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1343287

registered interest
date	02/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
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 the potential merits of providing people who have received EU Settled Status with physical documentation of their status.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	26141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2021 answer text <p>We are developing a border and immigration system which is “digital by default”, which over time means we will increasingly replace physical and paper-based products and services with accessible, easy to use online and digital services.</p><p>Individuals continue to receive written notice of their immigration status by email or letter, which they can keep for their personal records if they wish and can use when contacting the Home Office.</p><p>Should users find themselves unable to access their online immigration status because of technical issues or other problems, we have a dedicated call centre which provides telephone and email support which can assist them to use the service, and where necessary, enable individuals’ status to be verified through alternative means. The call centre can also help users to update their personal details and travel documents.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 26142 26143 question first answered 07/07/2021 16:09:37 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1343288

registered interest
date	02/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support is available for people who find it difficult to upload their EU Settled Status to their passport.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	26142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2021 answer text <p>We are developing a border and immigration system which is “digital by default”, which over time means we will increasingly replace physical and paper-based products and services with accessible, easy to use online and digital services.</p><p>Individuals continue to receive written notice of their immigration status by email or letter, which they can keep for their personal records if they wish and can use when contacting the Home Office.</p><p>Should users find themselves unable to access their online immigration status because of technical issues or other problems, we have a dedicated call centre which provides telephone and email support which can assist them to use the service, and where necessary, enable individuals’ status to be verified through alternative means. The call centre can also help users to update their personal details and travel documents.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 26141 26143 question first answered 07/07/2021 16:09:37 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1343290

registered interest
date	02/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she will take to support people who require proof of their settled status in response to difficulties logging onto the EU Settled Status website.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	26143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2021 answer text <p>We are developing a border and immigration system which is “digital by default”, which over time means we will increasingly replace physical and paper-based products and services with accessible, easy to use online and digital services.</p><p>Individuals continue to receive written notice of their immigration status by email or letter, which they can keep for their personal records if they wish and can use when contacting the Home Office.</p><p>Should users find themselves unable to access their online immigration status because of technical issues or other problems, we have a dedicated call centre which provides telephone and email support which can assist them to use the service, and where necessary, enable individuals’ status to be verified through alternative means. The call centre can also help users to update their personal details and travel documents.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 26141 26142 question first answered 07/07/2021 16:09:37 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1343303

registered interest
date	02/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Forced Labour: Malaysia
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 implications for her policies of the Newcastle University study on forced labour in the Malaysian medical glove industry, published on 1 July 2021.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	26106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to working with public and private sector organisations to address the risks of modern slavery in supply chains. It welcomes research on these issues and is carefully considering the findings from the Newcastle University study. The research itself was supported by the Modern Slavery Policy and Evidence Centre, a centre funded by the Government specifically to transform the evidence base underpinning our policy and operational response to modern slavery.</p><p>Government is harnessing its spending power to ensure exploitative businesses do not take a share of the £81 billion that central government spends on goods and services each year. On 26 March 2020, we became the first country to publish a Government Modern Slavery Statement setting out the steps we have taken to prevent modern slavery and incentivise responsible business conduct in our supply chains. We have launched the Modern Slavery Assessment Tool and directly worked with over 500 suppliers on implementing effective modern slavery due diligence. More than 1,800 organisations have completed the assessment since March 2019.</p><p>The Home Office also works across Government to develop best-practice to prevent modern slavery in public sector procurement. With support from DHSC and NHS Supply Chain, the Home Office commissioned the ethical trade consultancy, Impactt, to develop tailored guidance for buyers and suppliers of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) on best practice to prevent modern slavery in supply chains. As part of this project, Impactt delivered training workshops with PPE manufacturers and resellers to support them in implementing the guidance. In addition, the Government has recently launched e-learning to support public sector commercial staff to better identify and mitigate modern slavery risks in contracts.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/07/2021 13:51:40 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1343315

registered interest
date	02/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Windrush Compensation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to to the Answer of 18 May 2021 to Question 3065 on Windrush Generation: compensation, for what reasons the number of claimants to the Windrush Compensation Scheme that have demonstrated no impact on life is not held centrally.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	26151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>The system at this time does not allow us to extract this information without doing a manual trawl of all case records and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 12/07/2021 12:48:41 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1343342

registered interest
date	02/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Smuggling
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 26 May 2021 to Question 5143, what evidence demonstrates that the arrests made have included high-level actors in the trafficking of controlled drugs; and how many of those arrested or charged in relation to Operation VENETIC have been convicted.
tabling member constituency	Reigate
tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
uin	26080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2021 answer text <p>The NCA reports that data derived from Operation VENETIC has, to date, led to over 2,300 people being arrested, over 1000 charged and 162 individuals convicted of a range of serious offences. These include well publicised cases of individuals involved in drug trafficking, like Thomas Maher, described by the judge at his trial as “an extremely important cog in the wheel of a sophisticated network”. A large number of cases linked to Operation VENETIC are progressing through the criminal justice system and it would be inappropriate to comment further on these at this time. The NCA regularly publishes the outcomes of investigations via press notices on its website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/07/2021 15:23:38 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

1343343

registered interest
date	02/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the evidential basis is for cannabis-based products for medical use to be placed alongside fentanyl and diamorphine in Schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of placing such products in lower schedule such as Schedule 4.1 alongside Sativex.
tabling member constituency	Reigate
tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
uin	26081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2021 answer text <p>In February 2019, the then Home Secretary commissioned the ACMD to conduct a longer-term review of Cannabis-Based Products for Medicinal use (CBPM). The ACMD published their report on 27 November 2020 on gov.uk. In it they recommended:</p><p><em>“that the scheduling of CBPMs under Schedule 2 of the MDR remains appropriate and that no further legislative amendments to the MDR regarding CBPMs are required at this point in time.”</em></p><p>Unlike Sativex, most CBPM do not have a marketing authorisation from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). As such, in the absence of the reassurance that a CBPM has gone through the safety, quality and efficacy process established by the MHRA, it is right that it is in Schedule 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001. However, should a cannabis-based medicine receive a marketing authorisation from the MHRA, the Government will commission the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to reconsider the scheduling of the product under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001. This was the case for Sativex following its marketing authorisation.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/07/2021 15:37:53 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

1343353

registered interest
date	02/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Au Pairs: EU Nationals
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 1 July 2021 to Question 10664, with how many countries she has started to negotiate the Youth Mobility Scheme arrangement for au pairs.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	26166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2021 answer text <p>We remain open to negotiating Youth Mobility Scheme (YMS) arrangements with other countries and territories, including the EU or nations within it. However, we are unable to disclose the status of negotiations as they occur, further details of additional YMS agreements will be announced once they are concluded.</p><p>We currently have nine YMS agreements with countries and territories across the world, which enable over 20,000 young people to travel to the UK each year. YMS visa holders have a general right to work across the economy and are not limited to undertaking a role as an au pair.</p><p>As has been the case since 2008, the UK’s immigration system will not offer a dedicated route for au pairs and this Government will not look to create one.</p><p>Our YMS agreements provide a valuable route for mutual cultural exchange and are not simply a one-way route for recruiting from overseas.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 07/07/2021 16:11:31 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1343356

registered interest
date	02/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Hong Kong
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of former Apple Daily journalists in Hong Kong who qualify for the UK BNO visa scheme.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	26160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2021 answer text <p>We have made no such assessment. The Government’s estimate of the number of British National (Overseas) (BN(O)) status holders and their eligible dependants who may migrate to the UK was set out in an impact assessment published on 22 October 2020.</p><p>The impact assessment can be found here: <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.uk%2Fukia%2F2020%2F70%2Fpdfs%2Fukia_20200070_en.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7CCharlotte.Henniker-Gotley%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C68d14e71acba4e51461208d87a95f887%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637394131831051382%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=tlGfY18wjIQrk2PhUY4S57R4eifr47OYq8aQXGaVD1Y%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2020/70/pdfs/ukia_20200070_en.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 08/07/2021 13:20:08 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1342891

registered interest
date	01/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
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 11 June 2020 to Question 11461, whether her Department has received written legal opinion on the provisions in law that would be engaged by the operation of medically supervised Drug Consumption Clinics.
tabling member constituency	Reigate
tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
uin	25704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2021 answer text <p>Needle and syringe programmes and other programmes and services that engage drug users do not involve the organiser condoning and facilitating consumption of controlled drugs on the premises, nor do they create spaces where police enforcement of the law in relation to drug possession and supply is compromised.</p><p>Drug Consumption Rooms would not be lawful in the UK due to the offences which would be committed in the course of running such a facility.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 25705 question first answered 06/07/2021 08:10:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt