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1147747

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Children in Care: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the (a) Howard League for Penal Reform's publication of 8 July 2018, Know your numbers: using data to monitor and address criminalisation and (b) work of Durham Police who are using data as part of a programme of work with children's homes, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using data to help reduce criminalisation and safeguard children living in children's homes.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	293599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/10/2019 16:04:14 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1147924

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to waive immigration application fees for members of the armed forces and their families.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	293442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office is listening carefully to those with concerns about how members of HM Forces can have the support of their families whilst serving our country.</p><p>We are continuing to discuss the impact of immigration fees on members of the HM Forces with MOD.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 07/10/2019 15:46:49 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1147939

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to Question 290346 on Immigration: Windrush Generation, tabled by the hon. Member for Croydon North on 24 September 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	293600
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The response to UIN 290346 was answered on the 7<sup>th</sup> October 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 07/10/2019 16:32:29 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1148020

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) target and (b) average time taken is between the completion of an immigration tribunal and the implementation of that tribunal's decision.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	293550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Where the appeal has been allowed in favour of the appellant, the Home Office undertakes careful consideration of the judge’s determination in order to conclude whether to submit an application for permission to appeal within the time limits set by the Tribunal Procedure Committee.</p><p>Information on the average length of time taken to implement allowed appeals that we do not challenge is not readily available in a reliable format and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost through the examination of individual case files.</p><p>Statistics on appeals that have been determined by HM Courts and Tribunals Service are published quarterly. The most recent edition (Tribunals and gender recognitions certificates statistics quarterly: October to December 2018) is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2019</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 07/10/2019 15:55:17 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1147868

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Older People
	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 is taking to help people over the age of 60 experiencing domestic abuse.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	293448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the Hon Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/10/2019 16:24:36 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1148013

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Families
	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 is taking to ensure that the ability of refugees and people seeking asylum to reunite with family members in the UK under the Dublin III Regulation will be safeguarded in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	293719
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>In a no-deal scenario, the UK would immediately cease participating in the Dublin III Regulation. However, under the Immigration, Nationality and Asylum (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 there is a ‘savings’ provision, where any Dublin family reunion cases, which have entered the system prior to exit day, will continue to be processed. The UK is also committed, under section 17 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, to seek to negotiate an agreement with the EU which allows for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the EU to join family members lawfully present in the UK, where it is in their best interests. This commitment stands whether we leave the EU with or without a deal.</p><p>The UK provides a safe and legal route to bring families of refugees together through its refugee family reunion policy. This allows a partner and children under 18 of those granted protection in the UK to join them here, if they formed part of the family unit before the sponsor fled their country. This route will not be affected by EU Exit.</p><p>Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules provides for family members wishing to enter or remain in the UK on the basis of their relationship with a family member who is a British citizen or settled in the UK, and those who are post-flight family of a person granted protection in the UK. This route will also not be affected by EU Exit.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 293720 293721 question first answered 07/10/2019 15:58:06 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1147938

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Speech and Language Therapy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to accept the recommendation made by the Migration Advisory Committee in its report entitled Full review of the Shortage Occupation List, published in May 2019, that the entire occupation of speech and language therapists be added to the Shortage Occupation List.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea West
	tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
	uin	293421
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The previous Home Secretary announced in his Written Ministerial Statement of 23 July that the Government was accepting the Migration Advisory Committee’s recommendations on the composition of the Shortage Occupation List (SOL).</p><p>Changes to the Immigration Rules implementing these recommendations, were laid on 9 September and will come into effect from 6 October. This includes adding speech and language therapists to the SOL.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 07/10/2019 15:53:56 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1147848

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	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, what guidance her Department has published on the application process for indefinite leave to remain for a person has previously been granted discretionary leave to remain.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	293711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The guidance on the application process for indefinite leave to remain for a person who has previously been granted discretionary leave is published on GOV.UK at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/settle-in-the-uk/y/you-have-discretionary-leave" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/settle-in-the-uk/y/you-have-discretionary-leave</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 07/10/2019 15:52:43 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1147789

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	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, what estimate she has made of the average waiting time for decisions on settled status applications; and what plans she has to reduce waiting times for those decisions.
	tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
	tabling member printed	Steve Double
	uin	293633
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Applications for settled status are generally completed within 5 working days.</p><p>Applications may take longer in instances where further evidence is required, or an application is made via the postal route. In these instances, processing times may vary based on how quickly the information is provided.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 07/10/2019 16:17:32 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1148015

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on families who are eligible to be reunited under the provisions of the Dublin III Regulation.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	293721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>In a no-deal scenario, the UK would immediately cease participating in the Dublin III Regulation. However, under the Immigration, Nationality and Asylum (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 there is a ‘savings’ provision, where any Dublin family reunion cases, which have entered the system prior to exit day, will continue to be processed. The UK is also committed, under section 17 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, to seek to negotiate an agreement with the EU which allows for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the EU to join family members lawfully present in the UK, where it is in their best interests. This commitment stands whether we leave the EU with or without a deal.</p><p>The UK provides a safe and legal route to bring families of refugees together through its refugee family reunion policy. This allows a partner and children under 18 of those granted protection in the UK to join them here, if they formed part of the family unit before the sponsor fled their country. This route will not be affected by EU Exit.</p><p>Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules provides for family members wishing to enter or remain in the UK on the basis of their relationship with a family member who is a British citizen or settled in the UK, and those who are post-flight family of a person granted protection in the UK. This route will also not be affected by EU Exit.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 293719 293720 question first answered 07/10/2019 15:58:06 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan