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1127752

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the equity of the application process for indefinite leave to remain.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	257047
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>Indefinite leave to remain is a type of leave which can be granted as a result of several application types. We consider the majority of straightforward applications within six months, however where an application is defined as non-straightforward due to complexity, the customer will be written to within the normal processing time to explain why it will not be decided within the normal standard, and to explain what will happen next.</p><p>It is open to applicants to obtain legal representation from a qualified UK immigration adviser. In the UK, the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) regulates immigration advisers. The OISC website <a href="http://www.gov.uk/find-an-immigration-adviser%20provides a list of immigration advis-ers”" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/find-an-immigration-adviser </a>provides a list of immigration advisers.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/06/2019 11:42:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1127795

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who secured indefinite leave to remain in the last 12 months (a) obtained legal advice and (b) did not obtain legal advice on their applications.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	257070
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number of applicants who were granted with Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) who obtained legal advice as part of their application is not collated centrally as part of the production of the quarterly Immigration Statistics.</p><p>The published statistics on leave to remain applications that have been processed within service standard can be found in the migration transparency data release <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-february-2019%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-february-2019 </a><br>at: InC_02: Percentage of In-Country visa applications, for each Route, processed within Service Standards</p><p>It is open to applicants to obtain legal representation from a qualified UK immigration adviser. In the UK, the Office of the Immigration Services Commis-sioner (OISC) regulates immigration advisers. The OISC website <a href="http://www.gov.uk/find-an-immigration-adviser%20provides a list of immigration advisers" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/find-an-immigration-adviser provides a list of immigration advisers</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 29/05/2019 16:02:47 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1127798

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	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 progress he has made on amending his Department's country guidance on Afghanistan since 9 January 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	uin	257071
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2019 answer text <p>Country policy and information notes are published on the gov.uk website. They are kept under constant review and updated periodically. The updated information note on Afghanistan was published on 22 May 2019.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 30/05/2019 11:56:47 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1127895

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Biometrics: Edinburgh
	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 21 May 2019 to Question 251272 on Biometrics: Edinburgh, what criteria his Department used to assessed the quality of the market research referred to in Sopra Steria Ltd’s submission in the absence of that company's market research.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	257012
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The bid criteria is commercially sensitive and therefore not published, however all bids were evaluated against a set criteria and as such the solution that Sopra Steria Ltd proposed was evaluated as per the other bidders against the statement of requirements and evaluation criteria.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/06/2019 11:27:36 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1127900

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Biometrics: Edinburgh
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for his Department, how many biometric enrolment applications have been received each year by the Home Office from Edinburgh addresses in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	257014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number of applications for Biometric enrolment received from specific addresses is not collated centrally as part of the production of the quarterly Immigration Statistics. Biometric enrolment is a key requirement for the majority of visa application types.</p><p>The nearest available published information relates to total in-country migration transparency data on applications , latest edition at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-february-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-february-2019</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/06/2019 11:35:22 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1127761

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migration Advisory Committee: Public Appointments
	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 14 May 2019 to Question 250476, whether the Home Office requests (a) a curriculum vitae, (b) information on previous experience and (c) information on previous employment as part of the recruitment process for appointments to the Migration Advisory Committee.
	tabling member constituency	Camborne and Redruth
	tabling member printed	George Eustice
	uin	256976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2019 answer text <p>Any appointment to the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) is made in line with the Cabinet Office Governance Code on Public Appointments:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/578498/governance_code_on_public_appointments_16_12_2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/578498/governance_code_on_public_appointments_16_12_2016.pdf</a></p><p>The most recent MAC appointments were made in 2017. The criteria for those appointments and the information to be submitted by candidates were set out in the advertisement on the HM Government Public Appointments website: <a href="https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/appointment/migration-advisory-committee-member-2/." target="_blank">https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/appointment/migration-advisory-committee-member-2/.</a></p><p>Under the Code, Ministers decide which applicants should be interviewed by an independent Advisory Assessment Panel. The Panel reports its assessment to Ministers, including its views on which candidates are appointable. Ministers consider the advice of the panel, but are not bound by its views. Ministers determine merit and make the final appointment decision.</p><p>In the 2017 MAC recruitment round, the two candidates not appointed who declared their principal employment was in the private sector, were not considered as appointable by the panel. Ministers considered the report of the panel before deciding which candidates to appoint.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 256977 question first answered 30/05/2019 11:50:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3934 label Biography information for George Eustice

1127762

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migration Advisory Committee: Public Appointments
	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 14 May 2019 to Question 250476, whether the two candidates who declared that their principal employment was in the private sector but were not appointed were considered appointable by (a) advisory appointments panel and (b) the Minister.
	tabling member constituency	Camborne and Redruth
	tabling member printed	George Eustice
	uin	256977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2019 answer text <p>Any appointment to the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) is made in line with the Cabinet Office Governance Code on Public Appointments:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/578498/governance_code_on_public_appointments_16_12_2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/578498/governance_code_on_public_appointments_16_12_2016.pdf</a></p><p>The most recent MAC appointments were made in 2017. The criteria for those appointments and the information to be submitted by candidates were set out in the advertisement on the HM Government Public Appointments website: <a href="https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/appointment/migration-advisory-committee-member-2/." target="_blank">https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/appointment/migration-advisory-committee-member-2/.</a></p><p>Under the Code, Ministers decide which applicants should be interviewed by an independent Advisory Assessment Panel. The Panel reports its assessment to Ministers, including its views on which candidates are appointable. Ministers consider the advice of the panel, but are not bound by its views. Ministers determine merit and make the final appointment decision.</p><p>In the 2017 MAC recruitment round, the two candidates not appointed who declared their principal employment was in the private sector, were not considered as appointable by the panel. Ministers considered the report of the panel before deciding which candidates to appoint.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 256976 question first answered 30/05/2019 11:50:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3934 label Biography information for George Eustice

1127764

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Bangladesh
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees from the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh have made an application to enter the UK since August 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	257048
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not published.</p><p>The Government of Bangladesh does not currently permit refugees living in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar to leave the camps either for the purpose of making a visa application or to leave Bangladesh to travel to a third country.</p><p>The Government has raised this issue of exit permits with the Government of Bangladesh, but the Government of Bangladesh position remains unchanged.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 257049 question first answered 04/06/2019 11:39:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1127765

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Bangladesh
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees from the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh have entered the UK since August 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	257049
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not published.</p><p>The Government of Bangladesh does not currently permit refugees living in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar to leave the camps either for the purpose of making a visa application or to leave Bangladesh to travel to a third country.</p><p>The Government has raised this issue of exit permits with the Government of Bangladesh, but the Government of Bangladesh position remains unchanged.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 257048 question first answered 04/06/2019 11:39:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1127766

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Applications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how HM Passport Office staff decide whether to apply additional checks on passport applications.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	257050
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2019 answer text <p>On 25 April 2013 the Secretary of State for the Home Department outlined the terms under which passports would be issued, withdrawn and refused by written ministerial statement. Each case is assessed against this and will be dependent upon a number of factors including the information in the application, previous applications, supporting documents or other information obtained as part of the assessment of the application.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 30/05/2019 11:40:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain