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1552701

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Afghans under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme who have permanent settled accommodation that meets their family's needs; when her Department expects those people under that scheme will be placed in such accommodation; and whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that such accommodation is available to those being accommodated under that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	112176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The recent update to the published <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghan-resettlement-programme-operational-data/afghan-resettlement-programme-operational-data" target="_blank">'Afghan Resettlement: Operational Data'</a>, shows that, at 4<sup>th</sup> November 2022:</p><ul><li>22,833 individuals from Afghanistan have been brought to safety in the UK (since the end of June 2021).</li><li>7,572 of these have now moved into suitable settled accommodation, another 779 people have been matched to a home and are waiting to move in.</li></ul><p>Work is underway to assure information relating to all the individuals resettled under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) and the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) on case working systems. Once this work concludes, further statistics on both schemes - including the number of people resettled under each - will be included in the published Immigration Statistics.</p><p>The Government continues to work at pace, in collaboration with over 350 local authorities across the UK, to meet the demand for housing. Alongside this, we are reaching out to landlords, developers, and the wider private rented sector to encourage further offers of properties.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/01/2023 09:57:36 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1549589

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration Removal Centres: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of conditions in immigration detention centres in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	105450
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The safety and welfare of all those in our care is of the utmost importance and we accept nothing but the highest standards from those companies employed to provide detention and escorting services on our behalf.</p><p>Individuals detained in the immigration detention estate must be treated in accordance with the Detention Centre Rules 2001, the operating standards for IRCs and Detention Services Orders. Service providers for IRCs are contractually required to comply with all relevant UK legislation.</p><p>Immigration removal centres (IRC) suppliers are required to provide a safe and secure environment for detained individuals in their care and the conditions and facilities at all immigration detention facilities are kept under regular review.</p><p>IRCs are subject to statutory oversight by His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons and by Independent Monitoring Boards who are both members of the National Preventative Mechanism comprising a group of independent bodies which monitor the treatment of and conditions for detained individuals. This contributes to the UK’s response to its international obligations under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT).</p><p>The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) visited the UK from 25 to 28 November 2022 and met the Minister for Immigration and senior officials. Their report is scheduled to be published in 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 105451 question first answered 09/01/2023 09:28:42 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1549592

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Detention Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on the compatibility UK detention centres with international human rights law.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	105451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The safety and welfare of all those in our care is of the utmost importance and we accept nothing but the highest standards from those companies employed to provide detention and escorting services on our behalf.</p><p>Individuals detained in the immigration detention estate must be treated in accordance with the Detention Centre Rules 2001, the operating standards for IRCs and Detention Services Orders. Service providers for IRCs are contractually required to comply with all relevant UK legislation.</p><p>Immigration removal centres (IRC) suppliers are required to provide a safe and secure environment for detained individuals in their care and the conditions and facilities at all immigration detention facilities are kept under regular review.</p><p>IRCs are subject to statutory oversight by His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons and by Independent Monitoring Boards who are both members of the National Preventative Mechanism comprising a group of independent bodies which monitor the treatment of and conditions for detained individuals. This contributes to the UK’s response to its international obligations under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT).</p><p>The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) visited the UK from 25 to 28 November 2022 and met the Minister for Immigration and senior officials. Their report is scheduled to be published in 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 105450 question first answered 09/01/2023 09:28:42 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1562972

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2022
	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 she plans to respond to the letters of 26 September, 23 October and 22 November from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on behalf of his constituent Vera Egbo about a visa.
	tabling member constituency	Weston-super-Mare
	tabling member printed	John Penrose
	uin	113256
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office replied on 20 December 2022.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/01/2023 09:26:59 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1584 label Biography information for John Penrose

1563159

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to her oral Statement on 19 December 2022, on Migration and Economic Development, Official Report, whether her Department's policy of deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda applies to (a) a family group arriving in the UK to seek asylum and (b) individuals arriving in the UK to seek asylum who have family members already in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	113211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>With the exception of unaccompanied children, any individual who has arrived in the UK since 1 January 2022 by unnecessary and dangerous means from safe countries may be considered for relocation to Rwanda.</p><p>Families with children are potentially eligible for relocation; however the initial process will focus on adults. A further assessment of Rwanda’s capacity to accommodate children will be undertaken before this occurs. This is set out in our published Equality Impact Assessment: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/migration-and-economic-development-partnership-with-rwanda" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/migration-and-economic-development-partnership-with-rwanda</a>.</p><p>For those with family links in the UK who want to be considered for entry to the UK, they should seek to do so via legal and safe routes.</p><p>Everyone considered for relocation will be screened and have access to legal advice. Decisions will be taken on a case-by-case basis, and nobody will be removed if it is unsafe or inappropriate for them.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/01/2023 09:25:35 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1552598

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2022
	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, with reference to Prime Minister's Answer to the hon. Member for Halton during his oral statement on Illegal Immigration on 13 December 2022, Official Report, column 902, what the evidential basis was for saying that the initial asylum backlog is approximately 117,000.
	tabling member constituency	Halton
	tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
	uin	112046
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office records information relating to asylum applications on case working systems. Information derived from these systems – including data on the number of asylum cases awaiting an initial decision – are published in the quarterly <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics</a>. The latest data show that there were 117,400 applications awaiting an initial decision at the end of September 2022.</p><p>The underlying data can be found in table Asy_D03 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’. Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks. Please note, the data show a snapshot as at the last day of each quarter, rather than the number of asylum applications awaiting a decision over the entire quarter. Additional information can be found in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/user-guide-to-home-office-immigration-statistics--9/user-guide-to-immigration-statistics" target="_blank">User Guide to: Immigration Statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/01/2023 09:48:39 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1563016

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2022
	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 she plans to respond to the email of 19 November 2022 from the hon. Member for Liverpool Walton.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	113332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>MPAM/0471662/22 – The Home Office responded to the hon. Member’s correspondence on 20 December 2022.</p><p>MPAM/0469956/22 – The Home Office responded to the hon. Member’s correspondence on 20 December 2022.</p><p>MPAM/0470004/22 – The Home Office responded to the hon. Member’s correspondence on 20 December 2022.</p><p>MPAM/0481709/22 – The Home Office responded to the hon. Member’s correspondence on 20 December 2022.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 113333 113362 113366 question first answered 09/01/2023 09:55:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1563025

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2022
	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 she plans to respond to correspondence via email dated 21 November 2022 from the hon. Member for Liverpool, Walton on Mohamad Kamel Alzahouri.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	113333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>MPAM/0471662/22 – The Home Office responded to the hon. Member’s correspondence on 20 December 2022.</p><p>MPAM/0469956/22 – The Home Office responded to the hon. Member’s correspondence on 20 December 2022.</p><p>MPAM/0470004/22 – The Home Office responded to the hon. Member’s correspondence on 20 December 2022.</p><p>MPAM/0481709/22 – The Home Office responded to the hon. Member’s correspondence on 20 December 2022.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 113332 113362 113366 question first answered 09/01/2023 09:55:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1563099

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Forced Labour: Seasonal Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many investigations under the Seasonal Worker scheme have been (a) launched and (b) concluded by (i) her Department and (ii) the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority since the start of that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	113357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office is unable to comment on ongoing investigations.</p><p> </p><p>The Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority does not hold the requested information as its investigations are not specific to the Seasonal Workers Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/01/2023 10:22:45 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1563105

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2022
	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 she plans to respond to the email of 7 November 2022 from the hon. Member for Liverpool Walton relating to Ellis Jaarukako Mbucza.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	113362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>MPAM/0471662/22 – The Home Office responded to the hon. Member’s correspondence on 20 December 2022.</p><p>MPAM/0469956/22 – The Home Office responded to the hon. Member’s correspondence on 20 December 2022.</p><p>MPAM/0470004/22 – The Home Office responded to the hon. Member’s correspondence on 20 December 2022.</p><p>MPAM/0481709/22 – The Home Office responded to the hon. Member’s correspondence on 20 December 2022.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 113332 113333 113366 question first answered 09/01/2023 09:55:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden