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1457643

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to enable Ukrainians who arrive under the Ukraine Family Scheme but who cannot be housed by their family member to be housed under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	154023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>The Family and Homes for Ukraine Schemes are separate. If family members arrive under the Family Scheme and cannot be accommodated, they can access the housing element of Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 21/04/2022 15:31:41 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1457644

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will provide additional funding for local authorities that are receiving significant numbers of Ukrainians under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	154024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2022-03-09%2F137326&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C2d096d4061114f83bb2a08da239eccb5%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637861462183031561%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=N5YyeQSAfx38Ra1F%2Bgzxwd74ZyTo0JA%2BEkoRd159Orw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">137326</a> on 6 April 2022.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 21/04/2022 15:31:17 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1457645

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will ask volunteers for the Homes for Ukraine Scheme whether they would sponsor Afghan nationals or families who have resettled in the UK and are housed in hotels.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	154025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2022-03-28%2F148278&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C2d096d4061114f83bb2a08da239eccb5%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637861462183031561%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=KenjWVgroufB6Uk%2BH2ZdkziCNVsESKq0Xsc9AYHQmZ4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">148278</a> on 5 April 2022.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 21/04/2022 15:30:55 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1457910

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many communications staff in her Department are employed (a) full time, (b) part time and (c) under flexible working arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	154028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>On average the department spends £348,089.16 on communications staff. We have 7 staff dedicated to communications all of which are full time employees.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 154029 154030 question first answered 21/04/2022 09:54:16 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1457911

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much her Department spends on communications staff on average each year.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	154029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>On average the department spends £348,089.16 on communications staff. We have 7 staff dedicated to communications all of which are full time employees.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 154028 154030 question first answered 21/04/2022 09:54:16 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1457912

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much his Department spends on on communications staff on average each year.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	154030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>On average the department spends £348,089.16 on communications staff. We have 7 staff dedicated to communications all of which are full time employees.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 154028 154029 question first answered 21/04/2022 09:54:16 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1438401

registered interest
date	07/03/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Refugees: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the oral statement of the Home Secretary of 1 March 2022 on Ukraine, Official Report, column 915, what assessment he has made of when (a) people and organisations will be able to apply to sponsor a Ukrainian individual or family under the humanitarian sponsorship pathway and (b) Ukrainians will arrive in the UK through that pathway.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	135524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answers given <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-03-09/debates/8575EEB5-D28E-43AF-9CDF-5D50A19231E3/Engagements#contribution-19644BF7-087A-4A87-A74E-B029FD254E41" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 10/03/2022 17:26:06 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1438403

registered interest
date	07/03/2022
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, with reference to her oral Statement on 1 March 2022, Official Report, column 916, what her basis was for stating that an additional 100,000 Ukrainians could be eligible to come to the UK and gain access to work and public services under changes to family visa rules for Ukrainians; and what planning assumptions she has made in relation to the number that will actually apply.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	135525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government has set no limit to the number of people it will accept under the routes announced to support Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion, but potential use of these routes is difficult to estimate.</p><p> </p><p>A broad estimate of potential sponsors under the Ukraine Family Scheme can be made, taking Ukrainian nationals with settlement or holding status under the EU Settlement Scheme and Ukrainians granted British citizenship as groups most likely to have familial links with Ukraine. Estimates are based on internal analysis. Data on these groups can be found in published statistics:</p><p> </p><p>Table_Se_D01 of <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1055252%2Fsettlement-datasets-dec-2021.xlsx&amp;data=04%7C01%7CAlejandra.Bernal%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca85256fcf37842e32d4d08da17208f4a%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637847725844239397%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=qTrXN3yrA%2B%2BPfbCgNrPl7r3XCqkuec5Sxv2Q40gYWJU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1055252/settlement-datasets-dec-2021.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Table EUSS_NON_EEA_02 of</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Feu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-december-2021&amp;data=04%7C01%7CAlejandra.Bernal%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca85256fcf37842e32d4d08da17208f4a%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637847725844239397%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=6XC8CV30bB%2Bx3p2okvTyD4ZsOMDraigrlO2RM1dGyR4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-december-2021</a></p><p> </p><p>Ukrainian nationals at Table Cit_D02 of <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1055257%2Fcitizenship-datasets-dec-2021.xlsx&amp;data=04%7C01%7CAlejandra.Bernal%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca85256fcf37842e32d4d08da17208f4a%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637847725844239397%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=E1VIDljFMkZMs%2FgtaLm3ZfwuBXfh%2FCxhk3qPzqrgJYM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1055257/citizenship-datasets-dec-2021.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>The Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine) provides support for an unlimited additional number of people.</p><p> </p><p>Latest data on applications to come to or stay in the UK under the Ukraine Family Scheme or Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (Homes for Ukraine), including totals for visa applications received and visas issued to people is published here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fukraine-family-scheme-application-data&amp;data=04%7C01%7CAlejandra.Bernal%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca85256fcf37842e32d4d08da17208f4a%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637847725844239397%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=3fw9jUWHTssdIXl%2FmlN4V8Z3b0bMq%2F9tP8MISOeamPc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukraine-family-scheme-application-data</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 14/04/2022 13:12:20 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1436562

registered interest
date	28/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Children
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 15 February 2022 to Question 119726, on British Nationality: Children, if she will confirm that the findings of fact made by the courts in R (on the application of The Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] UKSC 3 will be acted upon in assessing children’s best interests in respect of the child registration fee.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	131211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>Following the Court of Appeal’s ruling in February last year, the Home Office committed to reviewing the child registration fee in line with its duties under Section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009. The Home Office is undertaking a comprehensive review of the fee, which will be finalised shortly, following the Supreme Court judgement of 2 February 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The results will be shared in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 07/03/2022 11:23:56 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 55104 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1436563

registered interest
date	28/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Children
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 15 February 2022 to Question 119726, on British Nationality: Children, when her Department began that assessment of children’s best interests in respect of the child registration fee; and when she plans to complete that assessment.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	131212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>Following the Court of Appeal’s ruling in February last year, the Home Office committed to reviewing the child registration fee in line with its duties under Section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009. The Home Office is undertaking a comprehensive review of the fee, which will be finalised shortly, following the Supreme Court judgement of 2 February 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The results will be shared in due course.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 07/03/2022 11:24:36 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 55107 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald