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886245

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	o ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Ministers of her Department first were made aware of immigration status difficulties affecting the Windrush generation; and what steps they took as a result.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	136440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department was made aware of the immigration status difficulties of individual cases, as flagged by members of the House and the media. The wider issue around the immigration status difficulties affecting some of the Windrush generation has come to the fore, and the attention of Ministers, in recent months. On the 16 April we set up a Taskforce to help those affected get documents they need and on 30 May, the Windrush Scheme came into force. This Scheme is designed to ensure that members of this generation, their children born in the UK and those who arrived in the UK as minors will be able to apply for citizenship, or various other immigration products, free of charge.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/06/2018 13:36:37 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

941995

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that illegal migrants cannot profit from working in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	uin	906470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>In the Immigration Act 2016, we made illegal working a criminal offence so that wages can be seized as proceeds of crime and introduced tougher sanctions on rogue employers. We have also recently introduced additional safeguards to protect legal migrants seeking employment who do not have the necessary documentation to establish their lawful immigration status.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/07/2018 15:50:38 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

941996

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that illegal migrants cannot profit from working in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Halesowen and Rowley Regis
	tabling member printed	James Morris
	uin	906471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>In the Immigration Act 2016, we made illegal working a criminal offence so that wages can be seized as proceeds of crime and introduced tougher sanctions on rogue employers. We have also recently introduced additional safeguards to protect legal migrants seeking employment who do not have the necessary documentation to establish their lawful immigration status.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/07/2018 15:51:32 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3992 label Biography information for James Morris

887162

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Pakistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, when an update is planed for her Department's country report for Pakistan.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	136726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>As explained in the response of 26 April 2018 [137113], the Home Office no longer publishes comprehensive country reports covering all aspects of human rights in that country. Instead, we produce more focussed topic-specific reports called Country Policy and Information Notes (CPINs) designed to address the most common and/or complex issues raised in protection claims in the UK.</p><p>There are currently 12 CPINs on Pakistan, which are updated periodically and available on the Gov.Uk website. We have just updated the CPIN on Ahmadis and are in the process of updating the one on Christians and Christian Converts.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/07/2018 16:17:49 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

927745

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	NHS: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, what plans he has to ensure that the number of medical professionals entering the UK to work in the NHS in understaffed positions including interventional radiology is maintained when the UK leave the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	155671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government values the contribution which migrants makes to the NHS</p><p>We have commissioned the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to advise on the economic and social impacts of the UK’s exit from the EU and also on how the UK’s immigration system should be aligned with a modern industrial strategy. <br>The Government will want to ensure that decisions on the long-term arrangements are based on evidence. The commission that we have asked the MAC to undertake is very much part of this. The MAC are due to publish their final report by September 2018.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 27/06/2018 13:18:36 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

886193

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
	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 will be working in the newly established Windrush Generation task force; from which parts of (a) her Department and (b) other Government Departments they have been seconded; and what the timetable is for the task force to complete its work.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	136388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>The team was initially set up with 20 staff members. The number of staff deployed to the team will be driven by the number of people that contact the Department for help. Additional experienced staff can be deployed from within the Department should the need arise.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/07/2018 11:11:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

940667

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Reciprocal Arrangements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which countries the UK has a visa reciprocity agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	163796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>The current list of countries whose citizens require a visa to come to the UK is at Appendix 2 to Appendix V of the Immigration Rules.</p><p>The UK keeps its visa system under regular review. Decisions on changes are always taken considering a range of factors. These will vary globally, but often include security, compliance, returns, prosperity and can included reciprocal arrangements for UK nationals.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/07/2018 14:43:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

929341

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2018
	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, with reference to the oral statement of 21 June on EU settlement scheme, how employers, landlords and banks will be able to check the immigration status of EU citizens with settled status after June 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	156655
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the statement of intent published on 21 June, EU citizens resident in the UK should apply to the EU Settlement Scheme by 30 June 2021 to obtain their new UK immigration status. This will enable them to continue their lives in the UK with the same entitlements to work, study and access public services and benefits. Evidence of this new UK immigration status will be given in digital form to EU citizens. This will provide them with a convenient way of evidencing their status to those who may need to see confirmation of it, such as an employer, landlord or other service provider. The Government will set out any further plans for adjusting statutory checks by employers, landlords and other service providers in due course.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 27/06/2018 13:42:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

928779

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2018
	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, with reference to the oral statement of 21 June 2018 on EU Settlement Scheme, whether the online application scheme for EU Settlement will be accessible on (a) an iphone (b) other smartphones and (c) all types of tablet.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	156497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>As I set out in my Oral Statement on the EU Settlement Scheme on 21 June and in responding to questions on it (column 508-520), the online application process for the scheme will be short, simple and user-friendly. It will be accessible through a computer, tablet or smartphone, and the optional app for identity verification will be accessible on compatible devices. More information will be published in due course about the locations which applicants will also be able to visit to use the app or be helped to do so, and about the customer contact centre which will be established to help applicants through the process and how that centre will operate.</p><p>I also confirmed that we intend that the settlement scheme described in the Statement of Intent I published yesterday will be open to citizens of the other European Economic Area states (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) and Switzerland, and their family members, on a similar basis as for EU citizens.</p><p>Consistent with the draft Withdrawal Agreement, the draft Immigration Rules for the scheme contained in the Statement of Intent reflect the provision made by the Free Movement Directive for victims of domestic abuse to retain their right of residence following the termination of their marriage or civil partnership, so they will not need to rely on their former spouse or civil partner in order to obtain UK immigration status under the scheme. Also, consistent with the draft agreement, the draft Rules contain requirements as to suitability which reflect the application of the current EU public policy tests to conduct before the end of the implementation period on 31 December 2020 and do not provide for paragraph 322(5) of the Immigration Rules to apply to applications made under the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 156492 156493 156494 156495 156498 question first answered 27/06/2018 13:41:37 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

928777

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2018
	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, with reference to the oral statement of 21 June 2018 on EU Settlement Scheme, whether the dedicated customer contact centre has been set up; who will staff that centre; and whether information disclosed to that centre will be passed to immigration enforcement officials.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	156495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>As I set out in my Oral Statement on the EU Settlement Scheme on 21 June and in responding to questions on it (column 508-520), the online application process for the scheme will be short, simple and user-friendly. It will be accessible through a computer, tablet or smartphone, and the optional app for identity verification will be accessible on compatible devices. More information will be published in due course about the locations which applicants will also be able to visit to use the app or be helped to do so, and about the customer contact centre which will be established to help applicants through the process and how that centre will operate.</p><p>I also confirmed that we intend that the settlement scheme described in the Statement of Intent I published yesterday will be open to citizens of the other European Economic Area states (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) and Switzerland, and their family members, on a similar basis as for EU citizens.</p><p>Consistent with the draft Withdrawal Agreement, the draft Immigration Rules for the scheme contained in the Statement of Intent reflect the provision made by the Free Movement Directive for victims of domestic abuse to retain their right of residence following the termination of their marriage or civil partnership, so they will not need to rely on their former spouse or civil partner in order to obtain UK immigration status under the scheme. Also, consistent with the draft agreement, the draft Rules contain requirements as to suitability which reflect the application of the current EU public policy tests to conduct before the end of the implementation period on 31 December 2020 and do not provide for paragraph 322(5) of the Immigration Rules to apply to applications made under the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 156492 156493 156494 156497 156498 question first answered 27/06/2018 13:41:37 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan