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917504

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	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 statement in his letter to the Chair of the Home Affairs Committee dated 25 May 2018 that applications potentially falling for refusal under the character and conduct provisions of paragraph 322(5) have been put on hold, if he will grant the people affected by that review the right to work pending the outcome of that review; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	149896
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Individuals who applied before their existing leave to remain expired have their current status protected while their applications are on hold. This includes their right to work.</p><p>For those cases which have already been refused, those who still have existing leave to remain continue to have the right to work. If the review identifies that any of these refusal decisions were incorrect, we will then consider what further steps are needed.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/06/2018 12:12:55 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

917596

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	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 Home Office plans write to all non-UK EU citizens resident in the UK since before 1 January 1973 to confirm that they hold settled status in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	150079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>We have launched a targeted communications campaign to maximise awareness and reassure EU citizens of our commitment to protect their rights and entitlements.</p><p>This includes encouraging such citizens to apply under the EU settlement scheme when it opens and alerting those who may have previously acquired indefinite leave to remain, including those resident in the UK before 1973, to exchange it for the new settled status.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/06/2018 12:10:24 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

917589

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	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 his Department plans to allocate additional resources to (a) staff hiring and (b) procuring IT resources in the next three financial years to meet demand for moving EU citizens to settled status.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	150168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Work is well underway to build the EU Exit Settlement Scheme to grant status to the 3.5 million EU citizens and their family members resident in the UK. This will be a new streamlined, user-friendly digital application process which will draw on existing government data and processes to minimise the administrative burden on individuals. In preparation for launch at the end of the year, we are recruiting additional staff to bring existing UKVI European Casework staffing levels to circa 1,500.</p><p>Operational units across the Home Office actively monitor workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet demand. Any resultant changes to resource requirements will be factored into strategic planning.</p><p>We will be providing further detail on the scheme in due course.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/06/2018 16:37:32 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

917518

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to reply to the letters of 1 and 21 May 2018 from the right hon. Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire on the case of Melissa Siso Rodrigues.
	tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
	tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
	uin	149973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The correspondence from the hon. Member dated 1 May and 21 May 2018 was responded to by the UKVI MP Account Management Team as agreed with his office.</p><p>In view of the hon. Member’s question, I will write to him separately about this case.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/06/2018 12:20:06 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb

917389

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to extend the destitute domestic violence concession to women who have experienced violence but are not on a spousal visa.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	150103
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to tackling violence against all women and girls, regardless of their background, and, through the Tampon Tax, has provided £250,000 to Southall Black Sisters to fund research to support women and girls on non-spousal visas without recourse to public funds who face abuse.</p><p>We have consulted on what more can be done to protect domestic abuse victims with no recourse to public funds through the Domestic Abuse Bill, which closed on 31 May. We are currently analysing the 3,200 plus responses received and will carefully consider what future courses of action are necessary.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/06/2018 11:23:57 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

917330

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that vulnerability on religious grounds is adequately assessed by his Department when determining resettlement needs.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	150120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>With regards to resettlement, the UK works according to the humanitarian principles of impartiality and neutrality which means that we do not take into consideration the ethno-religious origins of people requiring assistance as we resettle solely on the basis of needs, identified by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).</p><p>UNHCR is the internationally recognised and mandated agency for dealing with refugees. It has a global presence and 65 years’ experience in handling refugee crises. UNHCR is uniquely placed to help the UK authorities identify and refer vulnerable refugees who would benefit from resettlement in this country.</p><p>The seven vulnerability criteria used by the UNHCR are Legal and or Physical Protection Needs; Survivors of Torture and/or Violence; Medical Needs; Women and Girls at Risk; Family Reunification; Children and Adolescents at Risk and Lack of Foreseeable Alternative Durable Solutions. Individuals are not specifically identified for resettlement based on their religion or ethnicity but members of minority communities may well meet one of the other vulnerability criteria set out by UNHCR.</p><p>We are working with UNHCR and other partners to intensify their outreach to groups that might otherwise be reluctant to register for fear of stigma or discrimination and unaware of the safe space and options available to them. This includes all religious minorities.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/06/2018 11:48:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

917321

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of leave to remain applications that have exceeded the six months deadline.
	tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
	tabling member printed	Laura Smith
	uin	150230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not included in statistics published by the Home Office.</p><p>However, published information on the number of applications for leave to remain in all categories, as well as data on UK Visa and Immigration performance against service standards for applications made in the UK and from overseas, can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/06/2018 11:51:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

917590

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	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 his Department has made of the number of EU citizens who will be granted settled status to in the first year of that scheme’s operation.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	150169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>The EU Settlement Scheme will be a simple and streamlined application process, drawing on existing government data and processes to minimise the administrative burden on applicants. The application process is being built around a presumption to grant rather than refuse, so we expect the majority of the current 3.4m resident EU citizens who will be eligible to apply, to do so and to be granted status. We will launch the Scheme by the end of the year and EU citizens will have plenty of time to apply before the deadline of June 2021.</p><p>We will be providing further detail on the scheme in due course.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/06/2018 15:35:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

917624

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	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, what estimate he has made of the proportion of asylum claims processed within the six-month decision target.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	150240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office has a Service Standard to make an initial asylum decision on straightforward claims within 182 days of the date of claim however we are aware of the number of older cases in the system. These are more complex cases which generally have barriers that prevents an initial asylum decision being made. These barriers are often varied and require time to clear.</p><p>The Home Office publishes performance against the service standard to decide 98% of straight forward asylum claims within 6 months of the date of claim.</p><p>The full data release can be found at the following address; <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a>.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/06/2018 11:33:22 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

917499

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Educational Testing Service
	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 contribution of the Minister for Immigration of 4 June, Official Report, column 22, what progress has been made on his Department's review of the cases of people whose leave to remain was curtailed in response to information received from Educational Testing Service but remain in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	149895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>We are continuing to review the position for those who remain in the UK who have live litigation. As a result of the Immigration Act 2014 there is now only a right of appeal where claims raising asylum, humanitarian protection or human rights claims are refused.</p><p>Similar provisions are set out in the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016<em>. </em>Some of those refused as a result of an allegation of ETS fraud have made a Human Rights claim and will have an in country right of appeal if refused (unless the claim is clearly unfounded).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/06/2018 14:59:44 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms