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1131776

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	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, how much his Department has spent on advertising the Windrush Compensation scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	263879
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office has a programme of engagement in place to promote the Windrush Compensation Scheme. We have a designated team tasked with engaging with communities. Our publicity efforts are targeted at potential claimants under the Scheme rather than a wider audience. We have issued press notices, offered articles to key diaspora publications and engaged in social media activity. We are also exploring targeted paid media to promote the scheme.</p><p>We are working with local councils, MPs, religious and community groups to raise awareness through a series of engagement events. 14 such events have taken place to date and more are planned. The events are publicised on Gov.UK and publicity material is made available to local authorities and representative bodies.</p><p>Targeted publicity is the most effective way of informing prospective Windrush claimants about the Scheme. In terms of direct spend on advertising, we do not readily have data on the total cost of all our activities to publicise the Compensation Scheme as this includes design and production of posters and wallet cards, radio advertisements and staff and travel costs associated with organising and <br>participating in events.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/06/2019 10:11:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1131696

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: English Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the potential long-term (a) economic and (b) social merits of ensuring that refugees' command of English enables them to be ready to work; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	263841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government published the cross-government Integrated Communities Action Plan in February 2019. In the action plan we have committed to ensuring all refugees are empowered to integrate and rebuild their lives in the UK, focusing on improving support for English language, employment, mental health, and orientation to life in the UK.</p><p><br>The Government recognises that learning English is essential to empowering refugees to rebuild their lives and move towards self-sufficiency and integration. We are working across government to develop a new strategy for English for speakers of other languages in 2019. The strategy will provide a shared vision for all publicly funded English language provision and this will include addressing the needs of refugees.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/06/2019 15:47:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1131775

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money from the public purse has been spent on urgent and exceptional support in relation to victims of the Windrush scandal in each month that figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	263878
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The specific information requested is not included in statistical data published by the Home Office.</p><p><br>The Home Secretary provides monthly updates to the Home Affairs Select Committee on the work of the department in connection with Windrush. This includes information on the urgent and exceptional support provided to members of the Windrush cohort.</p><p><br>The monthly updates can be found at the following link:</p><p><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/correspondence-on-the-work-of-the-home-office-windrush" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/correspondence-on-the-work-of-the-home-office-windrush</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/06/2019 10:12:57 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1131692

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Turkey
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will reverse his decision of March 2018 to close the permanent residency route under the Ankara Agreement for Turkish nationals who have set up businesses in the UK and are seeking indefinite leave to remain in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	263838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Upper Tribunal concluded, in the case of Aydogdu, that there was no legal basis under the Ankara Agreement for the previous route to indefinite leave to remain (ILR) for Turkish nationals who have set up businesses in the UK.</p><p><br>The Home Office therefore closed the route in March 2018 and, though not obliged to do so, introduced a route via the domestic Immigration Rules to enable Turkish business persons and their family members to obtain ILR where certain criteria are met.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/06/2019 10:15:24 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1131777

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Enforcement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases his Department has shared proactively shared data with other Departments for the purposes of immigration enforcement for each year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	263880
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and processes personal data to fulfil its legal and official functions. We will only collect and process personal data where we have a legal basis to do so and it is necessary and proportionate.</p><p>The Home Office may share information with other organisations, but only where the information needs to be shared and there is a legal basis for doing so. Further detail on this, including the categories of organisations with which we may share data, is set out in the Home Office personal information charter <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/about/personal-information-charter%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/about/personal-information-charter </a>and, for the Borders, Immigration and Citizenship System (BICS), including the EU Settlement Scheme, via the BICS privacy information notice: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-information-use-in-borders-immigration-and-citizenship." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-information-use-in-borders-immigration-and-citizenship.</a></p><p>Identifying the precise number of instances in which data has been shared proactively with another government department would involve the interrogation of an array of disparate IT systems and would therefore be disproportionately costly.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/06/2019 14:14:17 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1131709

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	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, if he will take steps to ensure that all of the EU Settlement Scheme application process is available in every European language.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	263778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>We have no plans to make the application process available in every European language. The application for the EU Settlement Scheme is simple and straight forward.</p><p>The application process has been tested with users of different abilities and we have conducted research with those who do not read English. We have also published the scheme guidance in 26 different European languages.</p><p>In addition, there are now over 300 assisted digital centres where applicants can be supported through their application and we have awarded up to £9 million funding for 57 voluntary and community sector organisations across the UK to help reach more vulnerable or at risk EU citizens and their family members directly.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/06/2019 10:14:06 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1131869

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what further steps his Department plans to take to be fully prepared for the UK leaving the EU on 31 October 2019 without a withdrawal agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	uin	263671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government remains focussed on ensuring a smooth and orderly withdrawal from the EU with a deal as soon as possible.</p><p>However, as a responsible government, we continue to prepare for all scenarios. The Home Office has been planning and preparing for a no deal scenario for some time, and we have contingency plans in place across areas including law enforcement, passports and the border.</p><p>During the extension period, to underpin our ability to respond in a no deal scenario, we are working closely with operational partners to develop our response to a range of theoretical scenarios.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/06/2019 10:16:45 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1131834

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation: Tamils
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tamil asylum seekers have been deported from the UK to Sri Lanka in each of the last nine years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	263667
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested.</p><p>To provide the information would require a manual check of individual records which would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold.</p><p>Data relating to the numbers of asylum seekers removed to Sri Lanka can be accessed in the link below:<br>Immigration: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2019/how-many-people-are-detained-or-returned#data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2019/how-many-people-are-detained-or-returned#data-tables</a></p><p>The UK has a proud history of granting asylum to those who need our protection. Each claim is carefully considered on its individual merits. We expect those with no legal right to remain in the country to leave.</p><p>Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions on asylum and human rights applications can be found on the gov.uk website <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-policy-and-information-notes%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-policy-and-information-notes </a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/06/2019 16:35:22 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas