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1465680

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Ukrainian nationals who enter Northern Ireland without a visa having lawfully entered the Republic of Ireland fall within the scope of third country inadmissibility principles, under paragraphs 345A-D of the Immigration Rules.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	9206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2022 answer text <p>There are a range of safe and legal routes to the UK and unlimited numbers are being offered safety after fleeing the war in Ukraine through our family and Homes for Ukraine schemes.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 31/05/2022 14:29:50 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1465848

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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, what is the longest amount of time it has taken for the Passport Office to process a passport application in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	9064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>A British passport cannot be issued until all checks are satisfactorily completed. These checks include those intended to protect the passport system against fraud and misrepresentation.</p><p> </p><p>If further information is required to enable an application to be progressed in light of these checks, then it will take longer to conclude as a British Passport will not be issued until HM Passport Office is satisfied of the applicant’s identity and that they are entitled to hold one.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 06/06/2022 07:48:24 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1465850

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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 many passport applications have been received by the Passport Office but have not been processed for a period of longer than six weeks as of 25 May 2022.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	9065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>Since April 2021, people have been advised to allow up to ten weeks when applying for their British passport as more than 5 million people delayed applying due to the pandemic. The vast majority of all passport applications continue to be dealt with well within 10 weeks</p><p><br> HM Passport Office has increased its staffing numbers by 650 since April 2021 and is in the process of recruiting a further 550. This has helped to ensure passport applications continue to be processed in higher numbers than ever before, with the processing of almost two million applications being completed across March and April 2022.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 06/06/2022 07:45:11 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1465851

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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, what proportion of passport applications received by the Passport Office have been processed by the Passport Office in under six weeks in the last twelve months.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	9066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>Ahead of unrestricted international travel returning, HM Passport Office prepared extensively to serve an unprecedented number of customers, with 9.5 million British passport applications forecasted throughout 2022.</p><p>These preparations, which include the recruitment of 650 additional staff since April 2021 and with plans in place to recruit a further 550 by this summer, have ensured that passport applications can be processed in higher numbers than ever before. This was demonstrated in March and April 2022 when HM Passport Office achieved record outputs by completing the processing of two million applications.</p><p>Since April 2021, HM Passport Office has been advising people to allow up to 10 weeks when applying for their passport from the UK. However, Her Majesty’s Passport Office will always endeavour to process applications as quickly as possible, and in the simplest of cases that require fewer manual interventions these may be processed much more quickly.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 06/06/2022 07:42:48 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1465852

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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 many passport applications are currently being processed by the Passport Office.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	9067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>Approximately 250,000 passport applications are being processed each week.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 06/06/2022 07:44:09 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1465871

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of the Wine and Spirit Association’s proposed model for the taxation of wine and spirits.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	9096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering all proposals put forward to it through the alcohol duty review consultation, which closed on 30 January. The Government will respond to the consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 9097 question first answered 06/06/2022 07:37:43 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1465872

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government is providing support to small and medium sized businesses in the wine and spirits sector to assist with the financial implications of that sector's taxation system.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	9097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering all proposals put forward to it through the alcohol duty review consultation, which closed on 30 January. The Government will respond to the consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 9096 question first answered 06/06/2022 07:37:44 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1465947

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Gangs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the guidance issued by the Crown Prosecution Service on 4 November 2021 entitled Gang related offences - Decision making in, whether she has made an assessment of the potential effect of the guidance on the use of the term gang by prosecutors during proceedings.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	8997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) guidance urges caution about the use of the word ‘gang’, explaining how it can properly be deployed in a prosecution, where substantiated by the evidence and relevant to a matter in issue in the proceedings. In drafting the guidance, the CPS assessed the potential effect of using ‘gang’ in proceedings and identified that the term is used in legislation and by criminal justice partners. The guidance clearly sets out that, given the negative connotations of the term ‘gang’, prosecutors should not refer to a group as a ‘gang’ in proceedings unless there is evidence to support the assertion. However, prosecutors must also ensure that where there is admissible evidence of gang membership, the case is put on a basis that reflects the often very serious gravity of the offending.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 06/06/2022 08:01:46 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1466045

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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	Companies: Audit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to respond to the results of their consultation on Restoring trust in audit and corporate governance, which was published on 18 March 2021.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government has now published its response to the consultation on ‘Restoring trust in audit and corporate governance’. It is available on GOV.UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 01/06/2022 12:55:25 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1466046

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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	Audit: Reform
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish their draft Audit Reform Bill; and what the next steps will be.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government’s draft bill on audit, corporate governance and insolvency reform is expected to be published during the Third Session.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 01/06/2022 12:53:58 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle