in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	195637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>We do not routinely publish the number of student visas for individual sponsors. For details of our published data on student visas, this can be found in the available Migration Statistics on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-june-2023/why-do-people-come-to-the-uk-to-study" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-june-2023/why-do-people-come-to-the-uk-to-study</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/09/2023 15:54:28 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1655806

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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, how many Afghan people who were previously housed in hotel accommodation in the UK prior to 31 August 2023 have presented themselves as homeless to local authorities as of 1 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	195653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The UK made an ambitious and generous commitment to help resettle Afghans fleeing persecution and those who served the UK. Since June 2021, we have brought 24,500 people to safety to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We will provide an update on the hotel departures, including latest figures this week.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/09/2023 16:34:50 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1655808

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) principals and (b) dependents have been relocated to the UK under the Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme (i) Pathway 2 and (ii) Pathway 3 as of 1 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	195655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The UK has made one of the largest commitments of any country to support those impacted by events in Afghanistan.</p><p>Whilst public data on separating principals and dependants is not available, the latest <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-june-2023" target="_blank">Immigration system statistics, year ending June 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> (published on 24 August 2023), show that since their first arrivals in 2021, the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) - have resettled a total of 21,526 people.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 195657 question first answered 07/09/2023 13:38:50 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1655810

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date did the first cohort of Afghan people arrive in the UK under (a) Pathway 2 and (b) Pathway 3 under the Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	195657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The UK has made one of the largest commitments of any country to support those impacted by events in Afghanistan.</p><p>Whilst public data on separating principals and dependants is not available, the latest <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-june-2023" target="_blank">Immigration system statistics, year ending June 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> (published on 24 August 2023), show that since their first arrivals in 2021, the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) - have resettled a total of 21,526 people.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 195655 question first answered 07/09/2023 13:38:50 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1655821

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Ethiopia
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 support Ethiopian applicants for family reunion.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	196312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>We recognise that some people displaced may wish to join family in the UK, and where those family members do not have a current UK visa, they can apply for one via one of our standard visa routes, which remain available, and applications can be submitted at the nearest Visa Application Centre. Guidance on how to apply for a family visa can be found at:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration" target="_blank"> Family visas: apply, extend or switch: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, close family members of individuals who are in the UK with permission to stay as a refugee may be eligible to apply under the family reunion arrangements. Details can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-for-uk-visa-family-joining-refugee-form-appendix-4-vaf4a" target="_blank">Application for UK visa (family joining refugee): appendix 4 VAF4A - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/09/2023 16:40:54 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel