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1437907

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Disability: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Extra Costs Taskforce will report as scheduled by summer 2022.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	134009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>BEIS are working closely with the Cabinet Office Disability Unit to carry out the engagement with disabled people, regulators and businesses, to ensure we have a full understanding of the issue of extra costs before the Taskforce is formally convened. The commitment to set up the Taskforce is still on track to be delivered by Summer 2022.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 09/03/2022 17:04:07 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1437910

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Disability: Consumers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Extra Costs Taskforce established in the National Disability Strategy will recommend measures to tackle the disproportional impact of increased fuel and food prices on disabled consumers.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	134010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>The taskforce is on track to set up by summer 2022 and we are keen to engage in that process before drawing conclusions.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 09/03/2022 17:01:45 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1437912

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of (a) the repayable £200 discount and (b) other measures introduced to support energy consumers on disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	134012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government is providing significant financial support worth up to £350 to the majority of households. This covers more than half of the forecast £700 rise in energy bills for the average household. This support – worth £9.1bn in 2022-23 – is composed of:</p><ul><li>A £200 reduction in households’ energy bills this autumn, paid back automatically over the next 5 years (known as the Energy Bill Support Scheme (EBSS));</li><li>A £150 non-repayable council tax rebate from April, paid to all households in council tax bands A-D; and</li><li>£144 million of discretionary funding for Local Authorities to support households who may need support but are not eligible for the Council Tax reduction.</li></ul><p>The Chancellor has also confirmed plans to go ahead with existing proposals to expand eligibility for the Warm Home Discount by almost a third - so that three million vulnerable households will now benefit.</p><p>Ministers consider a range of evidence and analysis as part of policy development and when making decisions, including assessments of how options under consideration would affect members of groups with protected characteristics, in line with the Government's aims and statutory duties.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 08/03/2022 14:05:08 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1436941

registered interest
date	01/03/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Second Homes: Holiday Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many and what proportion of second homes in England are used as holiday homes or weekend homes, in each Council Tax Band.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	132253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department does not collect information on the use of second homes that are liable for council tax. However, Table 2 from the 2021 Council Taxbase statistical release provides the number of second homes that are liable for council tax by council tax band. The release can be found at the following link: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fcouncil-taxbase-2021-in-england&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C282742beba734eccdeef08da005cfb33%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637822696586662573%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=HlaIAm22KMY5G%2FTwb6wDYwG%2F6ELrh%2BxJr5c3rLcLDM0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/council-taxbase-2021-in-england</a> .</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 07/03/2022 17:41:36 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1420769

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
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, what steps her Department is taking to (a) support Afghan nationals after their six months leave to remain in the UK ends and (b) provide information, advice and support for those people prior to the end of their leave to remain.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	120763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office has written to Afghan families advising them of the next steps to progress permanent residence in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office has established a dedicated caseworking team, which is working jointly with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Ministry of Defence. This team will contact those here in the UK under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy and those moving onto the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme, to assist them to obtain Indefinite Leave to Remain status.</p><p> </p><p>While families are being accommodated in Bridging Hotel accommodation, we remain committed to ensuring that there essential living needs are being met.</p><p>We also have Home Office Liaison Officers (HOLO’s) allocated to Bridging Hotel Accommodation.</p><p>The role of the HOLO is to provide both face to face support and remote support when not physically present. They are reactive to the needs of those accommodated in hotels and can provide signposting to other government departments and Local Authorities and ensure safeguarding concerns are appropriately acted upon.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/02/2022 10:37:13 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1420772

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
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 places remain to be allocated on the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme; and how many and what proportion of the people given protection under that scheme are British nationals or living in the UK as of 8 February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	120764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) commenced on 6th January. The ACRS will provide up to 20,000 women, children and others at risk with a safe and legal route to resettle in the UK.</p><p>We are not giving a running commentary on statistics of those in the scheme due to the continuing flow of people being welcomed. We will include this data within published resettlement statistics later in 2022.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/02/2022 16:42:59 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1420773

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
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 keeps official records (a) the average number of days it takes to process claims for unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the UK and (b) trends in the number of days it takes her Department to reach a decision on children seeking asylum claims in (i) 2021, (ii) 2020 and (iii) 2019; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	120765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office are unable to state the average number of days it takes to process claims for unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the UK or provide trends in the number of days it takes to reach a decision in 2021, 2020 and 2019 as this information is not held in a reportable format and could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.</p><p>However, the Home Office does publish data on the number asylum applications awaiting an initial decision by duration. This data can be found at Asy_D03, (broken down by nationality and applicant type) in the asylum and resettlement detailed datasets:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets</a></p><p>The Home Office have established two dedicated case working Hubs for deciding children’s asylum claims which are now fully operational. The hubs have established improved focus on and greater control of children’s cases to build expertise, identify efficiencies and provide a consistency of decision making (and quicker outcomes) for our customers.</p><p>We continue to work collaboratively with Local Authorities nationally on the remote interview process for Accompanied and Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children and young people utilising digital interviewing video capabilities to complement in person interviews.</p><p>Since May 2021 we have increased Local Authority opt in for digital interviewing to 108 Local Authorities helping to speed up processes, reduce delays and the numbers of children and young people who have an outstanding claim.</p><p>We are continuing to recruit additional decision-makers who will be trained to process children’s asylum claims.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/02/2022 14:51:44 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1420775

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
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 received representations from Greater Manchester child and migrant rights organisation on concerns that children seeking asylum in the UK are at a higher risk of criminal exploitation, self-harm and dying by suicide; and what steps she is taking to resolve backlog of children seeking asylum.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	120766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office regularly receive representations from Greater Manchester child and migrants’ rights organisations on children seeking asylum in the UK.</p><p>The department most recently received a courtesy copy of an open letter dated 16 December 2021, from the Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU) in which 25 child and migrant rights organisations wrote to us and we replied to this on the 20 January 2022.</p><p>The department maintains a working relationship with GMIAU and other regional organisations through our strategic partnerships; including the Strategic Engagement Group (SEG) and National Asylum Stakeholder Forum (NASF), who continue to work collaboratively to ensure asylum claims from children and young people remains one of our top priorities.</p><p>The Home Office have established two dedicated case working Hubs for deciding children’s asylum claims which are now fully operational. The hubs have established improved focus on and greater control of children’s cases to build expertise, identify efficiencies and provide a consistency of decision making (and quicker outcomes) for our customers.</p><p>We continue to work collaboratively with Local Authorities nationally on the remote interview process for Accompanied and Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children and young people utilising digital interviewing video capabilities to complement in person interviews.</p><p>Since May 2021 we have increased Local Authority opt in for digital interviewing to 108 Local Authorities helping to speed up processes, reduce delays and the numbers of children and young people who have an outstanding claim.</p><p>We are continuing to recruit additional decision-makers who will be trained to process children’s asylum claims to further reduce the number outstanding.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/02/2022 10:49:01 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1420777

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
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 plans to give people seeking asylum the right to work in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	120767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office already allows asylum seekers the right to work in the UK if their claim has been outstanding for 12 months or more, through no fault of their own.</p><p> </p><p>Those permitted to work are restricted to jobs on the Shortage Occupation List, which is based on expert advice from the independent Migration Advisory Committee. We have no plans to change this approach.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 21/02/2022 10:45:30 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1420794

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
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 proportion of people crossing the Channel in small boats had existing family members in the UK in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	120768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office is unable to state what proportion of people crossing the Channel in small boats had existing family members in the UK in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021, as this information is not recorded in a way that is reportable.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 17/02/2022 16:59:05 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams