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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

1698087

registered interest
date	22/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Women's Aid: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department plans to provide funding to Women's Aid in the next three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	20103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2024 answer text <p>Tackling violence against women and girls is a government priority. Our strategies aim to transform the whole of society’s response to these crimes with actions to prevent abuse, support victims and ensure more perpetrators are bought to justice.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office has provided funding to Women’s Aid of up to £1.34m until March 2025 to deliver the Flexible Fund. This fund will help hundreds of domestic abuse victims next year who will receive lifeline payments to help escape tormenting and often life-threatening abuse, providing the chance to rebuild their lives. We are also investing £753k into Women’s Aid next year to improve the awareness of domestic abuse amongst young people.</p><p> </p><p>Funding beyond March 2025 is subject to future budgets which will be set through the next Spending Review process.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 03/04/2024 08:50:27 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1697162

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Graduates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether UK Visa and Immigration is meeting the eight-week service standard for processing graduate visas.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	19517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>We are operating within the eight-week service standard for Graduate applications.</p><p>Some applications may take longer if we have requested further information, or if their personal circumstances are complex. Further details can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/visa-processing-times-applications-inside-the-uk#when-you-might-wait-longer" target="_blank">Visa processing times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 27/03/2024 15:52:12 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1694955

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
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, whether officials in his Department with responsibility for engaging with hon. Members are given training on the types of visas that are available.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	17926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>Officials responsible for engaging with Hon. Members are required to complete an initial 12-week training programme, which includes training on the visa routes available.</p><p>Following the initial training programme, officials are subject to assurance checks on all their work until they are assessed to meet the required quality standard.</p><p>Ongoing development ensures that officials keep their understanding of immigration routes up to date.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 19/03/2024 14:47:09 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1692200

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason his Department has reduced the amount of support given to people living in asylum accommodation which provides all their meals to £8.86 per week.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	16021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The level of the allowance given to those supported under section 95 and section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 is reviewed each year to ensure it covers an asylum seeker’s essential living needs.</p><p>In setting the rates, we have utilised an alternative methodology to determine the costs of essential needs, which uses a ‘disaggregated CPI’ (Consumer Prices Index). The methodology has been designed to offer a more accurate measure of changes in the price of items to cover essential living needs. As previous rate increases have been made using CPI rates, this has led to an overestimate of the cost of essential needs for an individual in catered accommodation, therefore, using the methodology set out above, the catered rates have been slightly reduced.</p><p>Individuals accommodated in hotels and other catered sites are also provided 3 meals a day, snacks, water, toiletries, and some other services, in addition to their weekly allowance. Additional support is also available to pregnant women, young children, and individuals who provide evidence of exceptional needs.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 06/03/2024 12:47:26 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1690114

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Burglary
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional resources to Police and Crime Commissioners to help tackle (a) the use of blowtorches in and (b) other methods of home burglaries.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	14723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>The Crime Survey for England and Wales data shows a 56% fall in domestic burglaries when comparing the year ending September 2023 with year ending March 2010. This is clearly good news; however, we recognise the impact domestic burglary can have on individuals and communities and we are committed to tackling and preventing this crime.</p><p>The public rightly expects that the police will visit them when a home burglary has been committed, which is why we welcome the announcement made by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) on 8 June that all 43 police forces in England and Wales have been implementing this attendance policy since March 2023. We are working with police leaders to ensure forces are making their attendance data available to the public. <a href="https://news.npcc.police.uk/releases/police-now-attending-scene-of-every-home-burglary" target="_blank">https://news.npcc.police.uk/releases/police-now-attending-scene-of-every-home-burglary</a>.</p><p>The police attendance commitment, along with the commitment to pursue all reasonable lines of enquiry, is supported by College of Policing guidance on conducting residential burglary investigations: <a href="https://www.college.police.uk/guidance/residential-burglary" target="_blank">https://www.college.police.uk/guidance/residential-burglary</a>. This sets out the importance of the police accurately identifying the point and method of entry to a victim’s property. Forces will share this information with Police Crime Prevention Initiatives (PCPI), which works with manufacturers, the construction industry and standards authorities to ensure security standards keep pace with emerging crime trends. <a href="https://www.policecpi.com/about-us" target="_blank">https://www.policecpi.com/about-us</a>.</p><p>We are putting in place record funding for the police in England and Wales with up to £18.4bn in 2024/25, and funding for Police and Crime Commissioners is increasing by up to £922 million in 2024/25.</p><p>The Home Office has not made a specific assessment of the use of blowtorches to gain access to properties.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 14724 question first answered 27/02/2024 15:27:30 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1690115

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Burglary
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made an estimate of changes in the level of home burglaries using blowtorches to gain access to properties.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	14724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>The Crime Survey for England and Wales data shows a 56% fall in domestic burglaries when comparing the year ending September 2023 with year ending March 2010. This is clearly good news; however, we recognise the impact domestic burglary can have on individuals and communities and we are committed to tackling and preventing this crime.</p><p>The public rightly expects that the police will visit them when a home burglary has been committed, which is why we welcome the announcement made by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) on 8 June that all 43 police forces in England and Wales have been implementing this attendance policy since March 2023. We are working with police leaders to ensure forces are making their attendance data available to the public. <a href="https://news.npcc.police.uk/releases/police-now-attending-scene-of-every-home-burglary" target="_blank">https://news.npcc.police.uk/releases/police-now-attending-scene-of-every-home-burglary</a>.</p><p>The police attendance commitment, along with the commitment to pursue all reasonable lines of enquiry, is supported by College of Policing guidance on conducting residential burglary investigations: <a href="https://www.college.police.uk/guidance/residential-burglary" target="_blank">https://www.college.police.uk/guidance/residential-burglary</a>. This sets out the importance of the police accurately identifying the point and method of entry to a victim’s property. Forces will share this information with Police Crime Prevention Initiatives (PCPI), which works with manufacturers, the construction industry and standards authorities to ensure security standards keep pace with emerging crime trends. <a href="https://www.policecpi.com/about-us" target="_blank">https://www.policecpi.com/about-us</a>.</p><p>We are putting in place record funding for the police in England and Wales with up to £18.4bn in 2024/25, and funding for Police and Crime Commissioners is increasing by up to £922 million in 2024/25.</p><p>The Home Office has not made a specific assessment of the use of blowtorches to gain access to properties.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 14723 question first answered 27/02/2024 15:27:30 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1689532

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Tools: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help local police forces tackle thefts from tradesmen's vans.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	14431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The latest Crime Survey for England and Wales data shows neighbourhood crime is down 48% when comparing the year ending September 2023 with the year ending March 2010.</p><p>The Home Office is working with the police-led National Business Crime Centre (NBCC) and the Combined Industries Theft Solutions (CITS) to explore ways to prevent the theft of tools from tradespeople’s vans. The NBCC and Police Crime Prevention Initiatives (Secured By Design) have also published crime prevention guidance to help tradespeople prevent theft: <a href="https://nbcc.police.uk/crime-prevention/crime-prevention-guides" target="_blank">Crime Prevention Guides (nbcc.police.uk)</a> and <a href="https://www.securedbydesign.com/guidance/crime-prevention-advice/vehicle-crime/vans-tool-theft" target="_blank">Secured by Design - Vans &amp; Tool Theft</a>.</p><p>Following engagement with the Home Office and National Vehicle Crime Working Group, to help reduce the rate of theft of tools from tradespeople’s vans, Thatcham Research has agreed to add to their New Vehicle Security Assessment (NVSA), locks and alarms on the back of vans (previously NVSA only covers the cab area of vans) and a motion sensor on the load area of the van.</p><p>In addition, through the National Vehicle Crime Working Group, a network of vehicle crime specialists has been established involving every police force in England and Wales, to ensure forces can share information about emerging trends in vehicle crime and better tackle regional issues.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 26/02/2024 16:52:16 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1688554

registered interest
date	08/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Uzbekistan
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 Uzbekistan nationals in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	13825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on visas in the ‘<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fimmigration-statistics-quarterly-release&amp;data=05%7C01%7CRichard.Ancliff%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C52310d09ac084304d54408dbf7126d14%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638375430723053117%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=CPVIPXVthL9uf7xo0HngEEhGsxhTCb7bPWUgyFiuhaQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on the number of study visas granted by nationality, are published in table Vis_D02 of the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fimmigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2022%2Flist-of-tables%23entry-clearance-visas&amp;data=05%7C01%7CRichard.Ancliff%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C52310d09ac084304d54408dbf7126d14%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638375430723053117%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ji%2BEXWhDzJa3ukssvrzRmfn72TPgXLoBrqf5xsagV4s%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Entry clearance visas applications and outcomes detailed dataset.</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data is up to, and including, 2023 Q3 (July to September).</p><p> </p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fsearch%2Fresearch-and-statistics%3Fkeywords%3Dimmigration%26content_store_document_type%3Dupcoming_statistics%26organisations%255B%255D%3Dhome-office%26order%3Drelevance&amp;data=05%7C01%7CRichard.Ancliff%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C52310d09ac084304d54408dbf7126d14%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638375430723053117%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=iL2yDeZrSaZ9qapKnh2XRPnc1%2BsLFmsfncAkYJRVGUA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 22/02/2024 14:48:00 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel