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1064712

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether students who are granted European Temporary Leave to Remain would be eligible to access Government funding for under-18 education.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	224326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>European Temporary Leave to Remain will allow European Economic Area citizens arriving in the UK after 29 March 2019 to live, work and study in the UK if the UK leaves the EU without a deal and this includes government funding for pre-16 and 16-19 education and training.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 27/02/2019 15:01:37 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1064019

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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, whether the Governments proposals for European Temporary Leave to Remain status will require primary legislation.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	223217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>In the event that the United Kingdom leaves the European Union in a no deal scenario, we will seek to end free movement as soon as possible through the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill.</p><p>Once enacted, this will repeal the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016, which currently implement free movement in UK law. EEA and Swiss citizens and their close family members then arriving in the UK who wish to stay longer than three months will need to apply for European Temporary Leave to Remain, for which, for a no deal scenario, provision will be made in the Immigration Rules in due course.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 25/02/2019 17:13:33 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1063780

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Staff
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 appropriateness of the (a) experience level required, (b) skill level required and (c) wage rate paid to National Referral Mechanism decision-makers.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	222716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling modern slavery and supporting all victims through the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). We are reforming the NRM to ensure victims of modern slavery get the support they need and are introducing measures to ensure quicker, more effective decision-making.</p><p>National Referral Mechanism decision makers receive extensive classroom based training and considerable guidance, mentoring and ongoing support from experienced colleagues. Their performance and quality of work is routinely monitored. All NRM decision-makers are paid in line with the rate for Home Office Executive Officers, which is the grade for the decision-making role.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/02/2019 16:31:28 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1063781

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what number and proportion of people who received (a) negative reasonable grounds decisions and (b) negative conclusive grounds decisions under the National Referral Mechanism for potential victims of human trafficking (i) appealed or had those decisions reconsidered and (ii) were subsequently given positive decisions in the most recent period for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	222715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency publishes statistics on referrals into the National Referral Mechanism on a quarterly basis. These reports are available via the following links:<br><a href="http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics" target="_blank">http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics</a><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2017-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2017-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery</a></p><p>Requests for reconsideration of negative conclusive grounds decisions can be made in line with the published policy which is available via the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/victims-of-trafficking-guidance-for-competent-bodies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/victims-of-trafficking-guidance-for-competent-bodies</a></p><p>The specific information you have requested is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. This is because a manual search through individual records would be required to identify requests for reconsideration that were rejected because they were not in line with policy or those that were refused due to insufficient grounds for reconsideration. In addition, it is not possible to distinguish solely from database records whether a reconsideration case type was the result of a reconsideration request as defined in the published policy, the result of litigation or the result of the reconsideration of a suspended case.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/02/2019 16:29:46 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1063782

registered interest
date	18/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2018 to Question 184973 on Disabled Students' Allowances, whether the research project on the impact of disabled students' allowances on eligible students has been completed; and when he plans to publish that research.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	222717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The research project has been completed and its report was published on 17 January 2019. The report is available at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-disabled-students-allowances-dsas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-disabled-students-allowances-dsas</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In an article on 17 January, I called on universities to do more to show disabled students that going to university can be an option for them, and to put disabled students front and centre in their planning to accommodate their needs. A link to the article can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/jan/17/universities-can-do-more-to-support-their-disabled-students" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/jan/17/universities-can-do-more-to-support-their-disabled-students</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 21/02/2019 17:18:50 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1062086

registered interest
date	15/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Zimbabwe
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 February 2019 to Question 219410, what assessment he has made of whether it is safe to deport Zimbabwean nationals who have been unsuccessful in claims for asylum since April 2018.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	222030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Our Country Policy and Information Note of April 2018 sets out the general position and that all asylum claims are carefully considered on their individual merits.</p><p>Since April 2018, we have been monitoring the situation in Zimbabwe. However, caselaw has established that a state of civil war and/or civil unrest is not enough, in itself, to provide for a grant of asylum. A per-son needs to show a risk above and beyond those general inherent risks.</p><p>We are currently in the process of updating the Country Policy and Information Note, incorporating recommendations from a review commissioned by the Independent Advisory Group on Country Information. This will be published in due course. Where additional information is needed, decision makers can ask for bespoke research to be undertaken on a case by case basis.</p><p>Where a person is unsuccessful in claims for asylum, they are – by definition – considered not to be at risk on return. Removal is only enforced when we and the courts conclude that it is safe to do so, with a safe route of return.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/02/2019 17:23:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1060783

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Health Professions: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional resources have been allocated to regulators of the health professions to support them with the potential increased workload of maintaining their registers in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	220892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has introduced legislation that will largely maintain existing arrangements for the recognition of European health and care qualifications. European qualifications that are currently recognised automatically by United Kingdom regulators (doctors, nurses, midwives, dentists and pharmacists), will continue to be recognised after the UK leaves the European Union. European qualifications that are not accepted automatically will continue to be assessed against the standard of UK qualifications, as is currently the case.</p><p> </p><p>UK regulators have been preparing for a possible 'no-deal' scenario. As the legislation introduced maintains the current systems as far as is possible for at least two years upon coming into force, little impact is expected after exit day. No additional funding has been allocated.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 18/02/2019 15:20:41 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1058811

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EEA Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether EEA nationals and their family members who are granted pre-settled status will have restricted access to healthcare and public funds as defined under paragraph six of the Immigration Rules (a) before and (b) after 31 December 2020 in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	219406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>In both a deal and no deal scenario, EEA nationals and their family mem-bers who obtain pre-settled status will have the same access to healthcare and public funds as they do now. Those who obtain settled status will be able to access healthcare and public funds on an equal basis with compa-rable UK nationals. These entitlements will not change after 31 December 2020 but will be subject to any future domestic policy changes which apply to UK nationals.</p><p>In the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal on 29 March 2019, there will be a transition period before the future skills-based immigration system begins in January 2021. In due course we will set out further infor-mation about access to healthcare and public funds for EEA nationals and their family members who arrive in the UK during this period.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 219407 219408 219409 question first answered 14/02/2019 13:59:48 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1058812

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EEA Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether EEA nationals and their family members who are granted settled status will have restricted access to healthcare and public funds as defined under paragraph six of the Immigration Rules (a) before and (b) after 31 December 2020 in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	219407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>In both a deal and no deal scenario, EEA nationals and their family mem-bers who obtain pre-settled status will have the same access to healthcare and public funds as they do now. Those who obtain settled status will be able to access healthcare and public funds on an equal basis with compa-rable UK nationals. These entitlements will not change after 31 December 2020 but will be subject to any future domestic policy changes which apply to UK nationals.</p><p>In the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal on 29 March 2019, there will be a transition period before the future skills-based immigration system begins in January 2021. In due course we will set out further infor-mation about access to healthcare and public funds for EEA nationals and their family members who arrive in the UK during this period.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 219406 219408 219409 question first answered 14/02/2019 13:59:48 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1058814

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EEA Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether EEA nationals and their family members who are granted (a) settled status and (b) pre-settled status will have restricted access to public funds (i) before and (ii) after 31 December 2020 in the event that the UK leaves the EU under the terms of the EU Withdrawal Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	219408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>In both a deal and no deal scenario, EEA nationals and their family mem-bers who obtain pre-settled status will have the same access to healthcare and public funds as they do now. Those who obtain settled status will be able to access healthcare and public funds on an equal basis with compa-rable UK nationals. These entitlements will not change after 31 December 2020 but will be subject to any future domestic policy changes which apply to UK nationals.</p><p>In the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal on 29 March 2019, there will be a transition period before the future skills-based immigration system begins in January 2021. In due course we will set out further infor-mation about access to healthcare and public funds for EEA nationals and their family members who arrive in the UK during this period.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 219406 219407 219409 question first answered 14/02/2019 13:59:48 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield