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1352090

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Food Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to end the need for food banks in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	42063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2021 answer text <p>Foodbanks are independent, charitable organisations and the Department for Work and Pensions does not have any role in their operation. There is no consistent and accurate measure of food bank usage at a constituency or national level.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is wholly committed to supporting those on low incomes, and continues to do so through many measures, including by increasing the living wage, and by spending over £111 billion on welfare support for people of working age in 2021/22.</p><p> </p><p>This year, we are also investing up to £220m in the Holiday Activities and Food programme, which has been expanded to every Local Authority across England. Participating children will benefit from a range of support, including a healthy and nutritious meal as well as fun and engaging activities covering the Easter, summer and Christmas holidays in 2021. We also increased the value of Healthy Start Food Vouchers from £3.10 to £4.25 in April, which helps eligible low income households buy basic foods like milk, fruit and vitamins.</p><p> </p><p>As the economy recovers, our ambition is to help people move into and progress in work as quickly as possible based on clear evidence around the importance of employment, particularly where it is full-time, in substantially reducing the risks of poverty. Through Plan for Jobs, the Government is investing over £33bn in measures to create, support and protect jobs. This included over £2bn investment in the Kickstart programme and an additional 13,500 Work Coaches in our Jobcentres, as well as other measures focused on boosting work search, skills and apprenticeships.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/09/2021 15:49:31 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1351407

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Antisemitism: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the CPS has adequate resources to prosecute hate crime against the Jewish community (a) on social media and (b) in communities across the UK.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	41129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>I know the CPS recognises the serious impact hate crimes have on peoples’ lives and will always seek to prosecute where there is sufficient evidence to do so, regardless of the offence or how it is committed. Their efforts have led to a continued rise in successful sentence uplifts for recorded hate crime, which this year reached its highest rate yet at 79.1% of cases.</p><p>Each CPS Area also has a Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor as a strategic hate crime lead and nationally there is a hate crime lead at Chief Crown Prosecutor level. A network of dedicated Hate Crime Coordinators operate across all 14 CPS Areas, providing experience and expertise on matters relating to hate crime and supporting front line prosecutors to secure sentence uplifts.</p><p>The CPS directly engages with communities affected by hate crime to ensure a greater awareness of the law and how it is applied. Within the Jewish community, the CPS sits on the cross-government antisemitism working group with the Community Security Trust, Board of Deputies, and Jewish Leadership Council. The CPS External Consultation Group on hate crime provides a further community perspective on prosecutorial activity.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 06/09/2021 16:29:58 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1351408

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Antisemitism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to tackle hate crime towards the Jewish community in the UK since the lifting of covid-19 restrictions.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	41130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>Antisemitism has absolutely no place in our society, which is why we are taking a strong lead in tackling it in all its forms. We are clear that victims should be supported and the individuals who carry out these heinous attacks must be brought to justice. We are providing £14 million this year for the Protective Security Grant to protect Jewish schools and community buildings and we have encouraged the adoption of the IHRA definition of antisemitism across universities and local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 06/09/2021 13:32:13 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1348145

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support the Government is providing to clinically extremely vulnerable people who have (a) been unable to work from home and consequently have been unable to work as a result of the nature of their employment and (b) amassed debts in covering basic living costs.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	35844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>The Government has put in place an unprecedented package of support to help people during the COVID-19 pandemic, protecting livelihoods with the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, and a range of temporary welfare measures. The Government has also worked with mortgage lenders, credit providers and the Financial Conduct Authority to help people manage their finances with payment holidays, and has taken unprecedented action to support renters, ensuring that no-one has been forced from their home during lockdown.</p><p>Although Shielding advice was paused on 1 April 2021, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is still available until 30 September, and clinically extremely vulnerable people may be eligible throughout this period, providing their employer agrees. Clinically extremely vulnerable people may also be eligible for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) if they are sick or incapable of work due to coronavirus or other health reasons, subject to meeting the eligibility conditions. Those who are not receiving any support through the furlough scheme or Employment and Support Allowance may be eligible for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) where they meet the qualifying conditions.</p><p>The Government recognises that the full impact of COVID-19 on people’s personal finances is still unfolding, and that some are struggling at this challenging time. To help people in problem debt get their finances back on track, the Government has agreed to maintain record levels of funding for free-to-consumer debt advice in England for the Money and Pension Service in 2021/22.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, the Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Space) has now been launched in England and Wales. A standard breathing space offers people in problem debt a pause of up to 60 days on most enforcement action, interest, fees and charges, and will encourage them to seek professional debt advice. A mental health crisis breathing space, with some stronger protections, is available to people receiving mental health crisis treatment. It lasts as long as the person's mental health crisis treatment, plus a further 30 days.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/07/2021 13:20:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1348151

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of VFS Global, the operator of her Department's online visa application system, charging for emails received from service users.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	35845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>VFS Global (VFS) and TLS contact run the network of overseas Visa Application Centres (VACs) on behalf of UKVI.</p><p>VFS provide services at the VACs to enable individuals to upload supporting evidence and biometric information, such as a photo, for visa applications and also coordinate the return of travel documents to customers.</p><p>VFS do not charge for emails received from customers.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/07/2021 15:26:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1340024

registered interest
date	24/06/2021
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 steps she is taking to ensure that naturalised EU citizens are not incorrectly advised to apply inappropriately to the EU Settlement Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	21992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government is using every possible channel to encourage everyone who is eligible for the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) to apply.</p><p>The Home Office is working with HMRC and DWP to send letters to EU, EEA and Swiss citizens in receipt of benefits, but it appears have yet to apply to the EUSS. The letters encouraged recipients to apply to the EUSS to protect their existing rights in the UK before the deadline of 30 June 2021.</p><p>In trying to reach as many people as possible, there were a small number of instances where these letters were sent to recipients who were naturalised, or dual British and EU citizens, or had other forms of immigration status. This may have included people who naturalised many years ago.</p><p>The letters made clear anyone who is a British citizen did not need to take any action. Further reassurance, providing the same messaging, was posted on the Home Office’s, DWP’s and HMRC’s Twitter channels.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 29/06/2021 14:54:16 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1337950

registered interest
date	17/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff were allocated to processing asylum claims in (a) 2014, (b) 2018, (c) 2020 and (d) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	17800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office are unable to state how many asylum applications were decided within the 26-week period in 2014, 2018, 2020 and 2021 to date but can state the number of applications decided within the 24-week period (6months) from Q2 2014 to Q2 2020.</p><p>This information can be found at Asy_01 of the published Migration Transparency data:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-protection-data-february-2021" target="_blank">Immigration &amp; Protection data: February 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The number of staff who were allocated to processing asylum claims in 2021 is not recorded and held in a reportable format. To obtain this information would require detailed reporting against multiple cost centres and could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.</p><p>However, the Home Office can provide the number of asylum case working staff from 2014 to 2020. This data can be found in ASY_04 of the published Transparency data:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-protection-data-february-2021" target="_blank">Immigration &amp; Protection data: February 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 17803 question first answered 22/06/2021 16:10:31 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1337951

registered interest
date	17/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims were received in (a) 2014, (b) 2018, (c) 2020 and (d) 2021 to date.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	17801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum applications in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on the number of asylum applications lodged in the UK are published in table Asy_D01 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>, and includes a breakdown for year of application. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relate to March 2021. <br> <br> Additionally, the Home Office publishes further data on asylum and resettlement in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987777/asylum-summary-mar-2021-tables.ods" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement summary tables</a>. The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and resettlement.</p><p><br> Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/06/2021 15:09:33 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1337953

registered interest
date	17/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims were decided in (a) 2014, (b) 2018, (c) 2020 and (d) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	17802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum applications in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on the number of initial decisions on asylum applications are published in table Asy_D02 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>, and includes a breakdown for year of initial decision. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relate to March 2021. <br> <br> Additionally, the Home Office publishes further data on asylum and resettlement in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987777/asylum-summary-mar-2021-tables.ods" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement summary tables</a>. The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and resettlement.</p><p><br> Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/06/2021 15:06:46 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1337956

registered interest
date	17/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims were decided within the 26-week period in (a) 2014, (b) 2018, (c) 2020 and (d) 2021 to date.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	17803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office are unable to state how many asylum applications were decided within the 26-week period in 2014, 2018, 2020 and 2021 to date but can state the number of applications decided within the 24-week period (6months) from Q2 2014 to Q2 2020.</p><p>This information can be found at Asy_01 of the published Migration Transparency data:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-protection-data-february-2021" target="_blank">Immigration &amp; Protection data: February 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The number of staff who were allocated to processing asylum claims in 2021 is not recorded and held in a reportable format. To obtain this information would require detailed reporting against multiple cost centres and could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.</p><p>However, the Home Office can provide the number of asylum case working staff from 2014 to 2020. This data can be found in ASY_04 of the published Transparency data:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-protection-data-february-2021" target="_blank">Immigration &amp; Protection data: February 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 17800 question first answered 22/06/2021 16:10:31 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous